Mayor, a question?

[Greasy John]

Regarding blackjack, I recently saw a post that spoke of a situation that I hope you can clarify. It is where a casino might have the rule that you can only double down on 8,9,10 or 11. (I believe the Golden Nugget, L.V. had the 9,10,11 rule when they had their single-deck 3:2 BJ game.) The question is, do you know of any casinos in Nevada where if you had a A,8 and doubled, and drew a 2 that you're A,8 would be treated as a "9" in this circumstance and your final total would be 11 instead of 21? I can see this possibly being the interpretation if the sinage were to state that you could only DD on "Hard" 8,9,10. One could still argue that the sign doesn't state that "if doubling with an ace, the ace loses it's future ability to be counted as an 11."

Greasy John

 

[zengrifter]

NONE - when restricted to ...

... double 8-11 only and you double on A7, it is still 'soft 18' as well. zg

 

[The Mayor]

No...

>The question is, do you know of any casinos in Nevada where if you had a A,8 and doubled, and drew a 2 that you're A,8 would be treated as a "9" in this circumstance and your final total would be 11 instead of 21?

I have never heard of this. I can't imagine it.

 

[Greasy John]

Thanks for your responses...

Over on BJ21, Chi-Riverboat brought up the question and bigplayer responded. Apparently, it is different in Europe. To be honest, it wasn't until about 4 years ago that it would have dawned on me to DD on A,8 if one were limited to DD on 9-11.

Greasy John

 

[Greasy John]

Mayor and zengrifter...

I know I saw it somewhere else! If you'll read the post by Dog Hand (about five threads down) "Question about house rules" you'll see that at least some casino's differ with your opinions. Mabye I should ask the dealer what would happen if I were to DD with A,8 and catch a 2 (where DD on 8-11 only, and this situation arises).