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Blackjack Basic Strategy | Cheat Sheet |
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Blackjack Basic Strategy | Blackjack Cheat Sheet
Blackjack professionals have thoroughly examined each and every single card combination of Blackjack to reduce the house advantage. Their Conclusion? A method called ‘basic strategy' or also known as a blackjack cheat sheet. Basic Strategy is derived from mathematical analysis of card combinations and player decisions.Basic Strategy when every bet is played ‘optimally' and reduces the house advantage to the minimum. This is the ‘soundest' way to bet long-term for Blackjack.
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Your hand
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Dealer's face-up card
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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A
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Hard totals
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17-20
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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16
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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H
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H
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SU
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SU
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SU
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15
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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H
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H
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H
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SU
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H
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13-14
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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12
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H
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H
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S
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S
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S
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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11
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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10
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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H
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9
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H
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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5-8
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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Soft totals
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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A
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A,8 A,9
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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A,7
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S
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Ds
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Ds
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Ds
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Ds
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S
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S
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H
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H
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H
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A,6
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H
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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A,4 A,5
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H
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H
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Dh
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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A,2 A,3
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H
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H
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H
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Dh
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Dh
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H
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H
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H
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H
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H
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Pairs
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2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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A
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A,A
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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10,10
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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S
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9,9
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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SP
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S
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SP
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SP
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S
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S
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8,8
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SP
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SP
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SP
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