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The Magistrate

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3. One Does Not, Sir

Reply to TlalocW (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 7, 2021, 02:08 PM

Sep 2021

Printed convention is that the dealer stands pat on seventeen, and must draw on sixteen. Not a bad strategy in general.

Doubling down commits to one more card, so if you are dealt a seventeen it's a hair worse than two to one you will bust out on your doubled money.

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