The other night we were at a Cleveland area casino. It was a busy night... it was Saturday and the Indians had a late afternoon game, so lots of people came over after that. I was playing blackjack with four other people, I had the first seat to the dealer's left. During the hand in question, I was dealt a pair of 8s, the guy next to me had 15, 3rd position had 19, 4th had 14 5th spot had 16. The dealer was showing a 6. At this point I decided to split my 8s and was dealt a Queen and a 10, ending up with a pair of 18s (yay me, right? one would think). Everyone else around the table stood on their original hands. The dealer then goes four cards deep to draw a 17. The guy next to me then starts spewing out all of this mansplaining nonsense about how I totally misplayed my hand and got lucky, but in turn I 'screwed' the rest of the table. He said that had I stayed on my original 16 like everyone else around the table, the whole table would have won. It is my experience that splitting 8s against any dealer card 2-7 was common place in blackjack. Thoughts on that scenario, and do you consider other players at the table when playing your hand?
You should split 8s against a dealer 6
You should NOT split 8s against a dealer 6
You have a responsibility to play your hand with regards to other players at the table
You DO NOT have a responsibility to play your hand with regards to other players at the table
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Blackjack players, what's the right move? Do you split 8s against a dealer 6? And, are you required 'think about the rest of the table' when play?
Your best play in this scenario is to split the 8s. Especially if the dealer is showing 6’s.
The only time you don’t is if the dealer is showing 9 or higher (and that is debatable).
Doesn’t matter what the other people at the table do.
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It's easy to say that you ruined the hand after all the cards have been dealt. It could have just as easily played out the same way if you had hit once or stood.
IKR!!! He said that if I stand and everyone else stands, that forces him to make 17 to beat us... which hindsight being 20/20, the dealer would have drawn running 10 cards to bust on 26. And, maybe, if I had 7/9 instead of 8/8 I would have stood. But, I'm pretty sure i played it right and would play it that way again.
You won. He lost. If he had grown a set and hit on 15, he would have won (and the dealer would have likely busted) . It's called GAMBLING. Not "being a pussy and hoping the dealer busts".
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I would’ve split them, odds are good for you. I know I get annoyed when people do stupid shit like draw on 15 or 16 and, but thats just the smart way to play two 8s
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Anyone who gets pissed about 'ruining the table' either needs to pay for people's bets, or they need to get to a mental institution and get their OCD under control. Either way it's rude to get pissy like that.
I mean, I kinda get what he is saying... if I have 15, and the dealer shows 6... it's irresponsible to draw on 15 and risk a 10 to bust on 25, let him risk the draw and bust on 26. but in my case, there was clearly a chance to better my hands by splitting rather than standing on 16
Split anything other than 10s against dealer 6 (and then try to double on the splits) and tell ignorant players at the table to jam one fist in their mouth & the other up their ass.
you can split any pair dealt to you and play them as separate hands. the only difference is that whining splitting aces, you are only dealt one more card, whereas with the others you can hit as many times as you like until you stand or bust.
Nooo... lol Was just having the same talk about standing on 20. Very few instances advise splitting 10s... advanced card counters & experienced blackjack tourney players are about the only ones.
Always split 8s against a 6. The odds are in favour of you most of the times in this situation and often one split 8 will save the other. The book says to always split in such a situation.
That theory is severely flawed... there are 52 cards in a deck. 16 of those cards have a value of 10(four each of 10, Jack, Queen, King) plus another four aces which have a value of 1 or 11, for a total of 20 cards with a value of 10 or more. That leaves 32 other cards in the deck with value of 9 or less. So, at any point the percentage of drawing a card with a value of 10 or 11 is 38.5%. Also, I'm not sure I've ever seen any scenario that encourages splitting 10s or 9s.
The numbers from my earlier comment include 10s, face cards & aces as well. Admittedly, I am having difficulty finding any instances that one should split 10s.
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