Blackjack Strategy

The following table depicts a basic strategy to use while playing blackjack. To use the table just scroll down the left side to see your hand and then scroll across the top to find the dealers up card. The chart will tell you what you then need to do based on the comparison of each hand. For a description of each option please see the legend below the chart.

Your Hand	Dealers Up 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	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H
A, 5	H	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H
A, 6	H	H	D	D	D	D	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

TABLE LEGEND:

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