Variations of the Blackjack Chart II

After the countless hours of participation and looking at people logical side of it, and applying the realization that most people in a casino play with short or scared money, my decision to hit the 16, rather than split, was a rather easy thing to accept.

When the shoe has not reached a determination of rich or poor, then I suggest hitting the 8-8 rather than splitting.
In layman's terms, it is saying that I would rather lose $5 seventy seven percent of the time, than lose $10 sixty two percent of the time. And I feel very strongly about this. What's your theory? One way or the other, make your decisions and stick to it.
Maybe this one little example shows you how strongly I feel about minimizing losses.

g) 8-8 VS DEALERS ACE: Definitely go for the hit, rather than the split, for the reasons stated for the move against the 10. But there is another reason. I am a firm believer in the power of the ace. When I have one of them, I'm happy, and when I have two, the tendency is to start counting my profits.

On the other hand, when the dealer shows an ace, a sinking feeling pops into my gut. And I'm sure you feel the same way. So let's do something about it. Get past the hand and keep your losses down. To do that, simply take your hit and concentrate on the next hand. Splitting the eight gives you $10 at risk, with 8 vs ace and 8 vs ace. Strong feeling towards taking a hit.

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h) 8-8 VS DEALERS 9: Same type of thinking as the two eights vs the dealers ten. I hate splitting those eights and now match up against his nine on two separate hands. Going in, he has the edge on both of my hands, when I split. My chart says to hit those eights and get on to the next hand. Take a minute, put your thinking cap on and see which way you are leaning.

There you have eight moves that I have made towards changing the basic strategy approach that I showed in my Blackjack book. A lot of these changes are from actual playing, and some input was based on my obligation to take into consideration the fact that most people (aside from the professional gambler) do not play enough hands of Blackjack, to allow the laws of probability to set a pattern.

Think you may come around to my thinking on all of these changes.
Before you make your decisions, look deeper into my explanations and try to grasp the reason I give for these swing overs.
You don't have to tell me that every book ever griten is in complete disagreement with my theories, I'm well aware of it!

I don't give a rat's tail what other opinions are. I am trying to give you a different look at Blackjack and backing off when the dealer is holding the hammer. It's the way I play, and it is both effective and rewarding.

When you’re face to face with your adversary and he has the bigger muscles “tis better to turn and run Hawai and live to breathe another day.”

These examples fit that mold. Take the smallest loss you have open to you and wait for the chance to have the hammer.

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