Well i’m surprised, Kevin(aka bonusgeek) should know never to question my gambling mind.
But for my pal Stupid(with the pr7 blackjack page-wtf), i’m glad you support my idea on this, at least partially, and for you, i just played out your hand 100 times, 50 each way, using 2 decks and a $5000 bankroll, betting $100 a hand
Splitting and Doubling Down(blackjack pays 2-1), after 50 hands you would have $17 200
Standing on the 20, after 50 hands you would have $12 400
Anyone can prove this by grabbing some chips and a deck of cards and playing it out for themselves
As for Bobby Singer, me and my buddy caught one of his seminars about 10-15 years ago, and i was impressed with his very sound thinking, not so much the card counting, but the aggressive play philosophy, so many times i remember playing blackjack and thanking that man mentally after the hand, who woulda thought that standing with 14 and then hitting with 17 could work out to be profitable given the right situation.
That’s not to say i follow his guidelines every time, it is a bit difficult to remember every situation correctly, but the key to taking away the house edge is knowing when to attack, your situation could not have been more perfect as an example of when to attack
For the math dropouts and stand 20 basic chart players i can say the best thing you can do is to play out every situation a few times and see what you find, play out this situation for example and see what happens
Standing with 20 will win at a higher percentage than splitting and doubling down, but your return on investment will be much lower in the long run, if i played it each way 100+ times my winnings would be even higher and keep getting higher the more times i played it out
Now you know why you always sees people splitting 10’s against the dealers 6 i guess, there was probably a good reason for it
Good luck buddy