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Explore all 260 hard-total, soft-total, and pair decisions for common multi-deck games with double after split and no surrender.

Dealer soft 17

Dealer stands on soft 17. Three close chart decisions update automatically.

Hard totals

HHitSStandDDoubleSpSplit
Hand2345678910A
8 or less
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17 or more

Soft totals

HHitSStandDDoubleSpSplit
Hand2345678910A
A,2/A,3
A,4/A,5
A,6
A,7
A,8
A,9

Pairs

HHitSStandDDoubleSpSplit
Hand2345678910A
2,2
3,3
4,4
5,5
6,6
7,7
8,8
9,9
10,10
A,A

Cell explanation

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