Here you guys go,

edit: I had dealer hitting on soft 17, on stake ogs dealer always stands on soft 17.
https://pastebin.com/MekZgDt2


you can check that the simulator is accurately using stake's original bj formula, as it will print out the card order for test1/test1 nonce 1- or anything else you switch in near the bottom there, it can be your own seed pair, so long as it's unhashed of course.

One thing I had to do was count naturals as 1.5 wins, not just 1. This brings the winrate much closer to what is expected, because you're getting back 1.5 units when you win, not just 1. I think this was discussed earlier in the thread.

Without doubling, and when using an imprecise/poor strategy, the house edge is very high. Before I implemented doubling properly to this, it was hard to get less than 5% edge.

It is also worth noting that on Stake, when you have a draw/push, it doesn't count as a loss or a win. So the playthrough goes up in the stats, but it doesn't say there was a game at all.

Here is the strategy I used:


There are some small changes from standard blackjack strategy, because of how OGs use an infinite deck, so there is no considering that it may be more or less likely to draw certain cards; every card always has an equal chance of being next. It's mostly that you can be slightly more aggressive in certain situations.


Here is a random result of 100,000 games:


an additional 500k, with the fixed dealer standing on soft 17 change-
Running with random seeds...


You can adjust how many games are run in the code, it by default does 100k- you can do any number you like, even their supposed 10 million. It might just take a minute though

How to use: I do not suggest running random code without checking it first. But, this is entirely open source, so check it before running it. You need python.
`py originalblackjack.py` in any cli. You could also run this from an online python environment, but if it's a free one, it may have issues simulating too many games. I'm sure you can figure it out if you care this much.

Takeaways: it's hard to approach the house edge without a lot of games, and playing perfect strategy, including all proper doubles with no fear or balance worries. The edge is quite low in that case. When naturals only count as 1 win, it can feel low, even though it's not. There is a reason mass-playing perfect strategy og blackjack on a bot was one of the best ways to farm wager, if you had those tools.

This simulator follows stake's implementation 1:1; there are no liberties taken here.

Thanks for reading