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Blackjack - the world's most widely played gambling card game - strategy

In order to beat the casinos at blackjack the first thing you need to learn is basic strategy, this is a series of rules telling you when to hit, stand, double and split, it is mathematically calculated to be the best way to play over the long term. Although the game rules and therefore the basic strategy differ slightly from game to game a general guideline is set out in the tables that follow. These rules should be memorised and practised to perfection before you start to hand over your cash at a casino.

Table A. Drawing rules for hard totals

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ace
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	SU	H
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	SU	SU	SU
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Table B. Drawing rules for soft totals.

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ace
A,2	H	H	H	D/H	D/H	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	D/H	D/H	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	D/H	D/H	D/H	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	D/H	D/H	D/H	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	D/H	D/H	D/H	D/H	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	D/S	D/S	D/S	D/S	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Table C. Drawing rules for pairs.

	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Ace
2,2	P/H	P/H	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
3,3	P/H	P/H	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	P/H	P/H	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6,6	P/H	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
T,T	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

Table D. Drawing rule descriptions.

H	Hit - take a card.
S	Stand - do not take a card.
P	Split the pair.
D	Double down.
SU	Surrender if available otherwise HIT.
D/H	Double if available otherwise HIT.
D/S	Double if available otherwise STAND.
P/H	Split if double after split is available otherwise HIT.

The tables assume the following rules.

Always hit a hard total of 7 or less.
Always stand on a hard total of 17 or more.
Always stand on a soft total of 19 or more.
Never take insurance.

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