splittin 2 and 3's vs 7's

Is this a basic strategy move or not?

What books do you own? Do you have internet?

Why don't you learn basic strategy?

Robbie

Chi
Sure you should know basic strategy but rather than just say you should know it, here is a little thought on this play.
Too often we always think or were taught that the next card is always a 10. Well you split 2,2 and how often will you get 4 straight 10's and bust both hands.
What we do not often think about is that just as easily as getting a 10, we could get either a 6,7,8, or 9 on our 2, putting us in a situation where a hit or double might beat a dealer 17. We could also get an ace, or any card besides a 10 and we still not have a stiff and even with a stiff 12, there is a better shot at not busting than busting. We could also get additional 2's, land up with more hands and more doubles.
So we split them and know that a 7 is a weak dealer card.

But this is blackjack and nothing is guaranteed. Just as easily as having a bad 17, that dealer might have an Ace, 2, 3 or 4 in the hole, or perhaps a 5-9 for a stiff. So overall it is a good play but like every play it is not guaranteed.
Your natural vs a dealer 2-9 is a guaranteed winner, everything else is to be determined!

Figures I get 2's vs the dealer 7 up-card . I split and bust both with the dreaded 22. It was high-stake and later, and it was a bummer. But still won the night at BJ and vp!

But before I do it again I got to get some math. Not some wise-ass belief in the bj 'book'.

Some of the best blackjack books have tables where they give you percentages. Look at the numbers (not near the books now) for a 2 vs dealer 7 and compare that number to a 4 (not splitting) vs a dealer 7.
You will find your odds better with a 2 than a 4.

Whatever happened to you on one big hand means nothing in the world of math but if it means you will continue to play incorrectly based on this, it can have big consenquences over the long run.

In the long run it will cost you 10% of your original bet if you refrain from splitting 2/2 versus 7 (DAS assumed).
In other words if you have bet 100$ and hit the Deuces instead of splitting it's like throwing 10 bucks into the tray.

Francis Salmon

Thanks for the answers ,{even the smart-ass juvy ones}. So I try a simulation using a deck and my results so far was when splittin das allowed for just 20 hands was 27 for dealer and 21 for me with 3 pushes. A net loss of 6 units.

And not splittin my net loss was just 4 units.
Don't think I will re-write that Bj 'bible' just yet. But will continue to look for more proof
Have a lucky day!

What is a 48 hand sim?

One night I lost the first 26 hands that I played (not counting pushes) and landed up winning for the session. If I ended my session after 26 hands, how would that sim have looked compared to reality?

Some players will persist in their erronnous conception of the game even if you prove them black on white that they are wrong. Chi-Riverboats is one of them. So trying to educate them is like "throwing perls to the pigs".

Francis Salmon