There are only a handful of casino games that you can actually win with skill and not just luck and Blackjack is one of them. That means that if you learn and use a basic blackjack strategy then you can have a real and true advantage over the other players and even the casino! By using a basic blackjack strategy you can leave the table a winner. At the bottom of this article you will find a basic blackjack strategy that has been put in a very simple and usable way.
Generally speaking the blackjack strategy has been created on the basis of mathematical probabilities that exist in the game and the mathematics of it will help to guide you to finding the best choices that can be made during every situation throughout the game. For most people it will only an hour or so to actually memorize this information but it will be much more than worth it to take the time to do it! This doesn’t mean that you’ll win each and every blackjack hand, however, with the extra assistance of this blackjack strategy, a little patience and a little persistence, and you will significantly advance your chances of winning many of your hands.
Do know that some of the blackjack rules will vary from casino to casino. You will see that even in actual casino’s and the internet casinos that the rules will change ever so slightly. Some will play with two deck and some will only play with one. On top of that, there are some casinos that have their dealers hit on soft 17’s and others will require the dealer to stand on a 17 no matter what.
Here is an example of the basic strategy being used in a one deck blackjack hand when the dealer actually hits on the soft 17. Playing by other blackjack rules will mean that you would need to make some minor adjustments.
First, here is a short introduction to the terms mentioned here:
Hard Hand: two initial cards that do not include an Ace.
Soft Hand: two initial cards that one of them is an Ace
Stand: when a player is not asking to be dealt more cards after the two initial cards.
Hit: when a player calls for an additional card to be dealt
Double: when a player doubles his initial bet after the initial deal, but it requires him to hit only one card.
Split: when a player separates the initial two cards into two individual hands and plays them as 2 hands.
Finally, here is a basic blackjack strategy:
When your initial two card hand sums up to 8 or less: hit
When your hand sums up to 9 and the dealer hand value is between 3 and 6: double if else: hit
When your hand sums up to 10 and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 9: double; if else:
When your hand sums up to 11 and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 10: double; if else hit.
When your hand sums up to 13, 14, 15, or 16 and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 6: stand; if else hit.
When your hand sums up to 17: stand.
When your initial two card hand contains Ace 2 or Ace 3 and the dealer has either 5 or 6: double; if else: hit.
When your hand contains Ace 4 or Ace 5 and the dealer has 4, 5 or 6: double; if else: hit.
When your hand contains Ace 6 and the dealer has 3, 4, 5 or 6: double; if else: hit.
When your hand contains Ace 7 and the dealer has 2, 7 or 8: stand; if he has 3, 4, 5 or 6: double; if else: hit.
When your hand contains Ace 8 or Ace 9: stand
When your hand contains a pair of 2s or 3s and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 7: split; if else: hit
When your hand contains a pair of 4s and the dealer has either 4 or 5: split; if else: hit
When your hand contains a pair of 5s and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 9: double; if else: hit
When your hand contains a pair of 6s and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 6: split; if else: hit
When your hand contains a pair of 7s and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 7: split; if else: hit
When your hand contains a pair of 9s and the dealer hand value is between 2 and 7 and either 8 or 9: split; if else: stand
When your hand contains a pair of 8s: split
When your hand contains a pair of 8s: split
When your hand contains a pair of 10s: stand
