[cgwahl]

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An example of tournament strategy. Say you are in the lead, and another player has to win and you lose in order to take the lead. You have a stiff hand against a dealer's ten that basic strategy says to hit. Stand. Now the other player has to take a chance of busting to beat the dealer. Even if the other player doesn't bust and wins, if the dealer busts, you still have the lead.

Similar to having AA when on the bubble with some short stacked players in a tourney. Fold.

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maybe I'm being dense but this seems wrong. standing instead of hitting a stiff hand vs a dealers ten lowers your EV while not having any effect on variance, right? this is totally different than your poker AA strategy, because you havent already put out your bet - you are sacrificing EV while eliminating variance.

I can understand how refusing to split would possibly be a good idea in situations like this though.

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I won't be able to explain it as well as cardcounter, this is mostly based on the few times I would watch that World Seried Blackjack stuff on TV...

Its basically sacrificing your hand to cause the other guy to lose.

You don't care that much if you win or lose, you only care if the other guy does.

Say you got a 13 and the dealer has a 9 or 10. You're supposed to hit (so says the book), but the guy you're playing against has a 13 or 16 or something. He has to hit (or possibly even double down) because his winning is more important than yours is. By him hitting or doubling, this will hopefully cause him to bust...