Sure, capitalize on the poker craze...

[gameshowguy2000]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 19 2004, 01:02 AM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 18 2004, 11:19 PM\'] Uh, I don't get how you can bust when doubling down. When you double down, you only get ONE additional card.
 [/quote]
Okay, Mr. Vegas:

Ler's say - and this is just a hypothetical situation, mind you, I don't want to overtax your brain by citing actual tournament situations - you elect to double when your hand is a hard 12 or larger. (I'm sure you're aware - being the blackjack genius you are - that many Vegas casinos do not limit your ability to double down to a count of 9, 10, or 11, but rather allow you to double on any two cards.) The dealer gives you your one single card, and it is a picture card. Please to be answering the following questions:

1) What is the numerical value of a picture card in the game of blackjack?

2) When that value is added to the hard 12 that this hypothetical hand was at when you doubled, what would that bring your hand to?

3) Would that total be considered "busting" in blackjack lingo?

You might want to use small words when you answer that third one. After all, some of us might have a hard time understanding your great wisdom when it comes to gambling parlance, and I want to be sure that I understood what you said when you explained it to me the first time.

(Let me know if you need help with the concept of "hard 12.") [/quote]
 I know the answer to Question #1, that you posed to me, Chris. I'll let someone else take the other 2.

Anyway, a face card is worth 10.

[clemon79]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Jan 19 2004, 02:03 PM\'] I know the answer to Question #1, that you posed to me, Chris. I'll let someone else take the other 2.

Anyway, a face card is worth 10.

 [/quote]
 No, I'd like YOU SPECIFICALLY to take them, since you're the one who claims that it's impossible to bust while doubling down.

You already know the answers, unless your idiocy extends to issues of basic math, too. 12 and 10 = 22, and that's a losing hand.

I'm starting to wonder if you aren't maybe trolling. People like you simply DO NOT EXIST in nature.

[urbanpreppie05]

I'm starting to wonder if you aren't maybe trolling. People like you simply DO NOT EXIST in nature.

Unfortunately, no, and there are much worse people....:-(

[chris319]

Maybe why TV blackjack hasn't taken off is becase NO ONE HAS TRIED IT YET?

You didn't mean to beg the question, did you?

Um, do you think there could be a reason no one has tried it yet? Perhaps because it doesn't translate well to television because it's boring to watch and everyone in the television industry knows it except the people who run GSN? Could that be the same reason no one has ever tried TV Solitaire?

[parliboy]

[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Jan 19 2004, 04:24 PM\']I'm starting to wonder if you aren't maybe trolling. People like you simply DO NOT EXIST in nature.[/quote]
He really does exist.  I find GSG to be very much the same as he was when I was admin'ing the Flashgames board.

[gameshowguy2000]

But I have changed, parliboy.

Now, Chris L., it took some time, but I finally figured it out:

If I DO double down on a hand valued at 12, and get a face card or 10, I WILL BUST, and as a result, I WILL LOSE.

[PeterMarshallFan]

I ain't touching what this thread's become with a 67 foot stick, so I'll try to bring it back to what it was originally......

Blackjack is inherently more boring than poker is, IMO [kind of falls into "Marble Machine" syndrome; fun to play, but not many will find it fun to watch] I know I had some unkind words for this when I first heard about it, but compared to the stuff we've found out about since then, it doesn't look too bad. I liked Vagesarian on Sports Geniuses.