> You've just won a promotional contest where you get to
> play one hand of BJ for ... a million dollars! (And
> yes, insuring a natural, or calling "even
> money" is allowed.) Single-deck, dealt right off
> the top. You get a natural, and the dealer shows an
> ace. Now, I ask ALL of you: Are you going to tell me,
> to a man (or woman!), that not one of you would take
> the million?! :-) You don't expect me to believe that,
> do you? :-)

> Food for thought, and the concept of utility vs. e.v.

I don't have my copy of ToB with me, but isn't this similar to a scenario Griffin describes where partial insurance is the correct EV-maximising option?