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THE SITUATION: You've got a two-card eleven and the dealer gives himself a ten-value card as an upcard. Do you double down here? THE CORRECT PLAY: YES, ABSOLUTELY!! THE EXPLANATION: Of course, what you're really hoping for here is the opportunity to draw a ten-value card to beat virtually anything the dealer can come up with. That would appear to represent the logistics of this decision. If you simply hit this hand, you're going to win twelve more hands for every hundred in this situation. Which is good! On the other side of it, when you double on this hand, you will win 51% of your hands, with 42% losses. That's a difference of nine hands per hundred in your favor. On the surface, that looks like the lesser of your two alternatives, right? Well, consider that your wager on each of these hands will be doubled. That means that, based on a $1 unit, that gets you up $18, or 18 units, per every hundred hands when you double down, as opposed to 12 units when you hit. A lot of people get scared when they see the ten showing for the dealer, and sometimes they're afraid to pull the trigger. But take advantage of these opportunities to gain when they arise!! |
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