Noob question about B.S.

[bcelos]

Ok I think I already know the answer to this but I figured I would give it a shot. Assuming you are playing strict basic strategy on a 6D, dealer stands on all 17, Resplit, Double after split etc game; how would you play this:

Your hand: 8, 8.
Dealer: ?, K.

Now according to BS you're supposed to split the 8's (which is what I did), then I had an 8,10 and an 8,3. Then according to strategy, I doubled on my 8,3 hand and drew something like a 4 giving me a hand of 15 and a hand of 18.

Naturally the dealer drew another 10, giving him a hand of 20 and taking my 3 unit hand.

Now here's my question. If a dealer is showing a 10 is it really that wise to split the 8's. And if you do split the 8's is it worth it to double if you get a hand with 10 or 11.

Thanks.

now I've only been playing blackjack for 3 months, and I know the answer is to do whatever basic strategy tells, but it feels like I would have been better off surrendering the hand of 16 v 10, rather then dumping another 2 units into it, but if there is any other insight on this it would be appreciated.