Need a little help with BS question

[matteotm]

Hi All,

I have put the following into the BS calculator

(CSM)

• 6 decks
• Dealer Stands on Soft 17
• Double 9,10,11 Only
• Double After Split Allowed
• No Surrender
• No peek (European style)

my question is that the table tells me that if i have two aces vs dealers ace i should HIT instead of splitting.

But at my casino, if i spilt aces against an ace and the dealer gets blackjack i only lose my orginal bet. just wondering if this is taken into account? because i am not convinced that hitting is better off (or indeed the lesser of two evils) , anybodys thoughts. can anybody show me some maths on this?

also the other change i only recently noticed.. for years I had been playing (double 11 vs dealers 10) and only recently i noticed the table now telling me HIT ONLY... it took me a good five minutes to understand why.. i have assumed it is because im playing "NO PEEK" so there is the added chance the dealer could still have BJ.... i never did feel comfortable doubling those 11 vs 10 but i went on thinking it was "correct BS". I think the BS calculator how it used to be on the website didnt ask you if it was "peek or no peek" and i never took it into account, until recently.

anybodys thoughts on these two hands?

 

[KenSmith]

If your casino is "no peek" under tens, and splits and doubles vs ten are at risk to a dealer blackjack, then you should be using No Peek strategy when the dealer has a ten up.

If the same casino does peek under Aces, you can use a Peek strategy against an Ace.

You'll have to merge the two strategy charts this site provides, because we don't have a "peek under aces only" setting. Perhaps I should add that.

 

[GeorgeD]

If your casino is "no peek" under tens, and splits and doubles vs ten are at risk to a dealer blackjack, then you should be using No Peek strategy when the dealer has a ten up.

Wondered about this too, but why would "No Peek" be any different strategy if you will only lose your initial bet on the splits?

You'll have to merge the two strategy charts this site provides, because we don't have a "peek under aces only" setting. Perhaps I should add that.

Didn't know both exist .... I thought "no peek" never peeked .... or is that "dealer hole card dealt last"?

 

[KenSmith]

If only the initial bet is at risk to dealer blackjacks, you should use the Peek strategy regardless of whether the dealer takes his hole card after the players are done, or in the traditional US method.

If you'll read matteotm's message, he is apparently playing at a casino that peeks under Aces, but not under tens. And, doubles and splits are apparently at risk to a dealer blackjack when the dealer has then ten up.

Thus, neither Peek nor No-Peek strategies alone are enough. He needs a hybrid chart.

 

[MGP]

My CA handles that