black jack rules
black jack strategy
black jack terminology
Always split aces or eights. A pair of aces will total either two or twelve; when you split them each card is worth eleven. Splitting a pair of eights means you are breaking up a hand of sixteen, which is the worst hand you can have.
Never split fours, fives or tens.
Here's the complete table of recommendations.
| Dealer's Up Card | ||||||||||
| Your Hand |
2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | A |
| A,A | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| 2,2 | / | / | / | / | ||||||
| 3,3 | / | / | / | / | ||||||
| 4,4 | ||||||||||
| 5,5 | ||||||||||
| 6,6 | / | / | / | / | ||||||
| 7,7 | / | / | / | / | / | / | ||||
| 8,8 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
| 9,9 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / | |||
| 10,10 | ||||||||||
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