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Old 05-23-2008, 05:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Dunbar
The rule was "early surrender", and it was a nice rule indeed. That rule also required learning some special variations on routine play. But if you played correctly, the rule was worth an extra 0.7% compared to rules without surrender*. That might not sound by much, but it's about like hearing that a track is going to add to the pool instead of having a takeout. You actually had a small edge in AC even without card counting, assuming you knew basic strategy.

--Dunbar

* It was worth 0.7% to a non-counter. To a counter it was worth a good bit more.
That's right, early surrender. My bad memory should be forgiven. It was over twenty years ago and, as I said above, my brain cells were under regular assault at that time.
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