Introduction
I remember the heat rising in my face, the felt of the blackjack table suddenly too warm beneath my palms. Two threes stared back at me, and the dealer flipped over a deuce. Split them? My gut screamed no. It felt reckless, vulnerable. But the little voice of blackjack strategy whispered, “Maybe?” That’s the agonizing dance every player knows when facing the split-3s-versus-dealer’s-2 dilemma.