Originally Posted by
Midwest Player
Moses, when you have two choices and one is clearly better than the other, why would you ever choose the one that is not the best.
I take it you haven't played much single deck straight up. For one thing, you've double your investment on a minimum bet with only the chance to win another hand. No choice to double or get a blackjack. Taking the same $25, you can invest it on the next hand and have the opportunity for a double or a blackjack. Worse case scenario is you can only lose one hand if you only bet one hand. SCORE indicates splitting makes very little difference on most minimum bets. So why take the risk for pennies over months only to chew up cards which is not to your advantage.
How is $14.40 over a years worth of play "clearly" a better play? What is to say one hand might go the other way? Now you are down for the year. Everything people read is predicated on old theories. Sims are based on a threshold. Look at actual results. IF you play SDSU by the old books? You WILL lose.
Hand up Terms Quantity Hand % Win Loss Tie Win Loss Average Total $25
88 7 No Spl 50000 0.056% 34.00% 53.20% 12.90% 9.5 14.9 1.38 -$185.5
88 7 Split 50000 0.036% 43.20% 30.70% 26.20% 7.8 5.5 2.09 $117.6
Splitting 88v7 nets $117.60 while not splitting results in a $185.5 loss. THIS is "clearly" a better play.