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Single-Deck Blackjack Basic Strategy Chart — Dealer Stands on Soft 17

A single-deck game with the dealer standing on all 17s and blackjacks paying 3:2 is about as close to a fair fight as a casino will ever deal you — basic strategy alone brings this game to roughly even. Casinos know it too, which is why the rule combination is rare and why 6:5 payout tables wearing its clothes are common. Check the felt, then play this chart.

Hard totals

Your handvs dealer2345678910A
7 or lessHHHHHHHHHH
8HHHDhDhHHHHH
9DhDhDhDhDhHHHHH
10DhDhDhDhDhDhDhDhHH
11DhDhDhDhDhDhDhDhDhDh
12HHSSSHHHHH
13SSSSSHHHHH
14SSSSSHHHHH
15SSSSSHHHHH
16SSSSSHHHRhRh
17+SSSSSSSSSS

Soft totals

Your handvs dealer2345678910A
A,2HHDhDhDhHHHHH
A,3HHDhDhDhHHHHH
A,4HHDhDhDhHHHHH
A,5HHDhDhDhHHHHH
A,6DhDhDhDhDhHHHHH
A,7SDsDsDsDsSSHHS
A,8SSSSDsSSSSS
A,9SSSSSSSSSS

Pairs

Your handvs dealer2345678910A
2,2PhPPPPPHHHH
3,3PhPhPPPPPhHHH
4,4HHPhPdPdHHHHH
5,5HHHHHHHHHH
6,6PPPPPPhHHHH
7,7PPPPPPPhHRsH
8,8PPPPPPPPPP
9,9PPPPPSPPSS
10,10HHHHHHHHHH
A,APPPPPPPPPP
H
Hit
S
Stand
Dh
Double if allowed, otherwise hit
Ds
Double if allowed, otherwise stand
P
Split
Ph
Split if double after split is allowed, otherwise hit
Pd
Split if double after split is allowed, otherwise double
Rh
Surrender if allowed, otherwise hit
Rs
Surrender if allowed, otherwise stand

Chart assumes double after split is allowed and doubling on any two cards. Where a play depends on a rule your table doesn't offer, the code gives the fallback — e.g. Rh means surrender if you can, otherwise hit.

Plays unique to this game

Single-deck aggression, S17 defense. The plays that differ from a shoe chart:

  • Double hard 8 against a 5 or 6, soft 13 and 14 against a 4, and soft 17 against a 2.
  • Split 4,4 against a 5 or 6 if double after split is allowed; otherwise double.
  • 7,7 against a 10: surrender if allowed, otherwise stand — the classic single-deck play.
  • Stand soft 18 against an ace (the H17 single-deck chart hits it), and stand 9,9 against an ace.
  • Hit 15 against an ace; surrender is only for 16 vs 10 and ace.

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The correct plays change with the deck count and the dealer's soft-17 rule. Grab the chart that matches your table, or start with the complete basic strategy guide.