Quote Originally Posted by ZenMaster_Flash View Post
My absolute favorite play.

With a H17 DD game I make this play fairly often.

Firstly, you must consider that the dealer cannot have a face card

for the hand to be playable. ACES are KEY CARDS. That means that

Surplus Aces radically increase your equity while sharply reducing

the dealer's equity and vice versa.

Hi-Opt II index for this split is +2. With the Aces valued at +/- 6

the following intriguing scenarios emerge:

With 2 Surplus Aces and the T.C. is MINUS 9 (+9) or above I split the 9's.

With 2 deficit Aces and the T.C. is PLUS 13 (+13) or below I stand on the 9's.

THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX !
I know about the play as I use the same count that you do. However your wording is confusing to me.

Read what you said again: Splitting 9's vs. 7 against a dealer Ace.

So are the 9s against a 7 or an Ace? Or are you indicating both? I think you didn't mean to mention the 7 in that part of your post, as you mentioned the 7s toward the end of your post. I think you meant to say: Splitting 9's against/vs. a dealer Ace.