Can anybody give me a good idea of why you should split 8s against a face card? It seems as though he's going to get a 20 about 30% of the time, while an 18 or 19 is very possible the rest of the time.

Is it because a 16 vs. a face card is just really bad and splitting the cards will make it easier to hit on a few cards?

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