soft hard total blackjack

blackjack to offset some of the 7% advantage they have in acting last. Knowing 'perfect basic strategy' - when to hit or stand, double down, split pairs, buy insurance and surrender - can make it a close game, but these intended advantages are often misapplied and end up fanning the flames of those destined to crash and burn. They say "Welp, I came here to gamble!" as they split 10s. With the few do's and don't's of basic strategy, they could just as easily fly home in a happy SEAT. This is the easiest rule. Nice totals. Pretty good chance of winning so why risk messing up a good hand with a bad hit? Not so fast. 1,2,3,10,10,10,10 improve on 18 or keep it the same. Sometimes you wonder what happens to that assumption that the next card and the dealer's hole card are always 10s. If that assumption were correct, it would certainly make sense to double on soft 18, even 19 against 4-6! Here again, when the dealer has 4-6 and it's "two for good", lots of 10s left, doubling this is more attractive than splitting snowmen against 10s and aces. The mathematical advantage of holding soft 18 vs 6 is minor minor at 0.11% and vs 5 0.28%, 4 0.64%. Those are good double-down odds when lots of 10s are around vs 4-6, but who's counting. The card says hold soft 18 and 19 always.