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Single Deck- Basic Strategy

This chart is for ssingle deck games. Click here for multi-deck games.

Dealer's Hand is on top

Player's Hand on left side.

Hard Totals

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

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

Pair Splitting

Pairs 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 T A
2 2 H P P P P P H H H H
3 3 H P P P P P H H H H
4 4 H H H D D 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

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

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