Blackjack Hand of the Day

October 3, 2026

Your hand

♥

♦

Dealer shows

♣

The play

Hit

You hold a hard 9 (2-7) 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 4 (a 14). Playing it out:

♣

♥

Dealer has 21.

Four more to test yourself

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

Hard 19 (10-9) vs dealer 6

Stand

Hard 9 (2-7) vs dealer 2

Hit

Hard 7 (2-5) vs dealer 8

Hit

Hard 12 (3-9) vs dealer 8

Hit

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