# A question about blackjack in Atlantic City Casinos **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 13, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blackjack-in-atlantic-city-casinos/445111 "2008-04-13T01:59:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blackjack-in-atlantic-city-casinos/445111/1 "2008-04-13T01:59:44Z")
I went to The Borgata (sweet place btw) earlier this week and was playing some Blackjack. Well, the dealer had a ten showing and I’ve been taught to hit until you get twenty, twenty-one or bust because the dealer sure as shit has another ten underneath that ten and has _at least_ twenty himself. That’s just the way I play. I will hit until I get twenty and get a push if the dealer has a ten as the face card. There are more tens in the deck than anything, especially a 6 deck shoe. Now, I had seventeen and the dealer was about to hit the other guy next to me and I was like, “no, no, no, I want to hit that 17.” The dealer gave me the weirdest look and yelled out to the pit boss, “HITTING SEVENTEEN !” He hit me and I bust, but why did he yell that out? He acted as if I couldn’t possibly get a four. ---
**Author:** ![Randy\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ee7513/32.png) [@Randy\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randy_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blackjack-in-atlantic-city-casinos/445111/2 "2008-04-13T02:21:11Z")
[QUOTE=diggleblop] …the dealer had a ten showing and I’ve been taught to hit until you get twenty, twenty-one or bust … [/QUOTE] This is bad advice. You should always stand on hard 17-20 in a multideck game. ([Basic strategy](http://onemansblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/09/Blackjack_Basic_Strategy.jpg)) The dealer called it out so that you couldn’t dispute it afterwards: “Why did you hit my 17??” “Sir, you said ‘hit.’” “No I didn’t! Nobody hits 17! Why would I hit 17? You should have known not to hit me! I want my money back!” ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blackjack-in-atlantic-city-casinos/445111/3 "2008-04-13T03:23:40Z")
Off to the Game Room. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![diggleblop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2008, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blackjack-in-atlantic-city-casinos/445111/4 "2008-04-13T05:19:16Z")
Randy, I see, thanks !