Hello all I'm new to the forums as my title suggests it is a question about hitting on 16s Now I for one am not a fan of doing it at all just because of the number of cards that could bust me and the posibility of the dealer not get the card he needs or not having a 17 or above have any of you ever felt conflicted when faced with a situation such as mine?
BS & counting Yes, but unless you are counting or you have any other indicator as to why you should go against BS, then do what the tables say and hit when you need to and long-term you'll lose less. However if you talking about tournament play, well then that's a different kettle of fish.... Cheers Reachy
16 just a opinion-do not be afraid of the dreaded 16 depending on what the dealer has and depending if this is a tournament or regular table play-in tournaments for the most part you have surrender as a option do not be afraid to ask questions at this site this is what this site is for and locating tournaments we have a number of great players who know a lot about the game-tournament and table play-go ahead and get your feet wet and begin
HIT IT! (Well, maybe not........) Reachy (welcome back!) and Maxwell are right. In regular table play, if you're not counting, hit it unless surrender is offered. In tournament play, the right answer depends wholly on your situation at that moment. It could be hit, surrender - or even double! Ask Ken Smith about his last hand with HD at a UBT final table.
hitting 16 the edge for hitting sixteen versus standing is very small - and - if you need to win - and a push will not do - then standing wins fractionally more often than hitting does - hitting has a higher ev because it lets you push sometimes - but if you are trying to correlate in a tournament - and the player you are correlating with has, say, 17, - then standing can be a good play - as you will duplicate the other player's results except when the dealer hits to exactly 17 - of course, when surrender is offered, it is preferred to either hitting or standing in normal play - so - hitting, standing, and surrender - all can be desirable - depending on the situation - in tournaments - situations can often determine the best play -
Welcome Zenthran, There are members here who can give you the percentages but I would defer to an excellent article in ALL IN magazine by Ken Smith in the tournament strategies column. In that article Ken discusses instances when you want to hit, instances when you want to stand and instances where you want to surrender. It woudl be great if Ken could somehow get that article here as a reference material.
Well Hitting on 16 put me in a final table on on ClubUBT for $10 that was just intense. Is my first final table for money of anykind
Congrats on your first final table! Quite a feeling, isn't it? I still remember mine, probably always will. :cheers:
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