Blackjack Strategy Chart
A simple basic strategy chart showing when to hit, stand, double or split.
Basic strategy helps you make the mathematically preferred decision for a specific set of blackjack rules. It reduces decision mistakes, but it does not guarantee that you will win a hand or session.
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Rules used by this chart
- Shoe
- 6 decks
- Dealer
- Stands on soft 17
- Blackjack
- Pays 3:2
- Double
- Any first two cards, including after a split
- Splits
- Pairs or two 10-value cards; up to four hands
- Split aces
- One additional card each
- Insurance
- Dealer Ace only; half the wager, pays 2:1
- Dealer blackjack
- Checked before player actions
- Not offered
- Surrender
Action key
- H Hit
- S Stand
- D/H Double if allowed, otherwise hit
- D/S Double if allowed, otherwise stand
- P Split
Selected decision
Tap or click any chart cell for a plain-English recommendation.
- Player
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- Dealer
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- Action
- Choose a cell
The chart remains fully readable without selecting a cell.
Hard hands
Hands without an ace counted as 11.
Swipe or scroll horizontally to see every dealer card.
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Soft hands
Hands with an ace currently counted as 11.
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Pairs
Starting hands with two cards of the same rank.
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How to read the chart
Find your hand in the first column, then find the dealer's visible card across the top. The cell where they meet shows the recommended action. For example, hard 16 against a dealer 10 is H: hit.
Use D/H or D/S only when you have exactly two cards and the Double button is available. If it is not available, follow the second action shown after the slash.
What the actions mean
- Hit
- Take another card.
- Stand
- Keep your current total and end that hand.
- Double
- Double the wager, take exactly one card, then stand.
- Split
- Turn an eligible two-card hand into two separately played hands.
Hard, soft and pair hands
A hard hand has no ace counted as 11. Ten plus six is hard 16. A soft hand has an ace currently counted as 11, so A + 6 is soft 17. A soft hand can take another card without immediately busting because the ace can change to 1.
Use the pair table only when your first two cards have the same rank. SoloBlackjack also legally allows any two 10-value cards to split, but mixed 10-value cards stay in the hard-total table because basic strategy recommends standing on 20.
Why the rules matter
Basic strategy changes with the number of decks, whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17, which doubles are allowed, and whether surrender is offered. This chart follows SoloBlackjack's current rules, including its insurance and split rules, so a chart made for a different table may recommend a few different decisions.