When "conditions" are met and you split your 20 and receive another "ten" card, do you continue the splitting (if the index permits) or only split once?
You then get a soft 21 off your splitting of tens? Double down if index is valid for a double down of say 11 vs 5 or 6 or simply stand?
You would not use the same indexes as you would for doubling a hard 11. The alternative is completely different (stay vs hit), so the indexes have to be different.
Off hand I would guess that you would need a much higher count to double on a soft 21 than you would to double on a hard 11 (since the alternative is a guaranteed push and very likely winner).
Regardless, these indexes are not in my repertoire, and they would add very little value since the opportunity to use them would be so rare, especially for me since I never split tens (for cover reasons).
As a red chip player spitting tens is one decision I avoid because of the unwanted attention this play draws from other players and the pit...
According to my humble calculations, doubling down on soft 21 is a better buy than standing versus 5 and 6, if true count (hi-lo) is 8 or greater. This is true for 6D, S17 game. For different rules (number of decks) the count could be slightly different.
I've seen some stores that will employ the 86 measure if you double A8 against 5 or 6. So to survive, you have to use your head. Something a lot of players can't manage.
"dreaded" is past tense.
You meant to say "dread"
that TunicaBound's use of "dreaded" as an adjective is correct!
There really is a choice and a distinction here.
You can use the past tense of just about any verb in an adjectival form. Would anyone object to writing, "The hated splitting tens"? I don't think so.
So, structurally, what's the difference between that and "The dreaded splitting tens"? There really isn't any.
But, it so happens that "dread" can be used, as is, as an adjective, and so, "The dread splitting tens" is also correct in this case.
Don
your elucidation is thorough. :)
thanx (<-lol) to his recent 'appearance' on the radio program, when I read his post I 'hear' that New Yawk twang, instead of the professor's voice speaking the queen's proper english that I used to 'hear' when he posted. :)
No, it's the rest of you who tawk funny! :-)
Go to Chicago and everyone pronounces merry, Mary, and marry the same. Sheesh! Learn how to speak!! :-)
Don
