Quote Originally Posted by Meistro123 View Post
With A23 you do not have a hard sixteen. You have a soft sixteen. It is soft because it can be either 6 or 16. Normally you would double, if you had say A5 v 5, but because usually three card doubling is not permitted you should hit. After all, you cannot bust, so all you can do is improve your hand by hitting or keep it the same. It doesn't matter if you end up with say 12 as opposed to having sixteen because in either case your chances of winning are the same if you stay.
Agree. Good explanation.