Basic Strategy for Spanish 21 |
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Dealer Stands on Soft 17 |
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Dealer Hand |
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Player Hand |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
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S |
Stand |
Hard 4-8 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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S4 |
Stand, but hit with 4 or more cards |
9 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
D4 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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S5 |
Stand, but hit with 5 or more cards |
10 |
D5 |
D5 |
D |
D |
D |
D4 |
D3 |
H |
H |
H |
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S6 |
Stand, but hit with 6 or more cards |
11 |
D4 |
D5 |
D5 |
D5 |
D5 |
D4 |
D4 |
D4 |
D3 |
D3 |
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H |
Hit |
12 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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D |
Double |
13 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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D3 |
Double, but hit if 3 or more cards |
14 |
H |
H |
S4 |
S5 |
S4 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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D4 |
Double, but hit if 4 or more cards |
15 |
S4 |
S5 |
S5 |
S6 |
S6 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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D5 |
Double, but hit if 5 or more cards |
16 |
S5 |
S6 |
S6 |
S |
S |
H |
H |
H |
R |
R |
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P |
Split the pair |
17 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S6 |
S6 |
S6 |
S |
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P$ |
Split, but hit if suited 7s |
18-21 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
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R |
Surrender |
Soft |
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12-15 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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16 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
D4 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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17 |
H |
H |
D3 |
D4 |
D5 |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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18 |
S4 |
S4 |
D4 |
D5 |
D5 |
S6 |
S4 |
H |
H |
H |
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19-21 |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S |
S6 |
S |
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Pairs |
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2-2 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
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Do Not Split 4s, 5s, or 10s! |
3-3 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
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6-6 |
H |
H |
P |
P |
P |
H |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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7-7 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P$ |
H |
H |
H |
H |
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8-8 |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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9-9 |
S |
P |
P |
P |
P |
S |
P |
P |
S |
S |
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A-A |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
P |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
A |
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