Blackjack hands, one at a time.

The book for six decks, the dealer hitting soft 17, double after split and late surrender.

Hard hands
Your hand against the dealer's card	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
5–7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
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	D
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	Rh	Rh
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	Rh	Rh	Rh
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	Rs
18+	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Soft hands
Your hand against the dealer's card	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
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	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	Ds	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Pairs
Your hand against the dealer's card	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
2,2	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
3,3	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6,6	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	Rp
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, else hit
Ds Double, else stand
P Split
Rh Surrender, else hit
Rs Surrender, else stand
Rp Surrender, else split

The full basic strategy chart, with every other rule set a tap away.

Hard hands

Soft hands

Pairs

Insurance

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Guides

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