You're dealt a pair of 6s. The dealer shows a 8. Split or play it as one hand? Basic strategy answers:
| Hit ← | -0.2716 |
| Split | -0.4023 |
| Stand | -0.5105 |
| Double | -0.6157 |
| You bust on the next card | 30.8% |
| Dealer 8 busts | 24.5% |
Hit is worth 0.1307 more per unit than Split. On a $10 bet that is $1.31 handed over every time you get it wrong. Across the 340 situations in this chart it ranks 288th by expected value — better than 52 of them, worse than 287. Expected value is per unit staked, computed for multi-deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split allowed. The model and the code are published as data.
A dealer 8 is too strong to justify splitting 6s — you'd just be doubling your exposure with two weak hands. Play the pair as a normal total of 12 instead: hit.