8,8VT

My local casino rule is follow:
S17
Resplit A(up to 4 hands)
Das(up to 4 hands)
Early surrender if dealer shows a ten
No hole card,Dealer takes only original bet
I want ask if I take 8,8 and dealer shows Ten,according to the correct BS what kinds of action I take is correctly?Split?or Surrender?
If I count the card(H-L),what is the number of this index.
Thanks

Basic Strategy is always Surrender.
Index number is to Surrender with a true count of -2 and higher. Split with -3 and lower.

Frenchman

Dear Frenchman:

Thanks for your answer.But the Casino rule is takes Original Bets Only.So we can compare the EV of Early Surrender(-50%)and Split,which one is good for player.But I don't know how to figure the EV of Split.Do you have some idea about it?Thanks

Frenchman's answer is correct as it stands.

See BJA3, pp. 392-93. for an explanation of how to calculate the split e.v., which is worse than -0.50.

Don

If the game you are playing has OBO, with Early Surrender, you make your surrender decision FIRST according to basic strategy or indice number wheather the dealer checks for BJ or not. That is the big advantage of E.S.

If your decision is to surrender, then your hand is completed. If playing by indice numbers and the number calls for a split,only then does the OBO rule come into effect, AFTER you make your Early Surrender decision.

It sounds like you are into the math of the game, so by all means listen to the poster who responded to you ( Don Schlesinger ) and buy his books ( Blackjack Attack #1-2-3 ). I would start with #1 and go from there.

I dont think so, but hopefully you are not confusing Early Surrender with Late Surrender. The strategy plays for L.S. are quite different.

Frenchman

Isn't BJA3 an updated, revised edition of the previous
two editions? If not, I need to search out BJA and BJA2.
Does each edition contain much different info, or mostly
corrections to the previous edition?

BJinNJ

"Isn't BJA3 an updated, revised edition of the previous
two editions?"

If you add "expanded," then yes. There's a ton of stuff in BJA3 that isn't in BJA1. I think we estimated 50% new material.

"If not, I need to search out BJA and BJA2. Does each edition contain much different info, or mostly corrections to the previous edition?

You need BJA3.

Don

Stuck on p.59, at the moment, though. :0

BJinNJ

Haven't even started Griffin. :O

BJinNJ

Anyone buying BJA should own the whole library. If for no other reason, a complete set someday could be worth millions, well.., maybe hundreds.

Frenchman

The collection isn't complete unless you have a signed and numbered hardcover edition, too.

Do you know how many signed copies there are, and how to obtain one?

Frenchman

I have #350 of 350. You should check with Betty just to make sure they don't have one hiding somewhere.

"I have #350 of 350."

No, you have #350 of 550. My hand recalls being more tired than having signed just 350 copies! :-)

"You should check with Bettie just to make sure they don't have one hiding somewhere."

Here is Bettie's answer: "You signed 550 of the hardcovers, and without going to the warehouse to count, I have something like 20 to 40 left. The numbers of the ones left are in the mid-300s, and they cost $49.99."

Hope this helps.

Don

In 2004, I signed 550 numbered copies of the hardcover BJA3. At a private party, for the launching of that edition, I signed more copies for friends and invited guests.

The following year (2005), at a private party, for the launching of the softcover edition, I did the same thing.

Don

Imagine that ;-)

I must need new glasses.