Printable Blackjack Strategy Chart
Updated
A basic strategy chart you can print, fold and take with you — and unlike most cheat sheets on the internet, generated for the rules of the table you are actually playing. A chart drawn for eight decks is wrong in several cells at a double-deck game.
- Free, no signup. PDF to print, PNG for your phone.
- Generated for your deck count, soft-17 rule, doubling and surrender.
- Casinos allow printed charts — they sell them in the gift shop.
- Every cell computed by our own solver, not copied from another chart.
Get your chart
Set the rules of your table below and the chart regenerates. When it looks right, download it.
Open the chart generator Why a generic chart is wrong for you
Four table rules move cells on the chart, and we have computed what each one is worth on a six-deck game. If your table differs on any of them, a chart printed for someone else is wrong in exactly those cells:
| Rule at your table | What it costs | Does it move the chart? |
|---|---|---|
| Blackjack pays 6:5 | 1.358% | no — but it dwarfs everything that does |
| Dealer hits soft 17 | 0.215% | yes, several cells |
| No doubling after a split | 0.120% | yes, most of the pair row |
| Eight decks instead of six | 0.030% | barely |
The order is the useful part. Players ask about deck count first and it matters least; the payout matters most and is not a chart question at all. A 6:5 table cannot be fixed by any chart — the right response is a different table.
There is no single basic strategy chart. There are dozens, and your table rules decide which one applies. The cells that move are exactly the close decisions people get wrong anyway:
- Deck count moves several cells in the 9, 10 and 11 rows.
- The soft-17 rule moves 11 against an ace, 15 against an ace and soft 18 against a 2.
- Surrender adds four cells that do not exist otherwise.
- Double after split changes which low pairs are worth splitting at all.
Using an eight-deck chart at a double-deck table will not ruin your evening, but it gives back part of what learning the chart was for.
Printing it usefully
Print the PDF, not the web page. The PDF is laid out for paper; the page is laid out for a screen.
Card size beats A4. A chart you can hold in one hand at a table is a different object from a sheet of paper you have to unfold. Print it and cut it down, or use the PNG on your phone before you sit down — phones are a felony in Nevada.
Learn the shape, not the cells. A chart is a crutch that should get lighter. Most of it is four rules and a dozen exceptions — what the letters mean is the place to start.
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By Martin Kosek · every number on this site is computed by us, not copied.
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