UB Manual V1.3 WP2

ULTIMATE BLACKJACK ™ USERS GUIDE KT Enterprises Copyright September 13, 1996 Revised January 25, 1997 For Version 1.3 PO Box 473 Clemmons, NC 27012 TABLE OF CONTENTS page Introduction 1 The Blackjack Table 3 File Menu 5 New Game 5 Open 5 Close 6 Save 6 Save As 7 Keyboard Shortcuts 7 Quit 8 Practice Menu 9 Play Blackjack 9 Hand Value 9 Train With 9 Check Play 9 Select Strategy 10 Define Card Count 11 Show Card Count 11 Simulation Menu 13 About Test Strategy 13 Test Strategy 14 Graph Of Table 16 Show Results 17 Show Strategy 17 About Genetic Algorithm Learning 18 Genetic Algorithm Learning 20 Show Best Player’s DNA 21 About Learning Agent 22 Learning Agent 23 Options Menu 26 Pause 26 Change Players 26 Casino Rules 27 Betting Strategies 29 Show Basic Strategy 30 Show Statistics 30 Show Tally 32 Reset Tally 32 Tally Statistics 33 Navigating The Tally Window 35 Interpretating The Tally Statistics 36 Tally Statistics and The Three Simulations 41 Glossary Of Terms 42 ULTIMATE BLACKJACK ™ USERS GUIDE INTRODUCTION Ultimate Blackjack is a commercial quality program for playing Blackjack on a computer which also has three simulation packages: test strategy, genetic algorithm learning, and learning agent. Playing Blackjack: The user can gamble at a realistic casino table with up to 6 computerized players. There are several features for learning to play Blackjack better and also card counting. Test Strategy: To find out how much money a particular strategy will make, the user can tell the computer how many players are to try the strategy and what their betting style is. The simulation will deal cards to these electronic players, and graph the holdings as the simulation is runnin…