Hand #5

You WIN!
Hit is the correct play.

Good choice. The dealer will either bust or have a seventeen 63% of the time.

Your chance of  getting a ten or ace on the first card is 38%. Or you might get a two or three and hit again for twenty or twenty-one.

Of course, the dealer could make a twenty or twenty-one and beat you or cause a push, but that only happens 15% of the time.

If you hit and make a thirteen through sixteen then you shoud hit again until you reach seventeen or above (or you bust). Splitting or doubling is not profitable in this situation. Eight is a mediocre starting hand. It will win more than it loses against a seven, but this is not the sort of card combination that deserves an extra investment.

Hand #6

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