Quote Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash View Post
If one plays a BJ game with restricted doubles that permits doubling on 9 (most don't)
and you are dealt an A-8, should you mistakenly double and receive an Ace or a Deuce
you will imagine that you are about to win with a 20 or a 21 BUT once you double you
are, in effect, declaring your hand to be a 9 and not a 19. Of this I am 100% certain.
Flash
If you double ace 8, which is treated as 9 under scenario presented, then snagging an ace, you have 20.

Agreed that snagging a 2 only gives you 11.