Basic Blackjack Strategy

Blackjack strategy is all about mathematics, and fortunately for you we have done the sums. Below is a blackjack strategy card that will help you narrow the house edge whilst playing online blackjack. Simply look down the blackjack strategy table to what card you are holding, then across to what the dealer is showing and where those points meet we tell you what to do. Of course we won’t guarantee you will win every blackjack game you play but over time the odds of the house will be greatly reduced.

The Basic Blackjack Strategy chart, the key is as follows:

Hit:

Stand:

Double:

Split:

	The Dealer is showing a:
You have:	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A

5 to 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	H

12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13 or 14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15 or 16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H

17 to 21	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
13 or 14 (soft)	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
15 or 16 (soft)	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
17 (soft)	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
18 (soft)	S	D	D	D	D	S	S	H	H	H
19 or 20 (soft)	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

A, A or A, A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
2,2 or 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	P
9,9	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	S	S
10,10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S