Hit Or Stand? Blackjack

If you play a single deck game the Basic Strategy variations can be responsible of 25% of your results. It’s a must when you play a lot.

The most common decision that a player should make is Hit or Stand.

The first is with a hand of 16 against a dealer’s up card of 10. You should stand if the count is over 0 and hit if it is 0 or lower. This means that if the running count is 1 or higher, stand. Since the ‘decision’ number is 0, it’s not necessary to calculate the true count — the running count will do in this situation.

Don’t get confused here. Almost all basic strategy variations rely on the true count, but for those where the decision number is 0, the running count will suffice.