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BLACKJACK TIPS

There is a very good reason why Blackjack is one of the most popular games at the casino. Quite simply, if you follow blackjack strategy to the letter, the house edge will be practically non-existent.  The best strategy to follow? Your own. The more blackjack you play, your sense of timing will improve accordingly as well your feel for the game and its pace. There are some standard guidelines that are widely accepted, and should be adhered to when at all possible.Presuming that the game always hit a hard total of 7 or less; always stand on a hard total of 17 or more; always stand on a soft total of 19 or more, you can use the following tables as guidelines to use during play.

Table A. Drawing rules for hard totals

  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
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 SU H
16 S S S S S H H SU SU SU
17 S S S S S S S S S S


Table B. Drawing rules for soft totals.

  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
A,2 H H H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,3 H H H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,4 H H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,5 H H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,6 H D/H D/H D/H D/H H H H H H
A,7 S D/S D/S D/S D/S S S H H H
A,8 S S S S S S S S S S


Table C. Drawing rules for pairs.

  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Ace
2,2 P/H P/H P P P P H H H H
3,3 P/H P/H P P P P H H H H
4,4 H H H P/H P/H H H H H H
5,5 D D D D D D D D H H
6,6 P/H P P P P H H H H H
7,7 P P P P P P H H H H
8,8 P P P P P P P P P P
9,9 P P P P P S P P S S
T,T S S S S S S S S S S
A,A P P P P P P P P P P


Table D. Drawing rule descriptions.

H Hit - take a card.
S Stand - do not take a card.
P Split the pair.
D Double down.
SU Surrender if available otherwise HIT.
D/P Double if available otherwise HIT.
D/S Double if available otherwise STAND.
P/H Split if double after split is available otherwise HIT.
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