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Playing a hard 15 hand in Blackjack
How should you play your hard fifteen Blackjack hand? If the dealer's up card is a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 you should stay, if the dealer's up card is any other card you should hit your hand. If surrendering your hand is an option, you should surrender your hand if the dealer's up card is a ten or a face card. When hitting your hard fifteen hand you have a 46% chance of busting. A hard fifteen hand has less than a 25% chance of winning when the dealer's up card is a ten. Any hands that give you a less than 25% chance of winning, you should always surrender.
| Blackjack Variations | Dealer's up Card | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A | |
| Atlantic City | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| European | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| Vegas Downtown | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | S | H |
| Vegas Strip | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
H = Hit, S = Stand, S = Surrender