Say you're at the very end of a shoe and see there are very few cards before the cut car comes out, and you're in a situation like 99v7, TTv6, or TTv5, where you would split based on the high TC, but would otherwise stay. In this example, the TC index is met and you SHOULD split. However, if you split, there's a decent chance it'll be the last hand of the shoe. If you don't split, you still have a "proper" BS strategy hand and are still in the +EV for that hand...although you would gain more EV by splitting, but potentially less EV by splitting because you won't get that next hand at a juicy count?
On the other hand, what if you're in a similar situation (high count, very few cards left), but staying isn't the correct BS play, for example, 66 verse 2-6? At a monster count, if you split, there's a good chance you'll end up with two stiffs and will have to stay, and might lose out on that last hand of the shoe.
Just a thought I had and was wondering if anyone has ideas or opinions on this.
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