The rarest blackjack play?

[Greasy John]

I've had it happen to me only five times over my playing career. It's when the the dealer exposes his/her hole card. Pg 306 of WGBJB has a chart by which to play exposed hole cards. I've seen it said that you should not split 5s, you should double (when the dealer has a two card 16 for instance). But, it seems to me that IF you were allowed to DAS you would want to split the 5s. Even against a dealer two-card 14 where the dealer has a 56% chance of busting I would think you'd split when playing a DAS game (not taking counting into account). Or does doubling with 5,5 give you a final total that outweighs the final possible multi-hand combinations that splitting 5,5 would produce? Does anyone know for sure?

 

[The Mayor]

Not rare

>It's when the the dealer exposes his/her hole card.

If this is rare for you, then you must not be looking very hard.

Double 5,5 against dealer stiff totals. Do NOT split.

 

[Greasy John]

How about against a two card 16?

If the dealer has this two card hand then he/she would have a 61.5 % chance of busting. If the player has the DAS option the player might end up with as many as 8 bets. Even if some of these player final totals are stiffs the player is a favorite to win.

 

[zengrifter]

NO!