SBA's Report File
The text below is an example of a report file created by SBA. SBA creates the report file as soon as the simulation is finished.
The report file can be used as an input for SBA Calculator . The SBA Calculator can work with the report output of SBA and determine the optimal bet sizes, performs risk of ruin calculation for any betting strategy, and more. See the Screenshots of SBA Calculator, which were generated by cutting & pasting data from the report file below.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S T A T I S T I C A L B L A C K J A C K A N A L Y Z E R * * Version 5.5, 1995-2001 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * **************************************************************************** Simulation started on (MM/DD/YY): 09-13-2001 at 10:02:22 Simulation finished on (MM/DD/YY): 09-13-2001 at 10:43:19 Random seed = 1234567890 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * R U L E S & C O N D I T I O N S * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 6 decks Shufflepoint 260 cards, (83.33% penetration) Face up game 2 players including the counter Other players play: Basic Strategy Counter's position: seat 2 System used is HI-OPT I with ace side count and with indices table Hi-Opt I Ace side count is used for betting purposes SBA floors when calculating the true count Remaining decks estimated exactly for true count conversion American rules - hole card game Early surrender is allowed Dealer stands on all 17 Doubling is allowed on any two cards Doubling is allowed after splitting Hand can be split 3 times, up to 4 hands No resplit of aces Only one card to split aces Different tens can be split Insurance is 1 half of a bet Predefined variables: INSURANCE = 3 Buy insurance if true count >= INSURANCE H7710 = 99 Hit 7,7 versus dealer's 10 if true count < H7710 SU8810 = -2 Surrender 8,8 vs. dealer's 10 if true count >= SU8810 SU889 = 99 Surrender 8,8 vs. dealer's 9 if true count >= SU889 SU7710 = -2 Surrender 7,7 vs. dealer's 10 if true count >= SU7710 ODD RULES AND/OR SPECIAL BONUSES: Dealer wins tied 17 Winning Suited 777 pays 5:2 Winning Suited 678 pays 5:2 Winning 777 pays 3:2 Winning 678 pays 3:2 Ace/Jack of spades pays 4:2 Wonging-in at count: 2.0 No leaving the shoe at any count Betting units are: 1.0, 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 5.0, 8.0, 8.0 For corresponding AC: -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Num. of hands played: 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2 Player's bankroll is 100 Aim bankroll is 200 **************************************************************************** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * S I M U L A T I O N R E S U L T S * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNT STATISTICS (PRIMARY): TC PERCEN AC PERCEN ST. ERR. ADVANT ST. ERR. SDROUND ACTION -25 0.0000 -25 0.00000 0.000001 -20.000 35.3553 0.5000 1.0000 -24 0.0000 -24 0.00000 0.000002 -20.000 54.4331 0.9428 1.0000 -23 0.0000 -23 0.00000 0.000001 -20.000 0.0000 0.0000 1.0000 -22 0.0000 -22 0.00000 0.000002 -20.000 54.4331 0.9428 1.0000 -21 0.0000 -21 0.00001 0.000003 -20.000 29.2317 0.8268 1.1250 -20 0.0000 -20 0.00003 0.000006 