Midwestern
Well-Known Member
i was playing this weekend 1-on-1 against a new dealer with awkward/poor hand-eye coordination.
on one occasion, she lifted the bottom card approximately 6 inches off of the table and i definitely saw the 6 of diamonds. her upcard was a 4 of diamonds
she asked me if i saw it, i responded " see what?" and we continued to play the hand.
i realized i had some good information, but i had hard 13 and had no clue what to do.
here was my thinking.
she's got hard 10. she's going to take a card and its probably going to make her a pat hand which will cause me to lose. i should deviate from basic strategy in order to try and make a pat hand as well.
I hit my hard 13, got an A.
i tried thinking it through some more and i basically gave up because i didn't know what i was doing and a busted hand has no chance to win vs. a hand that's not busted, even against a dealer 10.
she pulled a 5 and a 3 to make 18 and she said to me " i guess you didn't see it after all"
should i have played the 4+6 as if it was a dealer face-up ten and then continued to hit my hard 14?
my questions to you all are:
1) what do you do in this situation
2) what did she mean at the end?
on one occasion, she lifted the bottom card approximately 6 inches off of the table and i definitely saw the 6 of diamonds. her upcard was a 4 of diamonds
she asked me if i saw it, i responded " see what?" and we continued to play the hand.
i realized i had some good information, but i had hard 13 and had no clue what to do.
here was my thinking.
she's got hard 10. she's going to take a card and its probably going to make her a pat hand which will cause me to lose. i should deviate from basic strategy in order to try and make a pat hand as well.
I hit my hard 13, got an A.
i tried thinking it through some more and i basically gave up because i didn't know what i was doing and a busted hand has no chance to win vs. a hand that's not busted, even against a dealer 10.
she pulled a 5 and a 3 to make 18 and she said to me " i guess you didn't see it after all"
should i have played the 4+6 as if it was a dealer face-up ten and then continued to hit my hard 14?
my questions to you all are:
1) what do you do in this situation
2) what did she mean at the end?