teddys
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July 13th, 2012 at 8:28:59 AM permalink
For all the blackjack experts out there:

I was playing Spanish 21 (S17). I had a $15 bet out, and got 8-2 versus the dealer 8. I doubled, and got a 2. I said "rescue," but the dealer kept dealing, and exposed her hole card. It was a 4, so she had twelve. She asked me if I still wanted to rescue. I said no. She pulled a five for 17, so I lost the double down.

Did I make the right play?
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July 13th, 2012 at 8:45:42 AM permalink
Standing is indeed preferable to rescue in that situation, since the dealer hits a 1/4 chance of busting with the next card alone, and still has a 1/3 chance of having to draw again. Since a rescue will get you a quarter of what you get in the case of a bust, anything greater than 1/4 is enough.

(Although if you were allowed to redouble, I'm pretty sure that's what you should have done with a 12 against an 8.)
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teddys
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July 13th, 2012 at 8:54:56 AM permalink
Quote: 24Bingo

Standing is indeed preferable to rescue in that situation, since the dealer hits a 1/4 chance of busting with the next card alone, and still has a 1/3 chance of having to draw again. Since a rescue will get you a quarter of what you get in the case of a bust, anything greater than 1/4 is enough.

(Although if you were allowed to redouble, I'm pretty sure that's what you should have done with a 12 against an 8.)

Thanks. There was no redouble. I figured I needed to have a >25% chance to win, so I did kind of the same quick calculation. She actually has only a 23% chance of busting right away (3 out of 13 ten value cards), but I figured the chance of her getting an A, 2, 3, or 4 and having to redraw tilted the odds in my favor.
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July 13th, 2012 at 9:02:25 AM permalink
3 out of 12 - Spanish deck, remember?
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July 13th, 2012 at 9:23:02 AM permalink
Quote: 24Bingo

3 out of 12 - Spanish deck, remember?

D'oh!
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July 13th, 2012 at 9:23:03 AM permalink
Quote: 24Bingo

3 out of 12 - Spanish deck, remember?

D'oh!
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July 13th, 2012 at 9:41:35 AM permalink
Quote: teddys

D'oh!



Now the reason for Teddys long losing streak at Bj has been exposed. LOL
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July 13th, 2012 at 10:09:19 AM permalink
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DUHHIIIIIIIII HEARD THAT!
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July 13th, 2012 at 10:21:30 AM permalink
It's easy to see you should you should cancel the rescue under normal circumstances, but I have to ask:

what was the count?

:)
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July 13th, 2012 at 10:33:34 AM permalink
On Spanish 21, I imagine (though no math to back it up) that rescue is the correct play against a dealer 12, unless the count was extremely high.
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July 13th, 2012 at 10:48:37 AM permalink
Quote: dwheatley

It's easy to see you should you should cancel the rescue under normal circumstances, but I have to ask:

what was the count?

:)

I wasn't keeping the count.

It's hard enough for me to remember what the hell to do at this game.

Believe it or not, in the same game there was a guy taking insurance almost every time. I tried to talk him out of it, but he persisted. I think he lost every bet. I thought about offering him 2.5:1 to insure his bets, but I think the casino would have frowned upon that.
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