> Suppose we get a pair and we split it, by
> following BS, then we play out the first
> split hand. To play the second split hand,
> if we want to follow Basic Strategy instead
> of something else, we must assume that the
> second split hand is actually the first hand
> dealt off the top.

Understood. But, apparently, when playing the first hand, we must also assume that we don't know that the other half of the split is lying to the left of us, and that bothers me a little bit, because that card belongs to my original hand (which, I understand, doesn't exist anymore)!

Don