I fully agree. Perception Becomes Reality. Or in this case, Misconception Becomes Reality.
Sometimes the AP's action will have no effect on the play of the dealer, yet the civilians still react harshly. I was once threatened with violence by a degenerate for hitting my A7 against dealer 10 - a basic strategy play, not even an index play. Said degenerate had a pat 19, the dealer turned over a pat 20, yet it was my fault for hitting.
--- In vpFREE@yahoogroups.com, 007 <007@...> wrote:
>
> That it's based on a misconception doesn't stop a blackjack player
> from feeling its effects. I jumped into a single deck game at
> Harrah's Tahoe once, probably after 1 or 2 rounds had been dealt after
> the shuffle. On my first hand, the count was high enough to split
> tens, which I did, the dealer ended up with 21, and, since the dealer
> was then going to shuffle, I left. It wasn't appreciated by the other
> players.
>
> But I disagree that no one here would believe it. Many people do. It
> takes some effort to think past misconceptions like that, which not
> everyone has done.
>
