a sequel to my previous post, when playing with others it is my understanding that the reverse should be done in regards to card eating, ie. spread to multiple hands on positive counts to eat up the "good" cards. should i make it a point to spread to several hands in plus counts or should i only wait until i exceed the table maximum to do so. in other words, would it be best to split the bets between two hands more often than not, and how many hands (2, 3, 4) would be optimal?

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