The Simulator takes a given basic strategy(BS) as input (defined in a .csv-file) and simulates the win/loss against a random shoe with user entered number of decks. Custom Scripting, Card Counting, Progressive Betting, ACEFive, Real-Life "Walk Away" scenarios.
Using the Custom Scripting Tracker you can measure any data metric - Example - What happens to the House Edge when player exceeds standard deviation of maximum expected loss over a fixed number of hands/shoes
Capable of Tracking Card counts in ALL possible card counting strategies | Winn and Loss Streaks | House Edge vs Actual Edge | Load from file the same set of hands using different betting strategies and measure the differences Simulates REAL LIFE playing environment - user can define a "WALK_AWAY" logic to end the simulation
Counting Rules and Probabilities Courtesy of wizardofodds.com For explanation of counting card values see wizardofodds.com
User can Enable or Disable card counting in GAME_OPTIONS
Class definitions:
- Hand is a single hand of Blackjack, consisting of two or more cards - it might include a split
- Round is single round of Blackjack, which simulates your hand(s) against the dealer's hand
- Shoe is multiple decks of cards equal to SHOE_SIZE ** 52 card decks (typically BJ is played with 2, 6 or 8 decks)
- Game is all hands played in a total number of SHOES
- Master stores data and metrics across all Game(s)
- Tracker allows custom scripting to measure data points set by user
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
| DEBUG_PRINT | Prints to console details of every hand |
| CSV_SUMMARY | Exports summary of results to CSV |
| CSV_DETAILS | Export hand DETAILS to CSV use exported file in PLAY_FROM_FILE option |
| DETAIL_SUMMARY | Prints to console additional details about each simulation |
| DB_ENABLE | Insert results to SQLlite3 DB |
| SIMULATIONS = 5 | #Simulation ends when # Shoes is reached OR Player_Bank <=BANK_RUIN OR def GetBL_WA() WALKAWAY returns True |
| SHOES = 12 | #No. of shoes(games) to simulate in each simulation |
| SHOE_SIZE = 5 | # No. of Decks per shoe |
| SHOE_PENETRATION = 0.25 | # Remaining % of cards before shuffle |
| NO_HANDS = 2 | # No of hands(players) played each round |
| BET_MINIMUM = 100 | # Minimum Bet / hand -- MIN Bet over all hands should be 1-2 % of bank to avoid Ruin -- |
| BET_INCREMENT = 50 | # Progressive Bets - Increment wager after each win |
| USE212 = False | # Modified Progressive |
| BET_MAX = BET_MINIMUM * 15 | #1500 #Max amount to bet on any one hand (pre split/double) |
| RESET_BETS = True | # Reset Bets to BET_MIN and Streaks after each shoe |
| EXPECTED_LOSS_RATE = 1 | # In percent / divided by 100 at execution |
| BANK_START = 10000 | # Player Bank |
| BANK_RUIN = 0 | #0 # bank amount below for RUIN |
| WA_ON_STREAK = 6 | # 0 to disable |
| WALK_AWAY = 4000 | #BET_MINIMUM * NO_HANDS * 10 # PL before Ending Game = WA walkaway |
| WALK_AWAY_TRIGGER = 12000 | #used in conjunction with TRAILING_STOP |
| TRAILING_STOP = 0 | # % of PL to use as trailing stop once WALK_AWAY_TRIGGER is reached when PL is positve |
| LOSS_STOP = 0 | #trailing amount from PlrBnk MIN to earn in event of WA Cut Losses |
| LOSS_TRIGGER = 2500 | # Loss trigger point overrides LOSS_STOP to WA if PL is back to >= 0 after falling below LossTrigger |
| WALK_AWAY_BREAK = False | # True # SET TO TRUE TO BREAK SIMULATION ON WALK AWAY - if False, simulation runs ALL shoes regardless of player PL or WalkAway logic(but tracks PL independently) |
| WIN_STREAK = [5,5,5] | # [neg count,neutral count, pos count]- dflt WIN_STREAK[1] |
| MAX_WIN_STREAK = 7 # MAXIMUM | # of wins streak before lowering bet / #setting bet to minimum / overrides other streak settings |
| WIN_STREAK_RESET = False | # Reset progressive after streak is reached - eg. if true hand is no. 7 bet as if 2nd win, etc |
SIM can enable/disable the following HOUSE_RULES:
- triple7 | 3 7's counted as a blackjack *
- hitsoft17 | house hits soft 17's *
- allowsurr | house allows Late Surrender *
- 65BJ | Pay 6-5 odds on Black Jack
These House Rules are Hard Coded:
- Double down after splitting hands on any 2 cards permitted
- No BlackJack after splitting hands
- Split aces only once
6Deck_Strategies.xlsx included Strategy is passed into the simulator as a .csv file.
- The first column shows both player's cards added up
- The first row shows the dealers up-card
- S ... Stand
- H ... Hit
- Sr ... Surrender otherwise Hit
- RS ... Surrender; otherwise Stand
- D ... Double Down
- P ... Split
####### SIMULATION no. 1 ########
PnL: $ 975.00 -- FINAL Bank: 10975.00
Max Bank: $11325 at 109 | Min Bank: $8875 at 73
Range: $2450 | Max Loss: $1125
Avg bet/hnd: 155.88 Total bets: 18550.00
House Edge: -5.882
Actual Edge: 8.193
Win Rate: 12.771
win/bet = 5.256 %)
Theo PnL: $ 1091.16
Casino Exp Loss: $ -185.50
######## SIMULATION no. 2 ########
PnL: $ -775.00 -- FINAL Bank: 9225.00
Max Bank: $11100 at 63 | Min Bank: $8125 at 37
Range: $2975 | Max Loss: $1875
Avg bet/hnd: 149.19 Total bets: 18350.00
House Edge: 8.943
Actual Edge: -6.301
Win Rate: -9.400
win/bet = -4.223 %)
Theo PnL: $ -1641.09
Casino Exp Loss: $ -183.50
<<<SUMMARY OF 2 SIMULATIONS>>>
Total Hands : 242
WalkAways: 0.0 Reason:WinStreak 0, Profit 0, TrailStop 0, Cutloss 0, RUIN 0
TotPL: $ 200.00 WA_PnL: $ 200.00