Since I covered Vegas Strip Basic Strategy a few days ago I felt it was time for another Basic Strategy Lesson. This time I’ll be talking about Basic Strategy for European Rules Blackjack at Goldencasino.com. You might remember that European Rules Blackjack is one of the variants of Blackjack that is offered by GoldenCasino.com.

The Rules for European Rules Blackjack offered by GoldenCasino are:

• Dealer Stands on all 17s.
• Pairs can be Split.
• Doubling is allowed on hand values of 9, 10 and 11.
• Doubling after a split is allowed on hand values of 9, 10, and 11.
• Aces can only be split once.
• Insurance is available when the dealer shows an Ace.
• Dealer does not check for Blackjack.
• Surrender is not available.

Blackjack Basic Strategy Chart

Your Hand	Dealer’s Upcard
	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
7	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	H	D	D	D	D	H	H	H	H	H
10	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
11	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
12	H	H	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
13	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
14	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
17	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,2	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,9	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
2,2	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
3,3	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	H	H
6,6	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
7,7	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
8,8	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H
9,9	P	P	P	P	P	S	P	P	S	S
T,T	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H
Dealer	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
Key:
	H	= Hit		S	= Stand		P	= Split
	D	= Double (hit if not allowed)

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