Is It Sit or Stand in Blackjack?

It’s one of the most common questions at the blackjack table: should I sit or stand? The answer, as with most things in blackjack, is it depends.

The first thing you need to do is look at your cards and the dealer’s up card. If you have a hard hand (meaning no aces) between 12 and 16 and the dealer has a 7 or higher, you should hit.

If you have a soft hand (meaning you have an ace that can be counted as 1 or 11) between 13 and 18 and the dealer has a 6 or lower, you should hit. If you have any other hand, you should stand.

Those are the basic rules, but there are some exceptions. For example, if you have a hard 16 and the dealer has a 10, you should hit because the chances of the dealer having a natural blackjack (and winning) are high.

If you have a soft 18 and the dealer has an 8, 9 or 10, you should hit because if you stand there’s a good chance the dealer will make a hand and beat you.

In general, though, if you follow the basic rules above you’ll be making the right decision most of the time. And that’s what blackjack is all about – making the right decisions more often than your opponents.

In conclusion, whether to sit or stand in blackjack depends on your hand and the dealers. There are basic rules to follow but also exceptions to those rules.

In general, making the right decisions more often than your opponents is what blackjack is all about.