Blackjack Strategy Calculator

Blackjack Strategy Calculator

Enter the dealer's upcard and your own hand, and it names the single play with the highest expected value.

4–8 deck shoe · blackjack 3:2
dealer peeks · split up to 3×
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Table rules

Set these to match the table you are sitting at. The verdict and all three charts recalculate together.

Dealer soft 17
Double after split (DAS)
Late surrender
Dealer only one card is visible
Pick the upcard
blackjack pays 3 to 2 ◆ dealer must stand on all 17s
You
Add your cards
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The charts

The dark row across the top is the dealer; the column down the side is your hand. The cell you are in is outlined.

Hard hands — no ace, or an ace counted as one
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Soft hands — an ace counted as eleven without busting
Pairs — two cards of equal value, split or not

What an image of a chart cannot do

Almost every blackjack chart on the internet is a picture file. A picture does not know the rules of the table you are sitting at.

Rules

The chart recalculates on the spot

Change S17/H17, DAS or surrender and the verdict plus all three charts are recomputed. Hard 16 against a dealer 10 is R with surrender on and H with it off.

Learning

It shows you where you are in the chart

Rather than just handing you an answer, it outlines the matching cell below. The chart becomes familiar as you use it, until you no longer need the tool.

Real hands

It handles three cards and more

Every chart assumes two cards. Once you have hit, double and surrender are gone — and the fallback play is shown automatically.

Checked

48 cells verified against published charts

The key hard, soft and pair cells were checked one by one against widely published 4–8 deck charts, across every rule combination, and all of them agree.

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What this chart assumes

A 4–8 deck shoe, a dealer who must hit on 16 or less, blackjack paying 3:2, and a table where the dealer peeks at the hole card. Single and double deck games differ enough that the chart changes.

How to read it

  • D with three or more cards means doubling is no longer possible, so the fallback play is shown instead.
  • R (surrender) is only available on the first two cards.
  • J, Q and K all count as ten.

Worth knowing

Basic strategy is the optimal solution and cuts the house edge to roughly 0.5% — but 0.5% is still negative. This is not a way to win over time; it is the slowest way to lose. Without card counting, every departure from this chart lowers your expected value.