Blackjack Strategy Chart: 8 decks, dealer stands on soft 17, blackjack pays 6 to 5

Key

Your total (hard hands, excluding pairs)

	Dealer's face-up card
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
6	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
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	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
18	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
19	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
20	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Hands with an ace (soft hands)
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A, 2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A, 3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A, 4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A, 5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A, 6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A, 7	S	D	D	D	D	S	S	H	H	H
A, 8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A, 9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Pairs (two of a kind)
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
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

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