Blackjack Basic Strategy Quiz

Think you know your basic blackjack strategy like the back of your hand? We’ve created a simple quiz here so you can put your knowledge to the test and determine whether you truly know perfect basic strategy.

For the purpose of this test, we are going to use common rules which are:

  • 6 Decks
  • Dealer stands on soft 17
  • Double allowed on any 2 cards
  • Double allowed after splitting pairs

Good luck and try not to cheat by looking at any strategy chart!


Question 1

Dealer is showing:

hole cardSix of Hearts

Your hand is:

Five of ClubsThree of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 2

Dealer is showing:

hole cardSeven of Clubs

Your hand is:

Ace of DiamondsSixof Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 3

Dealer is showing:

hole cardTwo of Clubs

Your hand is:

Five of DiamondsFour of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 4

Dealer is showing:

hole cardThree of Spades

Your hand is:

Ace of SpadesTwo of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 5

Dealer is showing:

hole cardKing of Spades

Your hand is:

Eight of SpadesThree of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 6

Dealer is showing:

hole cardAce of Spades

Your hand is:

Ace of SpadesSeven of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 7

Dealer is showing:

hole cardTwo of Clubs

Your hand is:

Seven of DiamondsFive of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 8

Dealer is showing:

hole cardSeven of Clubs

Your hand is:

Nine of DiamondsSeven of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 9

Dealer is showing:

hole cardQueen of Diamonds

Your hand is:

Eight of HeartsEight of Clubs

 
 
 
 

Question 10

Dealer is showing:

hole cardTwo of Diamonds

Your hand is:

Nine of HeartsTwo of Clubs

 
 
 
 

Question 11

Dealer is showing:

hole cardFour of Clubs

Your hand is:

Two of ClubsTwo of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 12

Dealer is showing:

hole cardFive of Clubs

Your hand is:

Ace of ClubsSeven of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 13

Dealer is showing:

hole cardThree of Clubs

Your hand is:

Ace of ClubsFour of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 14

Dealer is showing:

hole cardSix of Spades

Your hand is:

Five of DiamondsFive of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 15

Dealer is showing:

hole cardThree of Spades

Your hand is:

Six of DiamondsSix of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 16

Dealer is showing:

hole cardThree of Spades

Your hand is:

Seven of ClubsFive of Hearts

 
 
 
 

Question 17

Dealer is showing:

hole cardSeven of Hearts

Your hand is:

Six of HeartsThree of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 18

Dealer is showing:

hole cardNine of Hearts

Your hand is:

Six of HeartsFour of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 19

Dealer is showing:

hole cardJack of Spades

Your hand is:

Ace of HeartsSeven of Diamonds

 
 
 
 

Question 20

Dealer is showing:

hole cardEight of Spades

Your hand is:

Nine of DiamondsNine of Clubs

 
 
 
 

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Butch
Butch
5 months ago

Practice,Practice,Practice…………….


mityawastaken
mityawastaken
1 year ago

correct basic strategy for 15 on 3 would be stand… It’s a basic strategy site that doesn’t play basic strategy. I know I was supposed to get 20/20. I got 13/20.

Milky
Milky
1 year ago
Reply to  mityawastaken

You are wrong. On soft 15 vs 3 you hit. You are thinking of a hard 15.

picassocat
picassocat
2 years ago

I would also have chosen the following hands:

4-4 vs 5
A-10 vs A even money or stand?
7-4 vs A
5-4 vs 2
A-7 vs 2
A-7 vs 9
A-5 vs 3
9-9 vs 7
4-4 vs 4

Nikita
Nikita
2 years ago

Lol this website is wrong. It doesn’t follow basic strategy

Mike
Mike
8 months ago
Reply to  Nikita

i got 20/20. this website is 100% correct

black jack
black jack
5 months ago
Reply to  Mike

dont you Double a 5,5 vs 6?

Matin
Matin
2 years ago

I thought it was 6 and 4 on the 17 question, so i chose double but it was a hard 9 and the dealer showed 7. So it’s not a double and i know that

george nicholas
george nicholas
4 years ago

got 20 out of 20

cyrus
cyrus
4 years ago

20 out of 20, On another practice quiz, I have 100 out of 100. My problem is I have worked at card counting, but I ALWAYS get distracted then lose the count. I am a newbie at this. I need to know when NOT to utilize Basic Strategie and go with the count, That is if I don’t lose my way. Maybe a different method? I am 76 years of age and card counting is difficult for me. I have lost once out of 10 sessions at the casino, I was not card counting at those sessions.

Elex
Elex
1 year ago
Reply to  cyrus

Retire

Tony
Tony
4 years ago

Thanks

Rob
Rob
4 years ago

19 out of 20… It was #20 that I missed and I know better!

Colin Buck
Colin Buck
4 years ago

The quiz needs to state how the dealer deals the dealer getting with a BJ. The quiz assumes the dealer declares it straight away. Most online BJ games dont, they let player play first then the dealer declares it. So if player doubles or splits, the player loses that extra bet too.

Jack
Jack
5 years ago

Double 11 against 10 and split 8s against 10, bring your money and come play with me

Jon
Jon
5 years ago

Oh oops, I got it backwards. The quiz is right, I said it wrong, and I picked the wrong button by accident, derp lol

Jon
Jon
5 years ago

According to what I’ve learned, my basic strategy chart AND YOUR OWN, you don’t split (9,9) against an 8. Fix your quiz.

Paul
Paul
5 years ago
Reply to  Jon

Correct BS for 9,9 vs. 8 is to split. Split nines against everything except 7, 10, or A.

george nicholas
george nicholas
5 years ago
Reply to  Paul

exactly

george nicholas
george nicholas
5 years ago
Reply to  Jon

your wrong…

Mick
Mick
4 years ago
Reply to  Jon

Nope. That’s right.

george nicholas
george nicholas
4 years ago
Reply to  Jon

Join the discussion…

george nicholas
george nicholas
4 years ago

Join the discussion…your wrong split

Mike
Mike
8 months ago
Reply to  Jon

you split 9s against a 2-9 except for 7…..its basic strategy. the quiz is just fine. you just need some work

kevin morrison
kevin morrison
6 months ago
Reply to  Jon

yes you do

Joshua Chan
Admin
5 years ago

Great quiz, it’s quick but has all of those close decisions that make the difference between almost perfect play and average.

grouch
grouch
5 years ago
Reply to  Joshua Chan

No it doesn’t. It didn’t even have 16 against 10 and that’s the most common close decision you’ll ever see. And most of them weren’t close decisions at all. Like soft 17 against 7? There’s no count high enough or low enough to justify anything other than hitting. I’ll tell you, 16 against 7 is NOT a close decision. 7.68. You stand only if truecount>=7.68. That’s super high. Lots of people just THINK they should stand on 16 against 7 because they’re boneheads, they don’t realize that it’s much worse to stand on 16 against 7 than it is against a 10, and are actually more likely to hit on 16 against 10 than against a 7. The only “close decisions” on the quiz were 9 against 2 and 12 against 3. Each of which has a decision threshold of nearly exactly truecount=0.9.

picassocat
picassocat
1 year ago
Reply to  grouch

In most cases, a multiple hand of 16 vs dealer 10 is a stand, but there are exceptions where you would hit, examples: 10-3-3, 10-2-2-2, 6-6-4 all hit.
If your 16 is composed of 5 cards or more, stand. If your 16 contains a 6 it’s usually a hit except 6-5-5. Close call is 10-4-2 (stand in a six-deck shoe but hit in an 8-deck shoe).
 
Other notable exceptions in a s17 game: A-2-2-3 and A-3-3-A stand against dealer Ace.

🙂

Mike
Mike
8 months ago
Reply to  picassocat

doesnt matter how many cards youve drawn lol….this game is a game of math and odds. you always hit a 16 against a 7-A unless youre card counting and thats a different story that i wont get into lol. your logic with the whole “this many cards drawn to 16” thing is hilarious.

BOB SOOTS
BOB SOOTS
5 years ago

WHAT IS MY SCORE ON THE ABOVE QUIZ?

Barb
Barb
5 years ago
Reply to  Tum

No results for me either

Barb
Barb
5 years ago
Reply to  Tum

Working now thx!

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