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      This chart is the basic one for any general game with more than two decks and normal rules. By "normal" rules, we're talking about the following:

Dealer stands on soft 17
Double down allowed on any two cards
Double down after splitting allowed
No surrender

      The first three rules are advantageous to the player. The last one is good for the house.

Dealer's Up Card
			2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	T	A
7			H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
8			H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9			H	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
10			DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H
11			DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H
12			H	H	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H	H
13-16			ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	H	H	H	H	H
17-21			ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A,2			H	H	H	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A,3			H	H	H	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A,4			H	H	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A,5			H	H	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A,6			H	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H	H	H	H
A,7			ST	DD	DD	DD	DD	ST	ST	H	H	H
A,8			ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A,9			ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
2,2			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
3,3			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
4,4			H	H	H	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
5,5			DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	DD	H	H
6,6			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H	H
7,7			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	H	H	H	H
8,8			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP
9,9			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	ST	SP	SP	ST	ST
10,10			ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST	ST
A,A			SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP	SP

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