A player next to me showed me his strategy card and I compared it to mine and his indicated STAND when player has A,8 (soft 19) against dealer 6.
I told him that should be Double Down. So I asked him where he got the strategy card and he said it was from his mentor (an ex-player on the MIT blackjack team); someone with a greek name like "petropolous" or "petrolopous"
This man didn't seem to know that much and wasn't not jumping his bets according to the count so I doubt he was really able to count.
Any ideas why his strategy card or his mentor would have him STAND instead of double down on A,8 vs. dealer 6?
Anyway, I told him mine was correct and that I even had an argument with a dealer once who told me I was not suppose to double down A,8 against dealer 6. I told the dealer it was basic strategy, so the dealer asked the pit boss who was right. The pit boss did not know off hand, but had a strategy card in his pocket and looked at it and sure enough I was right. The pit boss "I better keep my eye on you, you know your basic strategy too well...wink, wink."
I told him that should be Double Down. So I asked him where he got the strategy card and he said it was from his mentor (an ex-player on the MIT blackjack team); someone with a greek name like "petropolous" or "petrolopous"
This man didn't seem to know that much and wasn't not jumping his bets according to the count so I doubt he was really able to count.
Any ideas why his strategy card or his mentor would have him STAND instead of double down on A,8 vs. dealer 6?
Anyway, I told him mine was correct and that I even had an argument with a dealer once who told me I was not suppose to double down A,8 against dealer 6. I told the dealer it was basic strategy, so the dealer asked the pit boss who was right. The pit boss did not know off hand, but had a strategy card in his pocket and looked at it and sure enough I was right. The pit boss "I better keep my eye on you, you know your basic strategy too well...wink, wink."