Blackjack Strategy

The main blackjack strategies are aimed at helping you to understand when to hit, take insurance, double down, stand, surrender or split. You should understand that for each combination of cards, basic/main strategies are considered to be the moves which can help you to better winning chances. Keep in mind that splitting and doubling down or hitting or standing are equally important.

You may hit in case if playing hand is 11and lower. Don't worry to bust. Tough, very often the mentioned hands may be split /doubled down. Do not hit when having under 17, you may do it only in case of soft 17 when an Ace is present.

Hitting and Standing

Values are supposed to be soft if Ace is present as it counts as 1 or 11.

In case if there is Ace:

It is recommended to double if the total is equal to 17 or your total is under 17 and the dealer holds 4 or 5
It is worth standing when the total is 19 or 20
You ought to hit in case if the total is under 17 or equal to 17

Standing/Hitting

Fundamental strategies for hitting and standing are the following:

Stand with everything that is higher than sixteen
Hit when under 12

Having between twelve and sixteen, you need to:

Stand when the dealer has a card valued under 7
Hit when the dealer`s card is between 7 and an Ace which counts as 11

Splitting

Fundamental splitting rules:

You are not recommended to split cards which have the value of 4s, 5s and 10s
It is highly recommended to split 8s and Aces

Doubling Down

Fundamental strategies when it comes to double down:

With an 11 it is advisable to have doubling down
You are not recommended to double down having hands which are lower than 8
In case if the dealer has cards values between two and nine, you need to double down having a 10.