Blackjack Hand of the Day

July 15, 2026

Your hand

♦

♥

Dealer shows

♦

The play

Hit

You hold a soft 16 (5-A) and the dealer shows a 10. 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 Q (a 20). Playing it out:

♦

Dealer has 20.

Four more to test yourself

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

Hard 14 (4-J) vs dealer 2

Stand

Hard 14 (4-Q) vs dealer 8

Hit

Hard 15 (8-7) vs dealer K

Surrender

Hard 19 (9-10) vs dealer K

Stand

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