Blackjack Strategy
We all know that the House maintains an
edge in the game of Blackjack. However, if you follow basic
Blackjack strategy (shown below), the House edge falls below
1%.
On any given hand in Blackjack, as your
initial play, the house will allow you to choose four courses
of action (five, if "surrender" is allowed). These
include "hit," "stand," "double down,"
and "split." To find the optimal play given your
hand and the dealer's "up" card, locate the cell
in the lookup table below.
|
Your
Hand
|
Dealer's Card
|
|
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
A
|
|
<=8
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
9
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
10
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
11
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
|
12
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
13
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
14
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
15
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT*
|
HIT
|
|
16
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT*
|
HIT*
|
HIT*
|
|
>=17
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
|
A,2
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,3
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,4
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,5
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,6
|
HIT
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,7
|
STD
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
STD
|
STD
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
A,8
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
|
A,9
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
|
2,2
|
HIT**
|
HIT**
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
3,3
|
HIT**
|
HIT**
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
4,4
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT**
|
HIT**
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
5,5
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
DBL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
6,6
|
SPL**
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
7,7
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
HIT
|
|
8,8
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
|
9,9
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
STD
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
STD
|
STD
|
|
10,10
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
STD
|
|
A,A
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
SPL
|
HIT = "Hit"
STD = "Stand"
DBL = "Double Down"
SPL = "Split"
* = "Surrender," if available. Otherwise, "Hit"
** = "Split" if allowed to "Double Down"
after a "Split." Otherwise, "Hit"
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