blackjackanalyst.strategy
Class BasicStrategyPlayer

java.lang.Object
  blackjackanalyst.strategy.BasicStrategyPlayer

All Implemented Interfaces:

PlayerStrategy

Direct Known Subclasses:

TrueCountBetPlayer

public class BasicStrategyPlayer
extends java.lang.Object
implements PlayerStrategy

A player that uses basic strategy correctly, provided the following table options:

• Eight decks
• Dealer hits soft 17
• Double any 2 cards
• Double after split

The strategies used are based on the chart found at http://wizardofodds.com/blackjack.

Author:

Michael Parker

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface blackjackanalyst.PlayerStrategy

PlayerStrategy.PlayerStrategyAction

Constructor Summary

BasicStrategyPlayer()

Method Summary

void	cardDealt(Card dealt_card) This informs the strategy that the given card has been dealt to some player.
PlayerStrategy.PlayerStrategyAction	getAction(PlayerHand player_hand, Card dealer_card) Returns the proper action, given the current hand.
int	getBet(int bankroll) Notifies the player that a new betting round has started.
int	getInsuranceBet(PlayerHand curr_hand, int bet_amount) Notifies the player that the dealer is showing an ace as his up card and is offering insurance.
void	joinedTable(Table t) This informs the strategy that the player has now joined a table.
void	leftTable(Table t) This informs the strategy that the player has now left the table it previously joined.
void	shoeShuffled() This informs the strategy that the shoe has been shuffled.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

BasicStrategyPlayer

public BasicStrategyPlayer()

Method Detail

getAction

public PlayerStrategy.PlayerStrategyAction getAction(PlayerHand player_hand,
                                                     Card dealer_card)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

Returns the proper action, given the current hand. If this method returns null, the caller determines what action is taken.

Specified by:

getAction in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

player_hand - the hand of cards belonging to the player

dealer_card - the card shown by the dealer

Returns:

the proper action, which is either hit, stand, double down, or split

shoeShuffled

public void shoeShuffled()

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

This informs the strategy that the shoe has been shuffled.

Specified by:

shoeShuffled in interface PlayerStrategy

cardDealt

public void cardDealt(Card dealt_card)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

This informs the strategy that the given card has been dealt to some player.

Specified by:

cardDealt in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

dealt_card - the card that was dealt

joinedTable

public void joinedTable(Table t)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

This informs the strategy that the player has now joined a table.

Specified by:

joinedTable in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

t - the table the player has joined

leftTable

public void leftTable(Table t)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

This informs the strategy that the player has now left the table it previously joined.

Specified by:

leftTable in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

t - the table the player has left

getBet

public int getBet(int bankroll)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

Notifies the player that a new betting round has started. The bet made by the player is returned, which must be greater than or equal to 0 and less than or equal to bankroll.

Specified by:

getBet in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

bankroll - the current bankroll of the player

Returns:

the bet made by the player

getInsuranceBet

public int getInsuranceBet(PlayerHand curr_hand,
                           int bet_amount)

Description copied from interface: PlayerStrategy

Notifies the player that the dealer is showing an ace as his up card and is offering insurance. This method returns the amount the player wants to insure, up to half his original bet. If this method returns 0, no insurance is taken.

Specified by:

getInsuranceBet in interface PlayerStrategy

Parameters:

curr_hand - the hand of cards belonging to the player

bet_amount - the amount bet on the player hand

Returns:

the amount of money the player wants to insure