Blackjack Basic Strategy For Splitting Pairs

How to Play Pairs in Blackjack

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Hard hands: Hard 8 or less - Hard 9 - Hard 10 - Hard 11 - Hard 12 - Hard 13 - 16 - Hard 17 to 21

Soft hands: Soft 13 - 14 - Soft 15 - 16 - Soft 17 - Soft 18 - Soft 19 to 21

Splitting pairs: Aces - 2's - 3's - 4's - 5's - 6's - 7's - 8's - 9's - 10's

Playing a Pair in Blackjack, with Perfect Basic Strategy

There are ten possible pairs you can be dealt in blackjack. There is a specific article written for each pair, but here are some quick guidelines regarding playing pairs with perfect basic strategy.

You'll always split aces and eight's no matter what the dealer's upcard is.

You'll never split five's or tens, no matter what the dealer's upcard is.

Those two rules cover almost half of the possible splitting hands you could be dealt. Learning basic blackjack strategy isn't nearly as hard as you thought it was going to be, is it?