Hello, I remember that I put a comment the other day in another thread but I think nobody saw it So I decided to generate a new one...
'Yesterday I had $200 on each of two boxes (TC +6) and I was dealt 8, 8 on my right hand and 19 on the left; the dealer's card was an Ace (no surrender against A) and I took insurance to cover $300. After thinking for a while I decided to split the 8s (considering that if the dealer had bj I wouldn't have lost the split bet) and I got 18 in both. At the end the dealer had blackjack and I lost $100 (could have been worst)... I was thinking if I made the right move... '
Basic strategy tell us to always split 8s... BUT trying to analyze if this is a MUST... are there any exceptions? Would you have splitted those 8s against an A considering the high TC?
J.
'Yesterday I had $200 on each of two boxes (TC +6) and I was dealt 8, 8 on my right hand and 19 on the left; the dealer's card was an Ace (no surrender against A) and I took insurance to cover $300. After thinking for a while I decided to split the 8s (considering that if the dealer had bj I wouldn't have lost the split bet) and I got 18 in both. At the end the dealer had blackjack and I lost $100 (could have been worst)... I was thinking if I made the right move... '
Basic strategy tell us to always split 8s... BUT trying to analyze if this is a MUST... are there any exceptions? Would you have splitted those 8s against an A considering the high TC?
J.
Do You Always Split 8's In Blackjack
Why Always Split 8s In Blackjack
Always Split Aces and 8s If you are dealt a pair of Aces or a pair of 8s, then no matter what the dealer is showing, you should split them. Many players fail to see the logic of this and will not split 8s if the dealer is showing a 9, 10 or Ace. By Henry Tamburin Always split aces and eights. That is one of the golden rules for blackjack players but not according to a friend of mine. He insists that splitting eights against a dealer upcard of 9, 10, or ace is crazy because you are probably going to lose anyway, so why double your loss by splitting?