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and this video blackjack expert henry Tampere in
discusses for confusing hands where players
first thought may not be the correct way to play the hand properly
also the basic playing strategy is logical to players
for example players understand that they should hit
16 when the dealer shows a six off court
or they should split dates when the dealer shows
5 however some other basic strategy
is not so intuitive and these are the
cancer I'm going to examine now give you some justification for why we have to
play by the basic playing strategy
and the first not intuitive hand I want to discuss
as a hard 11 against dealers 10
basic strategy says to double down on a level
against dealers 10 however the reality is many players will check it out
and hit instead because they were afraid that the dealer has a pat
20 well did you know that when the dealer has a 10
up card and he doesn't have a black tracked he will wind up with a twenty
roughly 33 percent of the time
meanwhile a player holding an eleven
and taking just one card by doubling down
has roughly a 31 percent chance of getting a twenty-one
by drawing a 10 and 8 percent chance of making a twenty
when he draws a non moreover you are more likely to make a 20 or 21
with a one-car draw to your 11 that the dealer is to make
the twenty think about this if you draw
a7 a nine or ten
and the dealer has the same card in the whole you're still gonna win
so for these reasons this is why
basic strategy tells you to double down eleven
against tap the second
not intruded hand that I like to cover is
splitting eights against the dealer time
if I told you that playing
and a twice against a dealer 10
loses less money and playing a sixteen
once would you believe me probably not but guess what
it's true when you hit 16
against the deal 10 now pay attention to those
you're gonna win only 23 percent of the time
and you're gonna lose seventy-seven percent meaning you're gonna win about
forehand side up seventeen this is why holding a 16 against the 10
is the worst hand in blackjack however
when you're sixteen is a pair of eights
you have an Al got out
is splitting because now your chances of winning
when you start each hand with a single
a against dealers 10 are 30
8 per sec in both cases
either hedinger splitting you're going to lose money
but it's still cheaper to win 38 hands
and lose 62 on each
split 8 then to win
23 cans and lose 77 once
by hitting this is the real
reason why when you're dealt a pair Bates against the 10
basic strategy says always split that
the third not intuitive hand splitting lines against the law and
you know it seems logical that you should split lines when the deal shows a
small cork
however most players they just don't
see the logic behind splitting lines against the dealer now I
so they decide to stand with their strong
18 however hard 18
will be a dealer small line only
a times are up twenty to get close to break even on this hand you need to be
aggressive in Split
and you should also keep in mind that in most casinos
the rules allow you to respond but and FF to splitting is permitted
so that's an added incentive to split your nine's
because if you do and you draw true for example
you now have the opportunity of doubling down on that 11
so for these reasons this is
why you should always split mines against an online
play by the basic plan strategy the last more intuitive hand that I want to cover
as a soft 18 against a dealer small most players think that if they're
they've got an 18 that they're almost surely gonna win the hand
but in the long run you're gonna end up losing more money
and winning however because you've got
and ace in your hand with a soft 18
you have some flexibility if you stand on that soft 18
you're gonna win about eight times are up twenty
if you hit you're gonna win Pauline
are up twenty hands say take your chances
either you win eight times or nine times
obviously it's better to win nine times
which is why basic strategy says you should always here
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