That was a tricky decision to make after winning $5,000. I will start by saying, the way that the first paint card (face card) wss played perfectly. Always go to the hard 11 first. Then, go to the ace hand afterwards. Back to the numbers, when the decision was made to stop, there were 45 cards left in the deck. 28 cards were good (8 or less) and 17 cards were bad (9 or more). If there were more power chips in play, maybe the eight would have chipped early on. However, with two power chips, that is a hard situation to be in. Either way, you end up to the same conclusion in the end.