In my locale I can split up to 3 hands.
Does anyone play different on multiple double downs (6 deck)? I know play shouldn’t change since all cards shown are counted and therefore the play is dictated. However, recently with max bet, initial hand was pair of 8’s with dealer showing 6: I split the 8’s and with the first 8 I received a 3 (8-3). I doubled that hand. My second 8 drew another 8… so I split again to get that hand 8-2… so again I doubled down. Final 8 drew another 3 and reluctantly I doubled down for the third time with max bet.
Of course, the dealer drew into a 21, from a 6, and all 3 of my totals were less. Loss of 3x max bets in one swoop.
The “sting” says maybe next time to limit the # of double downs when at max bet, but “prevailing wisdom” says to tough it out.
OR… with the low frequency of the above scenario, should there be a limit to the # of double downs at max bet?
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