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Playing a hard 16 hand in Blackjack
How to play the worst hand in Blackjack? If you are stuck with a hard sixteen hand, you should stand if the dealer's up card is a 2, 3, 4, 5 or a 6, hit if its a 7 or 8 and surrender (if surrender isn't available you should hit instead) if the dealer's up card is a 9, a ten card or an Ace. A hard sixteen hand when the dealer has an ten up card, is the worst possible hand for a blackjack player. No other hand has a less chance of winning. Always surrender against a dealers ten card if the option is available.
| 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 | S | S | S |
| Vegas Strip | S | S | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
H = Hit, S = Stand, S = Surrender