Blackjack Single Deck Strategy Chart
Basic Strategy Cheat Sheet REMINDER: THE BLACKJACK BASIC STRATEGY CHEAT SHEET ONLY GIVES YOU CLOSE TO 50-50 ODDS. It is the statistically correct way to play any given hand to maximize your chances against the dealer but The house still has an ever so small advantage. Blackjack Tips and Cheat Sheet. The simplest blackjack strategy focuses on when you should hit or stand based on basic odds. Since you can only see half the dealer's hand, most players automatically assume that the face down card (also called the 'hole card') is. Blackjack Cheat Sheet PDF A blackjack cheat sheet is very similar to the basic blackjack strategy charts that you find for sale in many live casino gift shops. We have taken the same idea and made it useful for online blackjack players. Just keep the sheet on your computer as you play, or print it out and keep it close for reference. The blackjack cheat sheet below is for Vegas USA blackjack, with 4 or more decks, and a dealer that stands on a soft 17. This is basic blackjack strategy at its most general, adaptable to many common rule variations. The first column represents your first two cards. The top row represents the dealer's upcard.
- Appendices
- Miscellaneous
- External Links
On This Page
Introduction
Blackjack Optimal Strategy Chart
To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.
Other basic strategy rules.
- Never take insurance or 'even money.'
- If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
- If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total, except aces. In the extremely unlikely event you have a pair of aces you can't re-split and drawing to split aces is allowed, then double against a 5 or 6, otherwise hit.
Blackjack Single Deck Strategy Chart
Basic Strategy Cheat Sheet REMINDER: THE BLACKJACK BASIC STRATEGY CHEAT SHEET ONLY GIVES YOU CLOSE TO 50-50 ODDS. It is the statistically correct way to play any given hand to maximize your chances against the dealer but The house still has an ever so small advantage. Blackjack Tips and Cheat Sheet. The simplest blackjack strategy focuses on when you should hit or stand based on basic odds. Since you can only see half the dealer's hand, most players automatically assume that the face down card (also called the 'hole card') is. Blackjack Cheat Sheet PDF A blackjack cheat sheet is very similar to the basic blackjack strategy charts that you find for sale in many live casino gift shops. We have taken the same idea and made it useful for online blackjack players. Just keep the sheet on your computer as you play, or print it out and keep it close for reference. The blackjack cheat sheet below is for Vegas USA blackjack, with 4 or more decks, and a dealer that stands on a soft 17. This is basic blackjack strategy at its most general, adaptable to many common rule variations. The first column represents your first two cards. The top row represents the dealer's upcard.
- Appendices
- Miscellaneous
- External Links
On This Page
Introduction
Blackjack Optimal Strategy Chart
To use the basic strategy, look up your hand along the left vertical edge and the dealer's up card along the top. In both cases an A stands for ace. From top to bottom are the hard totals, soft totals, and splittable hands. There are two charts depending on whether the dealer hits or stands on soft 17.
Other basic strategy rules.
- Never take insurance or 'even money.'
- If there is no row for splitting (fives and tens), then look up your hand as a hard total (10 or 20).
- If you can't split because of a limit on re-splitting, then look up your hand as a hard total, except aces. In the extremely unlikely event you have a pair of aces you can't re-split and drawing to split aces is allowed, then double against a 5 or 6, otherwise hit.
Ideally, the basic strategy shows the play which, on average, will result in the greatest win or the least loss per initial hand played. The way I usually go about this is to look at the initial 2-card hands only. Generally, this will result in the overall best play. However, soft 18 against a dealer ace when the dealer stands on soft 17 provides the only known exception that I am aware of for any number of decks. As my blackjack appendix 9 shows, a 2-card soft 18 vs A has an expected value of hitting of -0.100359, and of standing -0.100502. So with two cards it is very slightly better to hit. However, not all soft 18's are composed of two cards. The more the cards in the player's hand the more the odds favor standing. Simulations show that if forced to always hit or always stand, it is better to stand. I would like to thank Don Schlesinger for bringing this unusual play to my attention.
Blackjack Strategy Card Quiz Sheet
Written by:Michael Shackleford
