An ex-member of this forum who plays single deck has started a thread over on Vegas Talk basically saying that some splits are so close it is better not to split even though basic strategy says the proper play is to split. His reasoning is something like since I can't get a blackjack or double down, it is better to save the money for another hand where you will have a chance for a blackjack or double down. I say this is bullshit thinking.

He mentions 22, 33, 66 as not being very worthy splits. My thinking is when you have two choices and one is clearly better than the other, why would you ever choose the one that is not the best. Any thoughts on this?

I do believe in risk adverse indexes, but his thinking is not even close. Some of these splits have pretty low index numbers.