8-Deck S17 DAS basic strategy chart

With this chart the house edge is 0.433%. Rules: 8 decks, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split, no surrender, blackjack pays 3:2. Perfect play for the exact cards (impossible to memorize) would bring it to 0.431%. That makes it number 11 of the 26 games on this site, ranked from the best for the player.

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Dealer’s up card

Hard totals
Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
5–8	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	D	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13	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	S	S	S	S	S

Soft totals
Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Pairs
Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
2,2	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
3,3	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6,6	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
7,7	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
8,8	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
9,9	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P	S	S
10,10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P

HHit
SStand
DDouble, else hit
DsDouble, else stand
PSplit
RSurrender, else hit
RsSurrender, else stand
RpSurrender, else split

How to read it

Find your hand on the left and the dealer’s up card on top. “Else” is the play when the first one isn’t allowed, for example after you have taken a card.

What changes from 8-Deck S17 DAS Late Surrender

The closest common game is 8-deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split, late surrender, at 0.357%. These rules raise the house edge by 0.076%.

Rule here	Change in house edge
No surrender	+0.076%

4 chart cells change

Hard 15 against 10: Hit instead of surrender, else hit
Hard 16 against 9: Hit instead of surrender, else hit
Hard 16 against 10: Hit instead of surrender, else hit
Hard 16 against A: Hit instead of surrender, else hit

Tables one rule away

Each of these games changes a single rule from this one. The last column is what that rule does to the house edge.

Rule there	House edge	Change
2 decks instead of 8Double-deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split	0.194%	-0.239%
6 decks instead of 86-deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split	0.407%	-0.026%
Dealer hits soft 178-deck, dealer hits soft 17, double after split	0.647%	+0.214%
Late surrender8-deck, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split, late surrender	0.357%	-0.076%

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How these numbers were computed

Our blackjack engine plays out every hand against the exact cards left in the shoe, with the dealer’s exact chances of each final total, and picks the best play for each total over all the hands that reach it. Only splits use a small approximation. Its house edges agree with published combinatorial results to within 0.005% of the bet. Figures assume a fresh shoe every round, like a continuous shuffler; a cut card adds a little to the house edge.

Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

Your hand	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
A,2	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	Ds	Ds	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S