This post is syndicated by the Las Vegas Advisor for the 888 casino group. Anthony Curtis comments on the 888 article introduced and linked to on this page.
AC Says:
Another basic strategy primer from Henry Tamburin, this one specific to play against a dealer 9. These plays aren’t difficult to remember, as they’re mostly intuitive, and the strategy is almost the same for any number of decks. The most misplayed is not hitting soft 18. Other typical misplays are not splitting 9s and not surrendering 16 in multiple decks. Once you ace the test, you’ll have this section of basic strategy down cold.
This article was written by Henry Tamburin in association with 888Casino.
When a dealer shows a 9 upcard in blackjack, she has about a 77% chance of getting to a final hand that totals 17 through 21 and only a 23% chance of busting (depending on the number of decks shuffled).
A 9, therefore, is a strong card for the dealer, which means…
Nine puts you in a tough position as its hard to get the cards to work around,it makes no sense to split nines if you have them.Most likely you won’t pull 2 tens to go along with your split nines.Also these days most places don’t allow surrendering ,and i don’t like to surrender period
I don’t know if this makes sense or applies to the subject,but forgive me if not