Fab 4?

[Jumpfreak888]

I was looking at winning rates at qfit.com and I stumbled across my most likely scenario.

"wong's havles with illustrious 18 / fab 4"

I know the illustrious 18, but what is fab 4?

Thanks!,

Dan

[Sonny]

The Fab 4 are the most profitable late surrender indices. The Illustrious 18 do not contain any indices for surrender so they were added separately.

-Sonny-

[Jumpfreak888]

Gotcha, thanks!

You've been really helpful, Sonny, kudos

[sagefr0g]

Originally Posted by Jumpfreak888

I was looking at winning rates at qfit.com and I stumbled across my most likely scenario.

"wong's havles with illustrious 18 / fab 4"

I know the illustrious 18, but what is fab 4?

Thanks!,

Dan

this is a link for the fab 4 ...... also you would exercise late surrender for
16v9,10,A as part of basic strategy for a multiple deck game offering late surrender.

http://www.blackjackinfo.com/bb/show...14&postcount=2

[Automatic Monkey]

There are also: 16 vs. 8, 14 vs. 9, 14 vs. A, 88 vs. 10 as useful plays. They reduce your variance, and all but 88 vs. 10 look like something an unskilled player would do.

I call them the "Badfinger" indices. They are not the Fab Four, but they sound just close enough to get you confused!

[Kaiser]

Do *NOT* remind me of surrendering a pair of 8's against a 10.

My last time out the count well warranted surrendering my pair of 8's. I asked the dealer to surrender, she replied "are you sure?". I said yes. "Most people would split those." I said that's fine, surrender please. I get told by a couple of the table geniuses that you always split aces and eights. I nod politely and don't say anything.

I'm at first base. Dealer takes half my bet. Next card out is a 3. Then a 10. Then another effing 3. Then, you guessed it, another goddamned effing 10. I would have turned that pair of 8's into a pair of doubled 21's.

I wanted to crawl under the table and die.

[Jumpfreak888]

This game surely can be brutal.