Selecting the splitting option, you are not only getting to play two hands at a hand for that round, but also doubling your stakes that you made at the beginning of the deal. But, do keep in mind that it has nothing to do in doubling your opportunities of defeating the dealer. You need to think well before taking the decision of whether you would like to go for split or keep the two same cards in the same hand. Let us suppose that after picking up your cards, you got two cards of tens, or any two of a ten, King, Queen or Jack, or both of the same kind, then the accumulated points in your hands would be a total of ten. Then it would be too risky and not a quite wise idea to go for the splitting option as you possess the second highest points. To beat you in the hand, the dealer has to have a total of twenty one, which is a blackjack, which is quite rare. You have a higher probability of winning the bet.

Again, suppose if you have two aces in your hand, then it is a good idea to split the hand. Luckily if you get a ten, King, Queen or Jack, then eureka it's a blackjack. They only way you cannot win the bet is if the dealer has a blackjack too. Then you will not be neither winning nor losing, it would be a tie.

Go for splitting the pairs when the accumulated total is not that high. A pair of nines making a total of eighteen is not at all bad and has a good chance of winning. Hence, you better stick the pairs together, rather than getting them split. Let us assume you have a pair of nines and you took the decision of splitting them. The two new cards that are provided to you are, let us suppose that one is an ace and the other one is a six. The total points in one of your hands is a twenty, which is improved than your previous hand of total eighteen from the pair of nines. And the total points in your other hand are a mere sixteen, which possesses a great risk of getting busted if you hit. And in case your dealer has a seventeen total, you are simply losing one hand. The winning of the other hand would then be of no value.