Blackjack Soft 18 vs Dealer 10
Basic strategy: Hit.
For 6-deck blackjack where the dealer stands on soft 17 (S17), with double-after-split and late surrender — the Vegas Strip S17 rules.
A dealer 10 will make a strong total far more often than it busts, so a Soft 18 that stood would lose most of the time. You have to improve: hit, and accept the bust risk because standing here is the worse of two imperfect options.
Soft 18 is an underdog to a dealer 10, which makes 20 a huge share of the time. The ace protects you from busting, so hit to try to improve rather than standing into a near-certain loss.
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