creeping panther said:
The problem is that you will often DO BATTLE with other players who get very angry at you surrendering. For a skilled AP surrender is a most valuable option and far mor powerfull than most imagine.
Someone told me last night that surrendering your hand was "a sucker play". He asked me why the hell would the casino let you do it if it wasn't a big money maker for them?
I almost started saying that most morons don't know how to play it and start wimping out on too many hands, but I didn't want to look like I knew what I was talking about that much. It also didn't help that twice within 5 hands I surrendered a 16 against a 9, and the next cards ended up being 4 and 5. This caused the guy to my left to lose it one of the times, because he took "my 4" on his double down, the next card was an ace that went to his second hand, and it ended up causing him to bust. He was an ignorant asian dude who started yapping away in his language to a buddy, while I just sat there are smiled.
Lately, surrender is the one thing that gets me the most grief. I surrendered a hand with a max bet out near the end of the shoe, and the dealer even announced loudly "surrendering on 15" to the pit. Maybe they didn't like me spreading to 2 hands to go above the table limit, and get more money on the table with the cut card rapidly approaching. heh
In my 2 hour session last night, hopping between a couple tables, I was the only person to surrender a hand.