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Originally Posted by thelawnet
The help says "if the card you have selected is greater value than the dealers then you will DOUBLE your winnings".
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This was in response to the "how can we be sure it's 50/50?" question, and I'd like to ask something about it. Bear with me/humor me/laugh at me, but it's something that I've been thinking about.
When you double, you have the dealer's card face up and four cards to pick from, correct? If the card you pick is higher than the dealer's, than you double your winnings (hence the name).
Doesn't that mean, though, that you have a 1 in 4 chance of picking a higher card (which isn't 50/50)? I know that's over-simplifying things
a lot, but it's a start to this nagging question. Not to mention that you have to factor in the possibility that if the dealer has a King, you only have a 4 in 51 chance (deck is missing a King and only one of the four Aces can give you a win).
Does that make sense?