Splitting the 8's

Tell us more than we ever wanted to know and then some

P R O F E S S O R !

I hope it's clear that if you were dealt 16s all day long that you would go broke, the average hand that the dealer makes is 18.2, his busts are not included in that average. See the Tour of the tables.

Now we are presented with all time buster, the 16 and yes there is one more option however, although it is not as good as we would like, because we have to double the money that we put up, with double after you split there is hope. Let"s look at the expectant out-comes.

8-8 vs Up card

Double after you Split Allowed, Dealer Does not hit Soft 17
The Change in the approximations for hit a Soft 17 are given for the Dealer's 6.
Where it is most Profound, elsewhere I will Elaborate on this issue further.

Player's UpCard 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 TEN ACE
8-8 Hit -.350 -.321 -.300 -.370 -.380¹ -.375 -.426 -.487 -.512 -.511

8-8 Stand -.274 -.228 -.215 -.166 -.178² -.740 -.760 -.771 .-790 .-881

8-8 Split +.065 +.133 +.215 +.312 +.355³ +.255 +.065 -.385 -.455 -.332

Notes:

note ¹ hit soft 17= -.418
note² hit soft 17= -.258
note³hit soft 17= +.372

Here's an Interesting Link, Concerning the "Really Hateful" Sixteen vs the dealer's TEN
When to Surrender ? Like Now if you don't Split. Note the expectation is less than the .5 from the Surrender, (-.512)
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