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Originally Posted by David Sklansky
Wow. No one got it. The actual answer is that basic strategy is not for a zero count but rather for the count that that your cards plus the dealers upcard give you. For instance 45 against a deuce is a double, but not, if I remember correctly, when the count is zero after those cards are taken into account.
16vT and 12v4 are better examples. They are stand/hit at TC=0, but given the cards making those combos, they become hit/stand.
