BurdickSoft BlackJack (BBJ) is designed for the serious or novice player that wants to improve their playing skills using a fun, visually dynamic computer game. BBJ closely approximates the real casino playing experience by supporting all rule variations while allowing the player to design or modify their own counting, playing and betting strategies. For better graphical clarity, BBJ uses larger card displays than most blackjack games and contains multimedia sounds and graphics. It also has an integrated game tutor to assist and advise the player on proper playing strategy and unit wager bets. To improve player skills, BBJ contains counting and playing drill applications along with a high-speed simulator (1 million hands per minute on a 233 MHz pentium). BBJ incorporates a web-based, context sensitive help system with useful and informative blackjack links. Requirements are Wintel 95/98/NT/2000, 4 MB of disk space, and 4 MB of RAM. If you are looking for a serious but fun BlackJack game to refine and hone your playing, betting and counting skills to beat the casinos in the real thing, then this is the game for you.

Version 8.0 Improvements/Additions:

A faster and more reliable simulator for evaluating counting, playing and betting strategies
A re-designed playing drill application that allows players to create their own drills
Playing strategy table optimizer courtesy of Ken Smith @ www.blackjackinfo.com
Support for true count calculation
Improved "Wong-In" support
Expected Value (EV) statistical tables for understanding how various playing strategy moves impact win/loss potential
Support for Windows 2000

File Menu - exits game/saves settings. On exit, the player can optionally save the current game settings (e.g.rules, options, etc) and save the current bankroll totals to carry forward for the next session.

Game Menu

Start Game - starts the game using the current rules, options and strategies.
Players - sets number of players and various player options.
Rules - sets various game rules.
Options - sets game options.
Counting Drill - invokes the counting drill application.
Playing Drill - invokes playing drill application.
Reset - resets the game and clears the screen.

Strategy Menu - contains all of the user specified options for assigning play, bet and counting strategies. This menu works in conjunction with the BBJ Tutor to assist the player in honing and refining blackjack skills.

Counting Strategy - records tag values for a user defined counting system.
Playing Strategy - allows the player to create and edit a playing strategy table that can be used by the BBJ Playing Tutor to monitor and/or recommend proper plays by the player.
Betting Strategy - allows the player to enter a unit betting spread monitored by the BBJ Betting Tutor to alert/advise proper betting amounts against a given count.

Statistics Menu - contains various hand, count and error stats to help the player evaluate overall play performance.

Hand Stats - displays statistics for the current game including hands won, hands lost, hands pushed, single hands won, player blackjacks, double down wins, single hands lost, and double down hands lost.
Count Stats - displays the won/lost statistics for the current game by count value. This is useful for card counters who wish to see how well or how poorly a particular count system performs.
Errors - records betting and playing errors according to game parameters chosen by the player.
Expected Value Tables - Fires up the local web browser on the player's machine and loads in the Expected Value tables. These tables do not impact the BBJ game, but are available for informational purposes to help the player understand the relative win/loss effects of various playing situations. These tables help explain why it is better for example to hit a hard 16 when the dealer is showing a 7 or why splitting a pair of 9's against a dealer's 8 wins more money.

Simulate Menu- fires up the BBJ high-speed simulator to test blackjack strategies

Help Menu (F1) - displays the help system using the installed browser. The player can optionally hit the F1 key to launch the help system.

Bet Palette and Play Action Buttons - allow the player to enter bet values or plays. The Palette and Buttons appear automatically during the game to prompt the user for required inputs.

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