Of course, our country
exists as a result of a war against England and,
for a while there, England was to the United States
what Godzilla was to Tokyo. Now, England is our
best friend and Godzilla helps out Tokyo by battling
all those other monsters who attack it.
You just can’t
be positive in life about anything ever.
Except in gambling.
There, certain things are as solid and as true and
as consistent as, well, as...not like anything in
real life!
Take blackjack as an
example. There is one and only one way to play certain
hands for the basic strategy player. [Quick refresher:
Basic strategy is the computer-derived rules for
the playing of every player hand against every possible
dealer upcard.] You don’t have to think; you
don’t have to wonder; you don’t have to
ponder.
Take a hand of 16.
No matter how you slice it, a hand of 16 is a rotten
hand. Hit it and you’ll bust over 60 percent
of the time; stand and the dealer will have to bust.
You’ll be a big loser when you stand as well,
around 70 percent of the time.
But a 16 composed of
two 8s is an entirely different matter. In fact,
very few players even think of two 8s as a 16; they
merely think of it as an opportunity to split. It
is an absolute truism in blackjack that every time
you see those two 8s, you split them. Yes, you split
them against aces and 10s and deuces and 3s. You
split them against everything that dealer shows.
Blackjack
Aces And Eights Part 2
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