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Blackjack basic strategy: American rules

6 decks, dealer hits soft 17, double on any two cards, double after split allowed, late surrender

Hard hands: player total against dealer up-card
Player Hand / dealer up-card 2345678910A
5 H H H H H H H H H H
6 H H H H H H H H H H
7 H H H H H H H H H H
8 H H H H H H H H H H
9 H 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 Rh Rh
16 S S S S S H H Rh Rh Rh
17 S S S S S S S S S S
18 S S S S S S S S S S
19 S S S S S S S S S S
20 S S S S S S S S S S
21 S S S S S S S S S S
Soft hands: Ace plus card against dealer up-card
Player Hand / dealer up-card 2345678910A
A,2 H H H D D H H H H H
A,3 H H H 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 H D D D D H H H H H
A,7 Ds Ds Ds Ds Ds S S H H H
A,8 S S S S Ds S S S S S
A,9 S S S S S S S S S S
Pairs: when to split against dealer up-card
Player Pair / dealer up-card 2345678910A
A,A P P P P P P P P P P
2,2 P P P P P P H H H H
3,3 P P P P P P H H H H
4,4 H H H P P 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 P Rp
9,9 P P P P P S P P S S
10,10 S S S S S S S S S S
  • H Take another card
  • S Keep your current hand
  • D Double if allowed, otherwise Hit
  • Ds Double if allowed, otherwise Stand
  • P Separate pairs into two hands
  • Rh Surrender if allowed, otherwise Hit
  • Rp Surrender if allowed, otherwise Split

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Blackjack basic strategy: European rules (no hole card)

2 decks, dealer stands on soft 17, double on 10 and 11 only, no double after split, no surrender

Hard hands: player total against dealer up-card
Player Hand / dealer up-card 2345678910A
5 H H H H H H H H H H
6 H H H H H H H H H H
7 H H H H H H H H H H
8 H H H H H H H H H H
9 H H H H H 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 H H
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 S S S S S S S S S S
18 S S S S S S S S S S
19 S S S S S S S S S S
20 S S S S S S S S S S
Soft hands: Ace plus card against dealer up-card
Player Hand / dealer up-card 2345678910A
A,2 H H H H H H H H H H
A,3 H H H H H H H H H H
A,4 H H H H H H H H H H
A,5 H H H H H H H H H H
A,6 H H H H H H H H H H
A,7 S S S S S S S H H H
A,8 S S S S S S S S S S
A,9 S S S S S S S S S S
Pairs: when to split against dealer up-card
Player Pair / dealer up-card 2345678910A
A,A P P P P P P P P P H
2,2 H H P P P P H H H H
3,3 H H P P P P H H H H
4,4 H H H H H H H H H H
5,5 D D D D D D D D H H
6,6 H 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 H H
9,9 P P P P P S P P S S
10,10 S S S S S S S S S S
  • H Take another card
  • S Keep your current hand
  • D Double if allowed, otherwise Hit
  • Ds Double if allowed, otherwise Stand
  • P Separate pairs into two hands
  • Rh Surrender if allowed, otherwise Hit
  • Rp Surrender if allowed, otherwise Split

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