See the best move for every hard and soft hand with this blackjack cheat sheet in Gamble With Your Friends.
Gamble With Your Friends: Blackjack Cheat Sheet
This chart shows the best move for each hand against the dealer’s upcard. It gives you the statistically best play, but it does not guarantee wins.
- H: Hit
- S: Stand
- D: Double
- D/H: Double if possible, otherwise hit
- D/S: Double if possible, otherwise stand
Hard totals
Find your hand in the left column and the dealer’s card across the top.
| Hand | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 9 | H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| 10 | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | H | H |
| 11 | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | 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 |
Soft totals
Use this table when your hand contains an ace.
| Hand | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A,2 | H | H | H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| A,3 | H | H | H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| A,4 | H | H | D/H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| A,5 | H | H | D/H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| A,6 | H | D/H | D/H | D/H | D/H | H | H | H | H | H |
| A,7 | S | D/S | D/S | D/S | D/S | S | S | H | H | H |
| A,8 | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S |