Foley’s Casino

Blackjack Basic Strategy Chart

The best play for every hand, against every card the dealer can show — for six decks, the dealer hitting soft 17, doubling after splits allowed and no surrender. Played this way the house keeps just 0.62% of what you bet.

H HitS StandD Double (else hit)Ds Double (else stand)P Split

Find your hand down the side and the dealer’s up card along the top. Columns: the dealer’s card, 2 to ace.

Hard totals

2345678910A
8 or lessHHHHHHHHHH
9HDDDDHHHHH
10DDDDDDDDHH
11DDDDDDDDDD
12HHSSSHHHHH
13SSSSSHHHHH
14SSSSSHHHHH
15SSSSSHHHHH
16SSSSSHHHHH
17SSSSSSSSSS
17+SSSSSSSSSS

Soft totals (an ace counted as 11)

2345678910A
A,2HHHDDHHHHH
A,3HHHDDHHHHH
A,4HHDDDHHHHH
A,5HHDDDHHHHH
A,6HDDDDHHHHH
A,7DsDsDsDsDsSSHHH
A,8SSSSDsSSSSS
A,9SSSSSSSSSS

Pairs

2345678910A
2,2PPPPPP
3,3PPPPPP
4,4PP
5,5
6,6PPPPP
7,7PPPPPP
8,8PPPPPPPPPP
9,9PPPPPPP
10,10
A,APPPPPPPPPP

A blank pair cell: don’t split, play it as its total. These are the rules of the Main Floor table at Foley’s Casino; the chart is computed from them, and the Odds Lab lets you change any cell and race your chart against this one.

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