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Winning Strategies
Stand
Hit
Double Down
Split
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This graphic displays the strategy that you should use when deciding whether to split a pair.
A player is said to have a
soft hand
when one of the cards is an ace, and its
value can equal either 1 or 11 without the hand’s total being greater than 21.
The hand is soft because the ace gives you two values for your one hand.
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Player Soft Hand Strategy
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Splitting Strategy
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