Re: creating blackjack perl program (starts with pseudocode first)

Rob Dixon wrote:
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> I suggest you start by describing a very simple game that's not blackjack. One
> player gets dealt cards until he hits 21 or more. 21 is a win, more is a loss.
>
> Then add a dealer's hand.
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> Then add face down cards
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> Then add betting
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> Then add, erm, insurance?
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> Finish with the green baize ;)
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> HTH,
>
> Rob
>   
Hey, thanks for the quick feedback. I worked on from 1-6 and will work 
on 7 tomorrow. See if this is any better


### 52 cards in deck consist of 2-10 and J, Q, K(which all 3 of them has 
value of 10) and A (which has either value of 1 or 11 ) and there are 3 
suits (diamond,clover,heart,

requirements: 7 decks ( 52 X 7 = 364 )   # not sure 6 or 7 decks but 
let's just say 7 for now
                       Player will have $500 and we will call that  
bank. Each bet's minimum is $25 and maximum is $500

1. Take 7 decks of cards one big pile and shuffle them

2. Have player cut the deck(must be in 2nd half of deck but cannot be 
last 20% of the deck; somewhere between past 50% and before 80%) and put 
a marker on it  # so it knows where to stop
                                             ### The reason, cutting the 
deck after cards are shuffled is to make sure players do not know when 
the deck ends
                                             ### Meaning, if someone was 
counting cards(sort of trying to memorize what cards already came out, 
they can sort of guess
                                             ### as decks are running 
out. If you cut the deck, it's harder to guestimate, although counting 
cards can still give player bit of advantage; it's still gambling and 
probability
--- game starts---
3. Player places the bet  which must be greater or equal to minimum and 
less or equal to max and also his bank must have that amount in order to bet
    ( bank - bet )

4.dealer deals a card
   ### player and dealer each gets 2 cards. 2nd card that dealer gets is 
face down so nobody knows the value of the card
   first dealer will deal a face up card to player which we will call  
player_total

   second, dealer will deal a face up card for dealer himself which we 
will call  dealer_total

   third, dealer will deal a face up card to player which we will call 
player_next

   fourth dealer will deal  a face down card for dealer himself which we 
will call dealer_next

5.If player has blackjack( 10 + A ), add 1.5 x bet  + bet  to his bank 
and bet again(go back to step 3)

6.If dealer has A in face up card,
              offer insurance
                        if answer is yes
                                  then player must bet additional 50% of 
his current bet ( bet x .5 ) which we will call insurance_money
                                  (bet x .5) = insurance_money
                                  bank - insurance_money    ### current 
total bank after putting insurance
                        if answer is no
                                  insurance_money is 0
                       now check the face down card ( dealer_next )
                       if dealer_next is 10 and insurance_money is 0
                                  player lose the bet and game over and 
go back to step 3 and bet again
                       if dealer_next is not 10 and insurnace_money is 0
                                  game continues, go to step 7
                       if dealer_next is 10 and insurance_money is 
greater than 0
                                  add back player's bet and insurance 
money to his bank
                                 ( bank + bet + insurance_money)
                                  game starts over and go back to step 3 
and bet again
                       if dealer_next is NOT 10 and insurance_money is 
greater than 0
                                   (bank - insurance_money - bet )and 
game continues, go to step 7