Casino Gambling Guide

Basic strategy chart

The vast majority of casinos offers a blackjack game played with a shoe of 4 or more decks, where the dealer stands on soft 17 or above, and hits on 16 or below. The following chart provides you with the Basic Strategy that applies to this rule-set. You can use it for example with Cryptologic casinos. The player's hand is displayed along the left vertical edge, and the dealer's up card along the top. Basic Strategy is defined by the intersecting square.

Basic Strategy Chart (4+ decks, dealer stands on soft 17)


Player's hand
Dealer's card
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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/R
H
16
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H/R
H/R
H/R
17+
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
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
Ds
Ds
Ds
Ds
S
S
H
H
H
A,8+
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
2,2
H/P
H/P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
3,3
H/P
H/P
P
P
P
P
H
H
H
H
4,4
H
H
H
H/P
H/P
H
H
H
H
H
5,5
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
6,6
H/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
P
P
9,9
P
P
P
P
P
S
P
P
S
S
10,10
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A,A
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P
P

 

 

H Hit
S Stand
D Double Down, otherwise hit
P Split
H/R Surrender if allowed, otherwise split
Ds Double Down if allowed, otherwise stand
H/P Split if allowed to double after split, otherwise hit

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