Ever stand with <12?
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Yes, when the dealer's up card + down card = hard 12 - 16 and the next card is a bust card.
That would be a correct situation to stand.
Another situation where you stand with < 12 is when you're playing at 3rd base in a next card game and the next card is a 10 vs a dealer bust card, in which case you're playing to optimize the BP's bets, not your own.
That would be a correct situation to stand.
Another situation where you stand with < 12 is when you're playing at 3rd base in a next card game and the next card is a 10 vs a dealer bust card, in which case you're playing to optimize the BP's bets, not your own.
Only if you have knowledge of cards that are normally unknown, for instance, if you know the dealer has 16 and the next card is a 10, but if the next two cards are 10's, then you would double down. Isn't this really a silly question? Think about it. By the way, if you know the next four cards are 6, 10, 6, 10, I'd split those 5's, if I were you. 
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Nope.
I'm in AC on a weekend nite, casino is packed.
Woman sits down and asks what the various chip colors means. Firist hand, she stays on 4,3 vs 10. Next hand she hit 10,7 vs dealer 6. Everyone left but me. Her three friends sat down and the bunch of them played near perfect BJ for the rest of the night. I can't imagine anything less than someone with a thirty day stank to them clearing a table more effectively.
I'm in AC on a weekend nite, casino is packed.
Woman sits down and asks what the various chip colors means. Firist hand, she stays on 4,3 vs 10. Next hand she hit 10,7 vs dealer 6. Everyone left but me. Her three friends sat down and the bunch of them played near perfect BJ for the rest of the night. I can't imagine anything less than someone with a thirty day stank to them clearing a table more effectively.
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The only time similar to this may be surrendering. Hard 6 at ridiculous and insane TCs
Having hands of 9 10 and 11 are good hands to have, they are the hands that most often make you monry back that you lose on shitty hands, if you fail to maximise their ev by taking cards, you will hurt yourself.
The only exceptions would involve knowing what the next card is and knowing that it would result in you winning, a second hand by say doubling down, or winning by passing it to the dealer.
Having hands of 9 10 and 11 are good hands to have, they are the hands that most often make you monry back that you lose on shitty hands, if you fail to maximise their ev by taking cards, you will hurt yourself.
The only exceptions would involve knowing what the next card is and knowing that it would result in you winning, a second hand by say doubling down, or winning by passing it to the dealer.
I'm convinced people have done this to me to try to get me to leave, because I always "take the dealer's bust card" and mess up their hand.
I'd much prefer they tried to get me to leave by playing incorrectly and trying to "mess up my hand" that way rather than something that I find horribly rude physically and which happens to me on a regular basis in AC.
Not that I disagree about you wanting to find ways to clear the table, but I just have a personal vendetta against people who blow smoke in my face and I don't think a ploppy deserves to have that done to them.
I'd much prefer they tried to get me to leave by playing incorrectly and trying to "mess up my hand" that way rather than something that I find horribly rude physically and which happens to me on a regular basis in AC.
Not that I disagree about you wanting to find ways to clear the table, but I just have a personal vendetta against people who blow smoke in my face and I don't think a ploppy deserves to have that done to them.
I'm 100% convinced of this. My revenge/solution: A few well-placed sneezes in their direction (without covering your mouth, of course). If they say anything, you have the perfect excuse as to what's causing your sneezing. And it helps to first wet your lips just a bit. (Don't wet them too much; you don't want to make it too obvious). :devil:
