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Blackjack Strategy. Below you will find the strategy tables for both Atlantic City and Las Vegas. These table are what the Hit or Stand games is based on. Hit or Stand accepts a correct move from either Vegas or A.C.(they differ only slightly).

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UK Basic Strategy Chart. For all blackjack is a simple game to play, there’s so much more depth to the game if you want to improve. Blackjack Basic strategy has been a focus of mathematicians and academics, with various theories and techniques emerging over the years in response to crunching the numbers.
Blackjack Strategy. Below you will find the strategy tables for both Atlantic City and Las Vegas. These table are what the Hit or Stand games is based on. Hit or Stand accepts a correct move from either Vegas or A.C.(they differ only slightly).

Introduction

To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.

Other basic strategy rules.

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Never take insurance or 'even money.'
If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total.

Ideally, the basic strategy shows the play which, on average, will result in the greatest win or the least loss per initial hand played. The way I usually go about this is to look at the initial 2-card hands only. Generally, this will result in the overall best play. However, soft 18 against a dealer ace when the dealer stands on soft 17 provides the only known exception that I am aware of for any number of decks. As my blackjack appendix 9 shows, a 2-card soft 18 vs A has an expected value of hitting of -0.100359, and of standing -0.100502. So with two cards it is very slightly better to hit. However, not all soft 18's are composed of two cards. The more the cards in the player's hand the more the odds favor standing. Simulations show that if forced to always hit or always stand, it is better to stand. I would like to thank Don Schlesinger for bringing this unusual play to my attention.

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Many blackjack players are intimidated or scared of the idea of memorizing basic strategy.

I’ve got two pieces of great news if you fall into this category and / or haven’t tried to learn basic strategy yet.

The first piece of good news is you don’t have to memorize the best blackjack strategy in order to use it. I’ve included a handy chart below that includes everything you need to know. Just print it off and use it whenever and wherever you play blackjack.

If you play online keep it with you at the computer and if you play at the casino take it with you. The casino doesn’t care if you use it.

The second piece of good news is if you want to learn basic strategy so you eventually don’t need a chart it’s pretty easy. I offer some advice on how to do that below the chart.

Basic Strategy Chart

Here’s a basic strategy chart you can print off to use while you learn the proper plays. It was designed for a shoe game (usually 6 to 8 decks) where the dealer stands on a soft 17. It represents the best basic strategy chart for general play. If you only play a certain set of rules you can find a chart specifically for your game, but most players have to play a variety of rules, so I’ve listed the best strategy chart here.

The easiest way to read the chart is find your hand down the left hand side and the dealer’s up card along the top. Where the two hands meet lists the best play.

Each starting blackjack hand falls into one of three categories. Hard hands are ones that don’t include an ace. Soft hands include an ace. The third type of hand is one that contains a pair, which can be split.

Hard hands start with “H” and soft hands start with “S”. The split hands are listed at the bottom of the chart.

You don’t split 4’s, 5’s, or 10’s so they don’t have lines in the split section. Play these hands based on their hard hand totals in the first section.

I’ve color coded the chart to make it easier to read.

Hit stands for hit. I used green for go.

DBL stands for double. I used blue for double.

Stand stands for stand. I used red for stop.

Split stands for split. I used purple for split.

Your Hand	Dealer’s Up Card
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ace
H 4	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 5	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 6	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 8	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 9	Hit	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 10	Hit	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	Hit	Hit
H 11	Hit	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	DBL	Hit
H 12	Hit	Hit	Stand	Stand	Stand	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit	Hit
H 13	Stand	Stand	Stand	Stand	Stand	Hit	Hit	Hit

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