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Originally Posted by
DSchles
Clearly, you don't mean what you say! Of course, it's still an advantage! AFTER the bet is made (say $100), the dealer deals everyone his first card and yours is an ace. STOP right there! I offer to buy your ensuing hand, whatever it turns out to be, before seeing the dealer's upcard, or before you get your second card. Would you take ten bucks for it? 20? 30? Now, if that first card were a six, would you accept those amounts?
It is not an advantage because you can make no action until after the second card is dealt. As much as you might want to stop the dealer after the first card is dealt so you can buy or sell your hand that is not going to happen. And if you did that many casinos would not even allow such a transaction anyway. The game must be viewed as segments from on possible action to another. We all know for betting it doesn't matter what spot you play. You all make a bet at the same time and can't make a decision until after all the cards are dealt. If they did allow you to take action after the first card is dealt, then getting an A or T as a first card would give you the advantage of taking an action based on that information. But that is not how the game is played. The next action after betting is offered after you get 2 cards and the dealer gets an up-card. You could say on average you are in good shape but that is of no actual value to you because you can't act on the information. What you propose is not how the game is played.There is no value for the first card as no action can be taken on that information. Only after you get your second card and the dealer gets an up-card do you get to act on the current information.
The cards dealt after betting and before playing decisions are made can be viewed as being dealt in any order or simultaneously and nothing changes since no action can be taken until the initial deal is completed. That is how the game of BJ is dealt and played. Is a second card a T make a first card 6 valuable? You can view the cards as dealt in any order. So why would the first card a and the second card a 6 be any different? Only after you see both cards and the dealers up-card does anything change for you.
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