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The European Blackjack Strategy and Rules

The Basic Strategy Chart below is applicable for European blackjack, the rules of which are as follows:

  • Six 52 card decks are used (also appropriate for a shoe of 4-8 decks).
  • Dealer stands on soft 17.
  • Double allowed only on hard 9-11.
  • Doubling after split allowed.
  • No peek. Player loses all the bets in case the dealer has a Blackjack.

The casino edge is 0.62%.

In order to use the basic strategy look at the left vertical column that shows your hand, and search for dealer’s card on the top. A always stands for Ace.

United Kingdom Blackjack. The Basic Strategy

Splitting 4’s, 5’s, and 10’s was allowed only after September 1, 2007. According to this, the basic strategy was different only for playing 4’s that increased the casino edge by 0.003%. Lately, in some Grosvenor casinos all splits and doubling after split were allowed.

Early Surrender

Early surrender is a great option, so in case you happen to notice a table offering this, do not lose such a rare opportunity. They say, that such tables can be found in Russia and in Macau, however except against a dealer Ace.

Early surrender is recommended in case you have:

  • From 12-17 against dealer Ace (including a pair of 6’s, 7’s or 8’s).
  • From 5-7 against dealer Ace (including a pair of 3’s)
  • From 14-16 against dealer 10 (including a pair of 7’s or 8’s)
  • 16 against dealer 9