This weekend I learned that in blackjack, if the first two cards you are dealt look favorable you are given the opportunity to double your bet, or double down.
The caveat is that if you decide to double down, you receive one more card only.
One decides to double down by quickly calculating that odds are favorable for reaching the ideal (that one's own hand will come close to 21 without breaking, and that the dealer's hand will break).
It's a combination of strategy, luck, and faith, with a pinch of audacity for good measure.
And if it all comes together, you hit paydirt.
Doesn't that sound lovely.
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