Blackjack Hand of the Day

July 5, 2026

Your hand

♦

♠

Dealer shows

♦

The play

Surrender

You hold a hard 15 (5-J) and the dealer shows a Q. Basic strategy says surrender. The dealer busts about 21% of the time with this up-card — that's the number driving the decision.

The dealer's hole card was 8 (a 18). Playing it out:

♦

♠

Dealer has 18.

Four more to test yourself

Same idea — what's the correct basic-strategy play?

Hard 15 (10-5) vs dealer 4

Stand

Hard 19 (9-Q) vs dealer 3

Stand

Pair of 2s vs dealer 2

Split

Hard 14 (4-Q) vs dealer K

Hit

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