// Returns the best BlackJackMove from Basic Strategy for the given situation with dealer and players hands taken into account
public BlackJackMove GetStrategy(List <Card> playersCards, Card dealersCard)
{
// First check if the player has a Pair
BlackJack_Card playerCard0 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(playersCards[0]);
BlackJack_Card playerCard1 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(playersCards[1]);
BlackJack_Card dealersCard0 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(dealersCard);
// We can only have a pair when the player has 2 cards only
if ((playersCards.Count == 2) & (playerCard0.value == playerCard1.value))
{
return(PairsStrategy[(int)playerCard0.value, (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
// Check if we have a soft hand: The lower and upper values must be different, and the lower value must be less than 12 (2 - 11) otherwise
// it's actually a hard hand. (Soft 12 or 22 is really just a hard 12)
if ((BlackJack.getHandValue_Lower(playersCards) < BlackJack.getHandValue(playersCards)) & (BlackJack.getHandValue_Lower(playersCards) < 12))
{
// Example: If the player has an (A,4) then we will pull from index [4, dealersCard]. The lowest hand value will be 5, so the index
// is LowestHandValue - 1. For when the Lowest hand value is 2, we will choose index [11, dealersCard], which is case of (A,A)
int lowestHand = BlackJack.getHandValue_Lower(playersCards);
if (lowestHand == 2) // Special case where we have an Ace, so we want to use the 11 index instead of 2. Do this to keep consistent
{
return(SoftStrategy[11, (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
else
{
return(SoftStrategy[lowestHand - 1, (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
}
// Must be a Hard Hand
return(HardStrategy[(int)BlackJack.getHandValue(playersCards), (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
// Returns the best BlackJackMove from Basic Strategy for the given situation, but must input a hand with a PAIR
// Use this function when the player doesn't have enough to pay for a split, but must still make a
// decision.
public BlackJackMove GetStrategyPairToNoPair(List <Card> playersCards, Card dealersCard)
{
// First check if the player has a Pair
BlackJack_Card playerCard0 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(playersCards[0]);
BlackJack_Card playerCard1 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(playersCards[1]);
BlackJack_Card dealersCard0 = BlackJack.convertCardToBlackJack(dealersCard);
if ((playersCards.Count == 2) & (playerCard0.value == playerCard1.value))
{
if (playerCard0.value == BlackJack_CardValue.Ace)
{
return(SoftStrategy[11, (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
else
{
return(HardStrategy[(int)playerCard0.value * 2, (int)dealersCard0.value]);
}
}
else
{
throw new Exception("Invalid use of function: The function 'GetStrategyPairToNoPair'" +
"is only to be used when the player knowingly has a pair, and only a pair");
}
}
