The dealer dealt herself the cut card as her first card, and was half done dealing us our second cards when she realized her mistake. So, a misdeal. I wound up with 7,3 vs. 9, and a chance to pull my bet back. Which I did.
Now I see that playing the hand (doubling) has a positive expected value of 0.145777, so it looks like I should have played the hand. Maybe we should play any hand that has +EV. If this is true, is there any easy way to determine whether to play the hand or not, short of memorizing all the +EV hands?
I realize this situation comes up so seldom that it's almost not worth talking about, but I'm still interested to know. Thanks!
Now I see that playing the hand (doubling) has a positive expected value of 0.145777, so it looks like I should have played the hand. Maybe we should play any hand that has +EV. If this is true, is there any easy way to determine whether to play the hand or not, short of memorizing all the +EV hands?
I realize this situation comes up so seldom that it's almost not worth talking about, but I'm still interested to know. Thanks!