In games with Surrender, what would be the proper play for 16 vs dealer A in a count high enough to warrant taking Insurance? If you lose both, you simply lose your total amount bet. Perhaps this is a good insure for less situation. But in either case, would this look particularly odd to dealers and PB's, given the obviously weak hand?
Insurance vs. Surrender
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ihate17
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It is the insuring that looks strange
I have insured and then surrendered more often than I would rather do (once qualifies as more often) but there is a question here about something looking strange.
Looking strange is basically doing something the average ploppy will not do and that is insuring a 16. There are plenty of players out there who will surrender a 16 vs A, but how many of us know ploppies who will insure a 16?
You make the play because the math says so but once made you certainly should expect that someone may be watching you much closer now.
ihate17
I have insured and then surrendered more often than I would rather do (once qualifies as more often) but there is a question here about something looking strange.
Looking strange is basically doing something the average ploppy will not do and that is insuring a 16. There are plenty of players out there who will surrender a 16 vs A, but how many of us know ploppies who will insure a 16?
You make the play because the math says so but once made you certainly should expect that someone may be watching you much closer now.
ihate17
callipygian
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Actually, I've probably seen more ploppies insuring 16's than surrendering them. At least where I play, surrendering is pretty rare. A few years ago, I actually had a dealer call out, "Surrender!" every time I surrendered. It was pretty irritating. I actually called the pit boss over and asked him to make her stop, but he said it was the house rule and he couldn't do anything about it.ihate17 said:
