European Blackjack strategy

European Blackjack is played with two standard decks of 52 playing cards.

  1. Decks are shuffled after the completion of every game.
  2. Blackjack always beats any other hand with a value of 21.
  3. The Dealer stands on all hands with the value of 17 and draws on all hands with the value of 16.

Best Strategy for European BlackJack

DEALERS UP CARD
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A
8 or LESS H H H H H H H H H H
9 H D D D D H H H H H
10 D D D D D D D D H H
11 D D D D D D D D H H
12 H H S S S H H H H H
13,14 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 H H H H H
A8-10 S S S S S S S S S S
A7 S S S S S S S S S S
A2 to A6 S S S S S S S H H H
A5,A4 H H H H H H H H H H
A-A SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP SP H
10-10 S S S S S S S S S S
9-9 SP SP SP SP SP S SP SP S S
8-8 SP SP SP SP SP S SP SP H H
7-7 SP SP SP SP SP SP H H H H
6-6 SP SP SP SP SP H H H H H
5-5 D D D D D D D D H H
4-4 H H H SP SP H H H H H
3-3,2-2 SP SP SP SP SP SP H H H H
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A
DEALERS UP CARD