Blackjack Strategy

Blackjack Basic Multi-deck Strategy

The key to successful multi-deck blackjack play is remembering and using the basic blackjack strategy.  This will help you minimize any advantage the house has.

Blackjack Strategies will vary based on the rules of the casino, the main elements to watch for are: -
- number of decks in use - 4, 6 or 8
- is surrender allowed
- can the dealer stand on soft 17
- can you double after a split
- can you double on any card or just the 9, 10 or 11

Use our multi-deck blackjack chart below in conjunction with our splitting and soft hands charts to help optimize your blackjack experience!

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Basic Blackjack Multi-Deck Strategies

Your Hand	Dealer's Card
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
Up to 8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	H	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
10	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H
11	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H
12	H	H	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H	H
13	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H	H
14	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H	H
15*	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H/SR	H
16*	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H/SR	H/SR	H/SR
17-19	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A-2	H	H	H	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A-3	H	H	H	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A-4	H	H	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A-5	H	H	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A-6	H	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A-7	ST	DD	DD	DD	DD	ST	ST	H	H	H
A-8	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A-9	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
2-2	H/SP	H/SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
3-3	H/SP	H/SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
4-4	H	H	H	H/SP	H/SP	H	H	H	H	H
5-5	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H
6-6	H/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	ST	SP	SP	ST	ST
10-10	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A-A	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP

Legend: H = Hit, DD=Double, SP=Split, ST=Stand
*Surrender if the option is available