A tournament oddity
By Ken Smith
Published
This post is from 2004. It was written about events at the time and has not been updated since. For current guidance, see the blackjack tournament strategy.
I was recently involved in a final hand at a blackjack tournament at the New Frontier in Las Vegas, where an opponent had a tough decision to make. He had a soft 18 facing a dealer ten, and the tournament situation made it unclear whether standing or hitting was preferable.
The complete situation, and an unusual discovery about it are detailed in this thread at BlackjackTournaments.com:
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