19.355 20.4880 1.1407 1.1290 -19 0.0000 -19 0.00008 0.000009 -20.000 12.8250 1.1399 1.1772 -18 0.0001 -18 0.00014 0.000012 -5.556 10.6788 1.2408 1.1926 -17 0.0002 -17 0.00042 0.000021 -9.906 5.1932 1.0693 1.0849 -16 0.0004 -16 0.00076 0.000028 1.114 4.0464 1.1177 1.1088 -15 0.0011 -15 0.00182 0.000043 -10.197 2.6314 1.1238 1.1146 -14 0.0022 -14 0.00343 0.000059 -8.501 1.9019 1.1137 1.1120 -13 0.0056 -13 0.00723 0.000085 -8.580 1.2984 1.1037 1.1048 -12 0.0113 -12 0.01441 0.000120 -6.176 0.9161 1.0998 1.0996 -11 0.0237 -11 0.02755 0.000166 -7.163 0.6618 1.0984 1.1005 -10 0.0445 -10 0.05206 0.000228 -6.217 0.4811 1.0977 1.0984 -9 0.0855 -9 0.09178 0.000303 -5.634 0.3636 1.1015 1.0981 -8 0.1639 -8 0.17104 0.000413 -5.944 0.2668 1.1035 1.1002 -7 0.2940 -7 0.28601 0.000534 -4.806 0.2072 1.1079 1.1034 -6 0.5319 -6 0.47396 0.000687 -4.263 0.1618 1.1141 1.1086 -5 0.9027 -5 0.60810 0.000777 -3.791 0.1438 1.1213 1.1140 -4 1.6267 -4 2.04245 0.001414 -3.432 0.0790 1.1287 1.1209 -3 2.7009 -3 2.42567 0.001538 -2.733 0.0728 1.1342 1.1263 -2 4.5587 -2 4.15382 0.001995 -2.149 0.0557 1.1358 1.1297 -1 5.7909 -1 6.79130 0.002516 -1.461 0.0436 1.1352 1.1311 0 15.9373 0 11.54820 0.003196 -0.843 0.0334 1.1342 1.1322 1 20.1604 1 16.89315 0.003747 -0.163 0.0276 1.1338 1.1343 2 19.4173 2 24.15317 0.004280 0.431 0.0190 1.1335 1.1404 3 11.5948 3 12.18510 0.003271 1.277 0.0268 1.1356 1.1562 4 6.8543 4 7.35315 0.002610 2.145 0.0347 1.1420 1.1743 5 3.8990 5 4.28398 0.002025 2.961 0.0458 1.1507 1.1905 6 2.3085 6 2.64160 0.001604 3.956 0.0587 1.1567 1.2018 7 1.3171 7 1.54331 0.001233 4.773 0.0770 1.1593 1.2096 8 0.7977 8 0.90761 0.000948 5.937 0.1003 1.1583 1.2131 9 0.4353 9 0.61345 0.000781 6.867 0.1218 1.1565 1.2147 10 0.2537 10 0.32836 0.000572 7.810 0.1661 1.1542 1.2144 11 0.1329 11 0.17637 0.000420 8.881 0.2254 1.1480 1.2123 12 0.0699 12 0.10151 0.000318 10.247 0.2962 1.1443 1.2107 13 0.0423 13 0.06191 0.000249 10.611 0.3770 1.1374 1.2086 14 0.0192 14 0.02838 0.000168 10.428 0.5526 1.1288 1.2044 15 0.0086 15 0.01457 0.000121 12.976 0.7650 1.1197 1.1938 16 0.0043 16 0.00774 0.000088 13.455 1.0546 1.1249 1.2012 17 0.0022 17 0.00332 0.000058 12.176 1.5947 1.1140 1.2013 18 0.0008 18 0.00170 0.000041 10.510 2.2214 1.1094 1.1851 19 0.0004 19 0.00078 0.000028 14.369 3.1086 1.0501 1.1591 20 0.0001 20 0.00033 0.000018 20.000 5.0059 1.1094 1.2171 21 0.0001 21 0.00016 0.000013 12.658 7.3434 1.1194 1.2247 22 0.0000 22 0.00008 0.000009 5.183 9.4954 1.0427 1.1402 23 0.0000 23 0.00001 0.000002 8.333 27.3438 0.8122 1.0000 24 0.0000 24 0.00001 0.000003 20.000 28.5101 0.9147 1.2857 25 0.0000 25 0.00000 0.000001 20.000 20.6155 0.2500 1.0000 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- PRIMARY STATISTICS: Initial bet advantage: 1.87646%, St. Err. 0.012644% Total bets advantage: 1.58105% SCORE: 219.74 Risk of Ruin: 68.47% Estim. payoff per 100,000 rounds played is 11603.06, with estim. std. 2475.26 Average st. dev. per round: 7.82745 Av. std. per round per unit: 1.85808 Average bet per round: 6.18350 Average bet total: 7.20892 Insurance contribution: 0.17248% Insurance contrib. to TBA: 0.11890% Number of sessions won: 325856 Number of sessions lost: 221439 Total number of sessions: 547295 Percentage of