The World’s Greatest Blackjack book talks about this on page 55. It is important to know which rules are more important than others. 8,8 versus ace is surrender if allowed, otherwise split.A,8 (soft 19) versus 6 is double down instead of stand.A,7 (soft 18) versus 2 is double down instead of stand.17 versus ace is surrender instead of stand.15 versus ace is surrender instead of hit.If the casino dealer gets to hit a soft 17 then we have some different decisions from most charts out there and they all involve the ace:
The player has an edge if the casino dealer has to stand on soft 17.
