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Blackjack Basic Strategy Matrix

Every starting hand against every dealer up-card, for 6-deck blackjack where the dealer stands on soft 17 (S17) with double-after-split and late surrender — the Vegas Strip S17 rules. Tap any cell to see the decision explained with the exact, live EV from Fullcount. New to the chart? Start with the basic strategy overview.

S

stand

H

hit

D

double

SP

split

SR

surrender

Hard totals

2345678910A
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
SR
H
16
S
S
S
S
S
H
H
SR
SR
SR
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

Soft totals (hands with an Ace)

2345678910A
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

2345678910A
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

The exact cut-offs shift with the rules — dealer hits soft 17 (H17), fewer decks, or no surrender each move a few cells. Pick your game on the rule variants page and Fullcount recomputes the chart for it.