How Do You Make A Basic Strategy Chart For Blackjack?
Making a basic strategy chart for blackjack is the first step toward advanced play and fundamental to playing break-even blackjack. Sit down at a table. Take out a pencil and a piece of graph paper. Draw a line across the top, leaving room to write a title, and draw a line down the left margin, leaving room to indicate hands. Form a little box at the top left-hand corner of the page. Leave space for a title and below that write the subtitle “Dealer’s Upcard.” Below that, evenly spaced, write “2,” “3,” “4,” “5,” “6,” “7,” “8,” “9,” “10” and “Ace.” Mark “Player’s Hand” at the top of the left-hand margin. Below that, mark “hit/stand” vertically. To the right of that, starting from the top and going down, mark horizontally “soft 18,” “hard 17,” “hard 16,” “hard 15,” “hard 14,” “hard 13” and “hard 12.” Draw a line under that subsection. Mark “double” vertically along the left margin, and to the right of that, mark “11,” “10,” “9,” “8,” “7,” “6” and “5.” Draw a line under that subsection. Ma
