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Blackjack Strategy - Playing Soft Hands

Our basic Blackjack strategy showed you how to play typical hands of blackjack. This page will go a little more in-depth and show you how to play "soft hands":

First, a soft hand in blackjack is when you are holding an Ace and count it as 1 (as opposed to 11). Here's a table to illustrate how to play "soft hands"...

If You Have...	And The Dealer shows...	Do This...
Ace, Ace	Always Split	Always Split
Ace AND 2 or 3	5 or 6	Double Down
Ace AND 2 or 3	All but 5 or 6	Hit
Ace AND 4 or 5	4,5 or 6	Double Down
Ace AND 4 or 5	All but 4,5 or 6	Hit
Ace AND 6	3 through 6	Double Down
Ace AND 6	All but 3 through 6	Hit
Ace AND 7	3 through 6	Double Down
Ace AND 7	2, 7 OR 8	Stand
Ace AND 7	9, 10 OR Ace	Hit
Ace AND 8 or 9	Always Stand	Always Stand
Ace AND 10	You've Won!	You've Won!
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