stand? 'Sometimes it helps you and sometimes it hurts in the long run it evens out and makes no difference'? Isn't this the same kind of argument as another player's decision to draw another card vs. The net effect is you play more hands per hour in Las Vegas, but it doesn't affect the House Edge. In Atlantic City they have to keep bust hands after a split. With Las Vegas (i) less cards are used if the dealer has BJ (ii) an additional card has been drawn if everyone busts (less likely) (iii) dealer has to draw a 2nd card and peek (i.e. Technically there is little difference between the Atlantic City (dealer doesn't have a hole card but returns any splits/doubles) and Las Vegas (dealer peeks). On the other hand the 3rd base can get a lot of grief in the scenario you mentioned, whereas in the US method the dealer already had 20 (or whatever) obviously sometimes the dealer has a stiff, in which case it's different. European method) as occasionally you have to make inferior plays (e.g.
It isn't in the player's advantage if you lose a split or double (i.e. Firstly if the dealer doesn't take a hole-card the main issue is what happens if the dealer gets Blackjack.