Blackjack Card Game Tips : Blackjack Splitting Aces & Eights

[mf0824]

i wouldn't split on 2 8's if the dealer is showing a 10, i would just hit...is this the right call or would you still split?

[Tony56841]

Okay...so this guy says 8s should always be split because it gives you a better chance statistically. He is correct, but he hasn't answered the questions of why? What is it about the value of 8 in a deck of cards that makes it the statistically correct move? You could go to every casino on Las Vegas Blvd and probably find that EVERY shift manager on duty has no idea. The answer is quite simple. Anyone know what it is??

[Irynanova]

@Tony56841

when you get two 8's you have the worst possible hand - 16. This hand is likely to lose if you stant and likely to bust if you hit. That is why it is always better to split.

[WaspSnG]

@Tony56841 I don't know if you're a BlackJack mastermind, but if you have a correct answer to this question, you could really help me out. I play in the Dutch Casino's were there are 6 decks involved and the dealer only gets 1 face up card. I don't really know what to do with AA and 88 in this situation. Imagine in both cases the dealer gets a face up A. Normally online or something he would have a closed second card that he would look at in case he has a BlackJack.

[Tony56841]

@WaspSnG If you would like some evidence, take a deck of cards, shuffle it well, and make 26 - 2 card piles and see how many of them total 13. Try this a few times and track the results. The next time you are in your casino, watch how many times 13 comes up....whether it is the player's 2 cards or consecutive cards out of the shoe. Hope this has helped. I wouldn't consider myself a blackjack mastermind, but I am a pit boss in Las Vegas, so I have some experience with this.

[WaspSnG]

@Tony56841 In the format i'm playing, you don't have that information. So let's say you split your Eights, you bust one and make 18 with the other one for example, he still has a shot to get a BlackJack or a better other combination than you. I'll believe it when someone says it's still statistically better to split them Eights, but I don't see how this can be profitable really...

(Same question goes to the uploader, but i've seen he has quite some subscribers, so I imagine he won't read this)

[Tony56841]

@WaspSnG The MAIN reason that you should always split 8s is because the average 2 card combination is13! By splitting 8s, you have an excellent chance of turning 1 of them into a 21, assuming the count isn't too high or too negative. The average card is 6.5 (actually 6.53846), therefore 2 cards total 13, on average. Now if you can count cards, splitting the 8s can be dangerous if you are playing against an up card of a 9 or 10 when the true count is at +5 or higher.

[WaspSnG]

@Tony56841 With all due respect, I have about 0 clue what you just sayd. Mathmatically i'm a blunder so if you really feel like explaining this to me, it won't work this way. I would like to believe what you're saying, but as mentioned: just no clue at all :-)

[kevin48151612]

i thought 2 aces were 21 if so y would u split?

[javaluh]

How are 2 aces 21? its 12, 2, or 22

[nekturnblue1]

@kevin48151612

now a 10, or a face card with an Ace is a 21. 2 aces is always 22. So split them into two hands...chances are you'd get a face card on both hands making both a 21