Unusual hand, 3,3 vs dealer 3

3,3 vs dealer 3, that's not particularly unusual. Basic strategy only, not composition dependent. H17/3:2 6 deck shoe game.
Wound up split to 4 hands, could have split to 6 but table max is 4.

3,Q
3,2,2,K
3,3,3,8
3,5,10

Dealer : 3,2,A,6,7 for 19

If I were a betting man, I'd bet the RC and TC just headed the other way. I would not want to bet on any 3's in the next hand, but guess what?
I didn't bet against 3's in next hand, no 3's. Lost the next hand too.

Course I lost all four, (5) but both bets were table min ( not table max ;-)

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

3,3 vs dealer 3, that's not particularly unusual. Basic strategy only, not composition dependent. H17/3:2 6 deck shoe game.
Wound up split to 4 hands, could have split to 6 but table max is 4.

3,Q
3,2,2,K
3,3,3,8
3,5,10

Dealer : 3,2,A,6,7 for 19

If I were a betting man, I'd bet the RC and TC just headed the other way. I would not want to bet on any 3's in the next hand, but guess what?
I didn't bet against 3's in next hand, no 3's. Lost the next hand too.

Course I lost all four, (5) but both bets were table min ( not table max ;-)

Stop copying my type of losses and get out there and win :-)

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

3,3 vs dealer 3, that's not particularly unusual.

They are not. Most splits and even soft double downs are not that useful, with a minimal gain in EV but a larger increase in variance.

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

If I were a betting man, I'd bet the RC and TC just headed the other way.

Yep....that's the basis of card counting.

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

I would not want to bet on any 3's in the next hand, but guess what?
I didn't bet against 3's in next hand, no 3's. Lost the next hand too.

Here, you have completely lost me. What are you saying?

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

3,3 vs dealer 3, that's not particularly unusual. Basic strategy only, not composition dependent. H17/3:2 6 deck shoe game.
Wound up split to 4 hands, could have split to 6 but table max is 4.

3,Q
3,2,2,K
3,3,3,8
3,5,10

Dealer : 3,2,A,6,7 for 19

If I were a betting man, I'd bet the RC and TC just headed the other way. I would not want to bet on any 3's in the next hand, but guess what?
I didn't bet against 3's in next hand, no 3's. Lost the next hand too.

Course I lost all four, (5) but both bets were table min ( not table max ;-)

It's all your fault! You should have stayed on the 3,5 and the dealer would have broken. That didn't take the sting out of it did it? :-)

Quote: kewlj

Here, you have completely lost me. What are you saying?

Was just fluff really. There wasn't a bet I could make against '3's' in the next hand. Now someone is going to pop up and tell me, once again, that if I were smarter, was playing composition dependent, and knew all 74 index plays, and was counting, that, depending on the count, and my next two cards against the dealer's up card, there was a possibility of a truly beautiful AP play. Perhaps he/she would add, "they'd never see it coming, couldn't track it, or confront you with it". All that is way above my pay grade, sadly.

Anyway, was an interesting hand, lost all 4 of the splits, but if I'm at table min, I'm hoping to lose this hand. Does that sound weird? Is it weirder to say I'm hoping to lose the next 3 in a row, at least 2 in a row?

...that why freebet is so popular! I agree it is really annoying to have multiple splits (usually opposite a 5 or 6), probably a few doubles in there, perhaps have one point and get wiped out. It's strange how you seem to lose more often than get a wonderful win.

Quote: 1BB

It's all your fault! You should have stayed on the 3,5 and the dealer would have broken. That didn't take the sting out of it did it? :-)

Durn, I didn't even see that! I should stand on hard 8 vs Dealer 3? Perhaps only you 1BB, just you ;-)

Quote: TwoFeathersATL

Durn, I didn't even see that! I should stand on hard 8 vs Dealer 3? Perhaps only you 1BB, just you ;-)

Now this is jumping around a little, that happens. I responded to KewlJ before I saw 1BB post. Either way, the 'plan' was to lose the hand. Course would be best not to split 4 ways and hope for a loss? At least there weren't any doubles lost. Of course, had there been doubling opportunities, well that would have been another ( wholly different )'hand!!

Another unusual hand, not really rare or anything, just a reminder that you will see it all if you play enough hands. A,3 vs dealer A.

A,3,10,2,5 for 21 yippee!

Dealer: A,2,A,2,K,5 for 21, Durn!

Just practice game, just now, min bet.

I'm serious now, I promise......
It's purely accident that AOS, 1BB, and KewlJ responded in this short thread previously.