Basic Blackjack Strategy Chart

Our basic BlackJack basic strategy chart explains the safest way to play out your BlackJack hand in order to increase your odds at becoming a winner at Blackjack. Basic BlackJack strategy is defined as the proper play of cards knowing only your hand and the dealer's exposed card. The strategy is created through intensive computer simulations which perform a complete combinatorial analysis. In this method, the computer "plays" tens of thousands of hands for each BlackJack situation possible and statistically decides which decision best favours the player.

Basic strategy is usually printed as tables with the dealer's up card the first row and your two card combination the first column. The other entries in the table tell you what to do (Stand, Hit, Double-Down, Split) with the different combinations of dealer and player's hands.

Good Luck!

	Dealer's Up Card H= Hit; S= Stand; D= Double Down; SP= Split
Your Hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H
9	D	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
5+3 6+2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+8	S	S	S	S	D	S	S	S	S	S
A+7	S	D	D	D	D	S	S	H	H	H
A+6	D	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+3	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+2	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A+A	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
9+9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	S	S
8+8	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
7+7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	S	S
6+6	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
5+5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
4+4	H	H	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
3+3	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
2+2	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H