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Blackjack Tips
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Generic basic strategy is
designed to be used against the baseline rules of blackjack. With blackjack
basic strategy the number of decks used in a game of blackjack have
no bearing on the situation. Each recommended play does not guarantee that
you will win, but offers the highest odds of winning with any particular blackjack
hand. Understanding basic strategy can make the difference between winning
and losing, and blackjack is the only casino table game where players
can employ skill to affect the outcome of their play against the house.
The foremost important and
prevalent decision a blackjack player has to make is whether to hit
or to stand on their hand. There are a few straightforward rules for both
hard and soft hands in blackjack.
For hard hands in blackjack, if the
player's cards amount to 12 or higher, there are three rules:
- Hit if the player hand totals 12
through 16 and the dealer has a seven or higher.
- Stand on any hand totaling 17 or
higher.
- Stand if the player cards total 12
through 16 and the dealer has two through six.
For soft hands there are only
two:
Always draw to soft 17 or less.
Only draw on soft 18 if the dealer has an eight, nine or ten.
Doubling down is the main
method by which a player can eliminate the blackjack house edge so it
is very important to remember when to utilize this option.
For hard hands, there are three basic rules:
- Double down when the player's cards
total 11 and the dealer has a ten or less.
- Double down when the player's cards
total 10 and the dealer has a nine or less.
- Double down when the player's cards
total nine and the dealer has a four, five or six.
For soft hands, there are also three basic
rules:
- Double down with a soft 13 and soft 14
when the dealer has a five or six.
- Double down with a soft 15 and soft 16
when the dealer has a four, five or six.
- Double down with a soft 17 and soft 18
when the dealer has three through six.
There are six easy rules that apply to
splitting pairs in basic
blackjack
strategy:
- Always split a pair of aces or eights.
A pair of aces totals either two or twelve but when you split them
each card is worth eleven. When you split eights you are breaking up
16 which is the worst hand to have.
- Never split fours, fives or tens.
- Split twos and threes only when the
dealer has four through seven.
- Split sixes when the dealer has three
through six.
- Split sevens when the dealer has three
through seven.
- Split nines when the dealer has two
through six, eight or nine.
Here's the same basic blackjack
strategy in chart form.
Hard Totals
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Dealer's Hand |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
T |
A |
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8 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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9 |
H |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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10 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
| Players |
11
| D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
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12 |
H |
H |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Hand |
13 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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14 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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15 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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16 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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17-20 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
Soft Totals
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Dealer's Hand |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
T |
A |
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A 2 |
H |
H |
H |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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A 3 |
H |
H |
H |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Players |
A 4 |
H |
H |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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A 5 |
H |
H |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Hand |
A 6 |
H |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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A 7 |
S |
D |
D |
D |
D |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
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A 8 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
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A 9 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
Pair Splitting (DAS)
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Dealer's Hand |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
T |
A |
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2 2 |
P* |
P* |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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3 3 |
P* |
P* |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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4 4 |
H |
H |
H |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Players |
5 5 |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
D |
H |
H |
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6 6 |
P* |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
| Hand |
7 7 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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8 8 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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9 9 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
S |
P |
P |
S |
S |
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10's
| S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
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A's
| P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
*=Hit if double after splitting is not
allowed
H = Hit S = Stand D =
Double P = Split
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