These are all fairly standard rules, but they are also (for the most part) the ones players want to see. That means that not only can you use a pretty run-of-the-mill strategy to play this game, but those tactics will also get you excellent odds; an optimal player will only lose about one bet every 300 hands.
If you’re looking for a perfect strategy for this game, there are calculators available that can complete an entire basic strategy based on this or any rule set, providing you with the mathematically correct plays for every possible situation. However, we’re happy to provide you with a more general, simplified strategy that works will for this game and many others that use similar rules. This strategy is based on one created by Michael Shackleford, but modified slightly for the unique rules of this game.
In order to use the strategy, just find your current situation from the following list. You’ll need to know these definitions in order to read the chart:
Soft Hand: One with an ace that can still count as 11 points.
Hard Hand: All other hands (including those with aces that must count as one point).
Low Cards: Twos through Sixes.
High Cards: Sevens through Aces.
With that in mind, here is our simplified strategy chart for Atlantic City Blackjack: