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Single Deck Blackjack Basic Strategy

This is a very basic "basic strategy guide" for single deck blackjack games. Please do keep in mind that this guide is only valid for games with a completely standard setup. Basic strategy can vary depending on the rules the casino you are playing at have set. It's vital you know the exact set of rules you are dealing with before deciding on which basic strategy set you'll be using.

Action: H = Hit   S = Stand   D = Double   P = Split


Hard Hands

Hard Totals 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A
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 S S S S S H H H H H
14 S S S S S H H H H H
15 S S S S S H H H H H
16 S S S S S H H H H H
17-20 S S S S S S S S S S

Soft Hands

Soft Totals 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A
A 2 H H H D D H H H H H
A 3 H H H D D H H H H H
A 4 H H D D D H H H H H
A 5 H H D D D H H H H H
A 6 H D D D D H H H H H
A 7 S D D D D S S H H H
A 8 S S S S S S S S S S
A 9 S S S S S S S S S S

Splitting Pairs

Pairs 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A
2 2 P * P * P P P P H H H H
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 S P
9 9 P P P P P S P P S S
10's S S S S S S S S S S
A's P P P P P P P P P P

* These hands require you to HIT only if doubling down after splitting is not allowed.