Black jack basic strategy

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After you have practiced, off course, you are now ready to learn the game strategy. Instead of beating around the bush, we composed a few simple rules in a simple list you can print and use while playing.

Never try guessing the dealer’s hidden cards, there is no point to it. Instead, focus on the total of your cards, and the total of the dealer’s showing cards.

• 11 or less – always draw a card.
• 17 or higher – always stand.

  Pair splitting:

  in case you get two cards of the same value you can play to hands-

• Always split when you got a pair of aces or a 8-8.
• Never split a 10-10, or a 5-5.
• In the rest of the cases, split only when the dealer holds a 4 to 6. If the dealer’s card is higher than 6 do not split. Draw or stand according to rules above. (See summery table below) .

Double the bet (a soft hand)-

1. double if you hold an 11 and if the dealer holds 2 to 10.
2. double if you hold an 10 and if the dealer holds 2 to 9
.
3. double if you hold an 9 and if the dealer holds 3 to 6
.
4. If you hold an A+2 up to an A+7 double the bet only if the dealer has 4,5, or 6.

5. If you hold an A+6 double it against the dealer’s A+2+3. Or an A+7 against a 3.

 

Always stand when you hold: A+8, A+9 or A+10.

Summery

Your hand	what to do according to the dealer’s hand.
5 to 8	always draw.
9	double against 3 to 6. Other cases-draw.
10	double against 2 to 9. Draw against an A or 10.
11	double against 2 to 10. Draw against A.
12	stand against 4 to 6. Other cases-draw.
13 to 16	stand against 2 to 6. Other cases-draw.
17 to 21	Always stand.
A+2	double against 5 or 6. Other cases-draw.
A+3	double against or 6. Other cases-draw.
A+4	double against 4 to 6. Other cases-draw.
A+5	double against 4 to 6. Other cases-draw.
A+6	double against 3 to 6. Other cases-draw.
A+7	double against 3 to 6. Stand against 2 or 7 or an 8. Draw against 9 or 10 or an 11.
A+8 to A+10	Always stand
A+A	Always split
2+2	Split against 2 to 7. Other cases-draw.
3+3	Split against 2 to 7. Other cases-draw.
4+4	Split against 5+6. Other cases-draw.
5+5	Never split. double against 2 to 9. Draw against A or 10
6+6	Split against 2 to 6. Other cases-draw.
7+7	Split against 2 to 7. Other cases-draw.
8+8	Always split
9+9	Split against a 2 to 6 or against an 8 to 9. Stand against a 7, a 10 or an A.
10+10	Always stand

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