Basic Blackjack Strategy by Casinator.com

Because Blackjack, unlike other casino game, has an element of player choice, players can actually reduce the casino advantage to a small percentage by playing the Basic Blackjack Strategy. This strategy determines when to hit, stand, double down or split is the correct decision. Basic strategy is based on the player total points and the dealer's exposed card. There are slight variations in basic Blackjack Strategy depending on the house rules and the number of decks used.

	Basic Blackjack Strategy
Your hand	Dealer's up card
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
Hard totals
18-20	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	Rs
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	Rh	Rh	Rh
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	Rh	Rh	Rh
13-14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
5-8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
Soft totals
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,7	S	S	D	D	D	S	S	H	H	H
A,6	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4-5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,2-3	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
Pairs
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,A	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
10,10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
9,9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	S	S
8,8	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	Rsp
7,7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
6,6	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
3,3	H	H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
2,2	H	H	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H

Key:

S = Stand

H = Hit

D = Double

SP = SPlit

Rh = suRrender if allowed, otherwise Hit

Rs = suRrender if allowed, otherwise Stand

Rsp = suRrender if allowed, otherwise SPlit

Provided Blackjack Basic Strategy table for the most common 6- to 8-deck Blackjack, Las Vegas Strip rules:

• Dealer hits on soft 17
• Double after split allowed
• Multiple split aces
• One card to split aces
• Blackjack pays 3:2
• Late surrender.

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