How many ways can you reach blackjack with 3 cards?
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010 at
7:12 pm
Essentially, how many combinations of cards are there so that you can make 21 in the blackjack game.
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Here are all the combos I can think of:
Ace, King, Queen
Ace, King, Jack
Ace, King, 10
Ace, Queen, Jack
Ace, Queen, 10
Ace, Jack, 10
Ace, 10, 10
Ace, 9, Ace
Ace, 8, 2
Ace, 7, 3
Ace, 6, 4
Ace, 5, 5
King, 9, 2
King, 8, 3
King, 7, 4
King, 6, 5
Queen, 9, 2
Queen, 8, 3
Queen, 7, 4
Queen, 6, 5
Jack, 9, 2
Jack, 8, 3
Jack, 7, 4
Jack, 6, 5
10, 9, 2
10, 8, 3
10, 7, 4
10, 6, 5
9, 9, 3
9, 8, 4
9, 7, 5
9, 6, 6
8, 8, 5
8, 7, 6
7, 7, 7
All total, this would equate to 35 different combinations, all of them resulting in a total of 21. Hope this helps.
Can’t say how many there are but one idea is a ace, 2, and a 10 or face card…