i'm gonna wong in here and say that a circa 0.035793 deficit on ZeeBabar's heuristic doesn't seem so tragic. but of course, similar to trying to take a picture of a cat, his action mushroomed into a four hand nuclear explosion.
there doesn't seem to be anything incorrect about the statements of either xengrifter, Spyros Acebos, gronbog, 21forme, imho, and i
guess paradoxically? that, stopgambling and Talmadge are correct as well, that ZeeBabar's stab in the dark decision was indeed on target.
there is a supposedly wise old saying, "if on the road one comes to a fork in the road, and one doesn't know which way to go, then one should do nothing."
in this case ZeeBabar would have landed up standing, by default, assuming the dealer and pit would have lost patience with his inaction and moved on with the round. then he could have perhaps sued the casino for a vast fortune, by having a lawyer show that the forced action was in fact incorrect far as the index goes.
but the fact is ZeeBabar was certain about bs, and uncertain about the index. that being the case, imho, he should have stood, unless his personal certainty equivalence was such that the risk of splitting was worth it to him .
wonging is fun