sessions won: 59.5394%, St. Err. 0.06634% Surplus bank: 956002.5 Number of shoes played: 12958965 Number of rounds played: 99999432 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- SECONDARY STATISTICS: AC BLJACK PUSH HDOUBL SDOUBL SPLIT SURREN INSUR INSADV ACDIST -10 2.591 7.287 6.823 0.656 2.148 3.019 0.000 0.000 0.032 -9 2.815 7.120 6.651 0.762 2.181 3.045 0.000 0.000 0.057 -8 2.994 7.008 6.757 0.792 2.243 3.251 0.000 0.000 0.106 -7 3.221 7.029 6.895 0.852 2.351 3.748 0.000 0.000 0.177 -6 3.398 7.027 7.255 0.960 2.384 4.351 0.000 0.000 0.295 -5 3.625 6.968 7.615 1.085 2.423 4.810 0.000 0.000 0.381 -4 3.833 6.873 8.060 1.270 2.464 5.898 0.001 -25.000 1.287 -3 4.084 6.802 8.387 1.440 2.490 7.023 0.005 -13.636 1.536 -2 4.318 6.772 8.561 1.589 2.490 8.217 0.020 0.590 2.639 -1 4.567 6.720 8.538 1.740 2.482 9.399 0.056 3.743 4.320 0 4.839 6.710 8.465 1.889 2.475 10.432 0.156 6.725 7.353 1 5.100 6.736 8.383 2.064 2.468 11.249 0.438 6.244 10.776 2 5.373 6.800 8.310 2.200 2.537 12.169 1.512 5.018 30.978 3 5.711 6.887 8.296 2.342 2.867 13.626 4.074 4.644 15.846 4 6.074 6.961 8.266 2.460 3.566 14.963 6.321 5.293 9.711 5 6.383 7.077 8.181 2.570 4.454 16.096 7.753 6.561 5.736 6 6.722 7.144 7.971 2.627 5.275 17.191 8.582 8.097 3.571 7 7.031 7.304 7.710 2.639 5.942 18.156 9.206 10.166 2.100 8 7.376 7.414 7.359 2.606 6.411 18.980 9.699 12.893 1.238 9 7.729 7.534 7.024 2.508 6.786 19.542 10.101 15.248 0.838 10 8.100 7.652 6.633 2.466 7.043 19.889 10.360 17.136 0.448 InsTC INSUR INSADV ST. ERR. 3 7.500 2.556 0.054 4 7.627 5.039 0.069 5 7.671 8.156 0.089 6 7.723 11.108 0.114 7 7.676 13.488 0.148 8 7.769 17.293 0.189 9 7.791 21.381 0.245 10 7.758 23.927 0.321 CUMULATIVE FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE: Frequency of blackjack: 5.413% Frequency of pushing: 6.778% Frequency of hard doubling: 8.138% Frequency of soft doubling: 2.154% Frequency of splitting: 3.107% Frequency of surrender: 12.455% Frequency of insurance: 2.897% Insurance advantage: 7.447% CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS: AC Correlation Coef. -10 N/A -9 N/A -8 N/A -7 N/A -6 N/A -5 N/A -4 N/A -3 N/A -2 N/A -1 N/A 0 N/A 1 N/A 2 0.3596 3 0.3618 4 0.3660 5 0.3684 6 0.3690 7 0.3671 8 0.3641 9 0.3609 10 0.3596 D E A L E R'S S T A T I S T I C S Up card 17 18 19 20 21 BJ Bust 2 13.5290 12.9582 12.8208 12.3428 11.8462 -- 36.5029 3 12.9614 12.5615 12.0663 11.9622 11.5173 -- 38.9312 4 12.6509 11.9036 11.6795 11.2906 11.1577 -- 41.3176 5 12.0596 11.7671 11.2478 10.8001 10.5102 -- 43.6153 6 16.7828 10.3641 10.1622 9.7153 9.3878 -- 43.5877 7 38.1515 13.7502 7.4974 7.4820 7.0633 -- 26.0556 8 12.5147 37.1857 12.8765 6.6603 6.6587 -- 24.1041 9 11.6950 11.3342 36.4393 12.1061 5.9278 -- 22.4977 10 10.9423 10.8379 10.8390 35.2305 3.2215 8.1084 20.8205 ace 12.3142 12.7432 12.7161 12.7911 5.1239 32.4059 11.9056 Distribution of the final number of cards in Dealer's hand: Cards: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Freq.: 40.2177 40.7859 15.5909 3.0257 0.3521 0.0264 0.0013 0.0000 0.0000 Distribution of cards drawn to Dealer's initial two cards: Card: 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ace Freq.: 7.6299 7.1315 7.1413 7.1473 7.1566 7.6775 7.6806 7.6796 32.6244 8.1313