Recent content by kbmc

Well, surrendering is not allowed (not that you would want to do that anyway), since you've already split, and standing is non-sensical, as your total can only increase if you hit or double and you can't bust. That leaves hitting and doubling down as the possible reasonable options. We normally...

I was not aware of resplitting aces not generally being allowed. Thanks for the info! Still, if I'm not allowed to resplit aces, then I'm even more likely to not be allowed to split aces, thus making my question even more important. I don't understand what you mean. My understanding is that, if...

What should you do if you have a pair of As but you are not allowed to split because, for example, you've already split to the maximum number of hands allowed? I know this is quite an unlikely scenario as you'd have to draw a bunch of As, but you still need to know what to do. I'm interested in...

I see what you guys are saying. By having the convention that "16" means "hard 16" and that "hard 16" means "hard 16 that is not a pair," we make communication easier. I can just tell someone "surrender hard 16 vs 10," and they'll know what I mean without me having to tell them. Similarly, it...

Ahh, I guess one could infer that "16" means "hard 16" from the fact that a soft 16, for example, is listed in the soft totals table as "A,5," rather than "16." Good point! I don't agree, on the other hand, with your suggestion that a hard 16 cannot be a pair. A pair of 8s is by definition a...

I'm often confused by blackjack strategy charts that have tables with overlapping domains. For example, this chart includes four tables: pair splitting, soft totals, hard totals and late surrender. If I have a pair of 8s against a 10, the pair splitting table tells me to split, while the late...