Hello Everyone. I just joined this forum.
There is a casino that offers "Surrender". Once the dealer has peeked under their 10 or Ace, the player then has the opportunity to surrender their hand if they choose.
Normally its okay to surrender a hard 16 vs 9, 10 or ACE, but thats not the case regarding these players at this casino.
The game is played on a 6 deck shoe, stands on soft 17, 3/2 blackjack odds, dealer peeks.
Anyhow my question is, would it be advantageous and beneficial for me to BUY these hands that the players are surrending on???
But blindly, may I add, meaning I'm not really tracking the cards or following the count, because many times I jump from table to table, just to more monitor and observe people make some of the worlds worse decsions imaginable. And if I do purchase their hand, there will be a 95% chance, that I will HIT for another card, since I will be having a HARD 12-16 vs Dealer 7-A
So I have reguarly seen multiple different players on numerous situations forfeit (surrender) half their bet, when they have a hard 14, 13, and at times 12 vs dealers 10, 9 ,8 and sometimes a 7 !!! Isnt this insane or what???
I sware this has got to be the craziest thing ever to do!!! Surrending on a Hard 12 vs an 8 is just flat unbearble to watch, I literally cringe and squirm, when this happens. It's actually become quite vogue and tolerable for the players to do start doing this now. Its almost like the "monkey see, monkey do" policy.
Not to mention nearly everyone stands on hard 14's and hard 15's vs 7 thru Ace.
Everyone is petrified to swipe for another card once they've reached 14 vs ANYTHING else showing.
I'm no math statistician, but with that style of play, the house edge has got to be nearly 10% if not higher, if you freeze and/or surrender, on all 12-16 hard counts.
Who in their right mind would just routinely and continuously abuse the surrender policy??
ARENT I JUST BETTER OFF BUYING THEIR HAND OFF THE PLAYER AND PLAYING THEIR HAND OUT? And getting an incredible 3 to 1 payoff on my money, if my bet wins. I think I would make money in the long run, doing this.
However I'm not at the table playing, so when the next "surrender flag" is waved, I almost would have to literally tap them on their shoulder, give them half the amount of their bet and tell them, I now own your bet and now hit for me. Of course it would be better off, having a quick pep talk with the abusive surrender players before the cards are dealt. So I wont make a scene or any type of negotations been made at the table when it involves a players bet, being booked by the casino. I'm pretty sure, the casino will frown and not tolerate this action.
I'm open for any comments, advice or suggestions. Thank you.
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