Following the strategy below the player can optimize long term returns in Blackjack.
The house edge will be reduced to well below 1% making Blackjack the most profitable game of the casino for the player.
Our Basic Strategy is presented in the table below.
PLAYER'S
HAND
DEALER'S
1st CARD
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
A
5-6-7-8
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
H
16
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
H
H
H
17-18-19-20-21
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A2
(13)
H
H
H
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A3
(14)
H
H
H
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A4
(15)
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A5
(16)
H
H
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A6
(17)
H
D
D
D
D
H
H
H
H
H
A7(18)
S
D
D
D
D
S
S
H
H
H
A8
(19)
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A9(
20)
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
2
2
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
H
H
H
H
3
3
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
H
H
H
H
4
4
H
H
H
SP
SP
H
H
H
H
H
5
5
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
D
H
H
6
6
SP
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
SP
9
9
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
S
SP
SP
S
S
10
10
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
A
A
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
SP
S = STAND ___ H =
HIT ___D = DOUBLE ___
SP = SPLIT
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