Playing Strategy

To strengthen your chances at blackjack, you should follow a basic strategy. The dealers hand is on the top and the players hand is on the left of the box.

H is for Hit, S is for Stand, D is for double-down, and P is for split.

Hard Totals
Hard Totals
 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A
8
H
H
H
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
9
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
10
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
11
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
12
H
H
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
13
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
14
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
15
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
16
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
17-20
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

Soft Totals

Soft Totals
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
A
A 2
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A 3
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A 4
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A 5
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A 6
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A 7
S
D
D
D
D
S
S
H
H
H
A 8
S
S
S
S
D
S
S
S
S
S
A 9
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

Pair Splitting

Pairs
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
T
A
2 2
H
P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
3 3
H
P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
4 4
H
H
H
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
5 5
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
6 6
P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
H
7 7
P
P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
8 8
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
S
P
9 9
P
P
P
P
P
S
P
P
S
S
10's
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A's
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

 
 
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