aces splitting aces basic strategy rules vary gambling establishments doubling multiple card draws strategic responses depend number decks frequency dealer cards regardless situations common strategic wisdom community split aces dealt pair initial cards generally rule splitting strategy splitting object player defeat dealer obtaining total close possible accumulating total exceeds number standard rule player dealt pair ranked initial cards known pair player allowed split separate hands ask new second card placing initial bet identical original placing split hands dealer gives player additional card split card hands created splitting considered independently competition dealer splitting allows turn bad hand hands good possibility winning allows player double bet dealer rules allow player hands allow doubling bet split hand bet double original standard rules bet doubled hand player allowed draw card hand aces pair aces gives player starting hand value soft problematic starting hand case splitting aces gives player chances hit splitting aces favorable player gambling establishments rules limiting player rights player allowed draw card split ace general rule split ace vice versa considered natural bonus prohibiting common regardless rules rules doubling rules multiple card draws dealer cards split aces player dealt pair total considered troublesome hand fact value said worst hand sixteen cards value value strong chance getting split cards hand totaling stronger having splitting limits losses improves hand research expected value scenarios shows splitting convert hand presents expected loss hands present expected profit reduced loss depending dealer showing split pair expected win dealer lose dealer ace player hits pair expected lose bet player splits expected lose bet history horsemen adding machines determined splitting costly playing pair 1950s group discovered strategy reduce house edge zero typical strategy involves following sequence playing decisions decides surrender split double hit stand earliest proponents strategy splitting developed strategy overall strategic theory published game card counting system
Aces and eights (blackjack)