If you are playing at a blackjack table where late surrender is allowed, you should take advantage of the late surrender rule by slightly changing the blackjack basic strategy rules for when to stand on hard hands. Late surrender allows you to surrender your hand and lose half your bet only after the dealer checks for blackjack. Ask the blackjack dealer at your table if late surrender is allowed. Here are the updated rules for when to surrender....
If you are playing at a blackjack table where the dealer hits soft 17, you need to slightly change the blackjack basic strategy rules for when to double down on hard and double down on soft hands. Here are the updated rules for when to double down. 3 blackjack basic strategy rules for doubling down on hard hands when dealer hits soft 17: Always DOUBLE on 11 DOUBLE 10 vs. dealer 2 thru 9 DOUBLE 9 vs....
If double after split (DAS) is available, you should split pairs more often to take advantage of this rule. Here are updated rules for pair splitting when double after split is available. 7 blackjack basic strategy rules for pair splitting (DAS allowed): Always SPLIT A’s and 8’s NEVER split 5’s or T’s SPLIT 2’s and 3’s vs. dealer 2 thru 7 SPLIT 4’s vs. dealer 5 or 6 SPLIT 6’s vs dealer 6 or less SPLIT 7’s vs dealer 7 or less SPLIT 9’s vs dealer 9 or less, except STAND vs dealer 7 Here is the relevant update to the pair splitting section of the basic strategy card for when double after split (DAS) is available....