Playing a 12 hand in Blackjack
Starting with a twelve hand in blackjack may seem terrible, but its not as bad as you may think. Sixteen cards in a deck will make you bust, twenty cards will improve your hand and sixteen cards will do neither. So how should you play a twelve hand in Blackjack? If you are playing any of the four most popular blackjack games, you should only stay when the dealer has a 4, 5 or 6 showing and hit on everything else.


| Blackjack Variations | Dealer's up Card | |||||||||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A | |
| Atlantic City | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| European | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| Vegas Downtown | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
| Vegas Strip | H | H | S | S | S | H | H | H | H | H |
H = Hit, S = Stand

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