I dont think the assuming the dealer has a 10 rule is completely worthless either. It helps ploppies play "relatively OK", and I used that idea to help me "understand" BS.shadroch said:As far as rule #8,always assume a dealers undercard is a ten,is it really that far off? Say the dealer is showing a 5.So under any circumstance but everyone busting before him,he's going to draw a third card.As approx. 1/3 of the deck is 10s,it is fairly safe to assume that one of the dealers three cards will be a ten.
I think that message gets garbled into the " assume a dealers undercard is always a ten",but a very high percentage of a dealers three card hands will contain the aforementioned 10.
As far as intermediate or advanced BJ players go, the "10 underneath" rule is pretty much garbage. But for beginners learning BS, ScottH has the right idea. At least it keeps novices from getting too far astray.ScottH said:I dont think the assuming the dealer has a 10 rule is completely worthless either. It helps ploppies play "relatively OK", and I used that idea to help me "understand" BS.