BASIC STRATEGY FOR SPANISH 21

Player Dealer stands on soft 17

Hard 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A

4-8 H H H H H H H H H H

9 H H H H D4 H H H H H

10 D5 D5 D D D D4 D3 H H H

11 D4 D5 D5 D5 D5 D4 D4 D4 D3 D3

12 H H H H H H H H H H

13 H H H H H H H H H H

14 H H S4* S5* S4* H H H H H

15 S4* S5* S5* S6 S6 H H H H H

16 S5 S6 S6 S S H H H H H

17 S S S S S S S6 S6 S6 Rh

18-21 S S S S S S S S S S

Soft 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A

12-15 H H H H H H H H H H

16 H H H H D4 H H H H H

17 H H D3 D4 D5 H H H H H

18 S4 S4 D4 D5 D5 S6 S4 H H H

19-21 S S S S S S S S S S

Pairs 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 A

2-2 P P P P P P P H H H

3-3 P P P P P P P H H H

6-6 H H P P P H H H H H

7-7 P P P P P PS H H H H

8-8 P P P P P P P P P P

9-9 S P P P P S P P S S

A-A P P P P P P P P P P

Double-down surrender: 12-18 vs. 8-A, 17 vs. A

Never Split 4’s, 5’s, or 10’s.

S Stand

S# Stand, except hit with # or more cards

H Hit

D Double

D# Double, except hit with # or more cards

P Split

PS Split, except hit with suited sevens

R Surrender

Rh Surrender if allowed, otherwise hit

* Hit if 6-7-8 possible

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