Why does it matter when others play the “wrong” move at a blackjack table

Question

The odds of the other person getting a card they want doesn’t necessarily change, so why does it effect anybody when a player doesn’t play by the chart

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Answer 1

You def are trying to win your hand but you aren’t necessarily playing against the other players but everyone is certainly playing against the dealer b/c if he/she loses then everyone wins. So…it can kind of be an implicit team thing of joining in on the campaign to beat the dealer and if this looks like it might be the case – in certain hands where, say, the dealer has strong chance of going bust – then it can suck real bad if someone is really selfish or ignorant and blows the whole thing by getting a card that would’ve perhaps busted the dealer like a Q