Blackjack Hand of the Day

July 6, 2026

Your hand

♠

Dealer shows

♥

The play

Hit

You hold a hard 7 (5-2) and the dealer shows a J. Basic strategy says hit. 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 J (a 20). Playing it out:

♥

♠

Dealer has 20.

Four more to test yourself

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

Hard 15 (7-8) vs dealer 5

Stand

Soft 20 (9-A) vs dealer 3

Stand

Hard 16 (6-Q) vs dealer K

Surrender

Hard 15 (5-K) vs dealer 2

Stand

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