BJ is still the best deal out there when doubling and splitting at the proper times. I'll still get irritated, and will possibly use poor play of others as an excuse to blame my losses on. If you cant find the rules then assume Surrenders are NOT allowed and the Dealer will STAND on Soft 17 (this will almost always be the case). I don't know why we only notice when a poorly played hand, eq, a player hitting on dealer with 6 showing, negatively affects of the outcome.cuz as you said it could have just as well caused a winning card to be dealt. Statistically, true enough, but it's very difficult to not follow the progression of the next few cards and get irritated when people play hunches and feelings as if the cards and their feelings are on the same cosmic zone. And since you sound like a serious gambler, I'm guessing you go by the math. Unless you are a believer in fate or karma or something rather than hard math. But I don't see how you could think it impacts your return over the long run. I could see it if you were somewhat annoyed when another player makes a, let's call it an unorthodox play, just because you like to see the game played well.

He could have just as easily cleared out the 5 or 6 so the dealer took a face card. You don't actually believe that, do you? Certainly you know that another player making a 'wrong' play is equally likely to help you as to hurt you.

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