Blackjack Basic Strategy Chart

The optimal decision for every hand vs. every dealer upcard.

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Hard Totals

Player	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	XH	XH
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	XH	XH	XH
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Soft Totals

Player	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	S	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

Player	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
2,2	SPA	SPA	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
3,3	SPA	SPA	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	SPA	SPA	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6,6	SPA	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
7,7	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
8,8	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	XP
9,9	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	S	SP	SP	S	S
T,T	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,A	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP

Legend

H: Hit
S: Stand
D: Double
DS: Double/Stand
SP: Split
XH: Surrender/Hit
XP: Surrender/Split