Throughout the document I will refer to them as table and chart. The first is a black-and-white table and the second is a color-coded chart.
(Note: The abbreviations also appear below each blackjack chart or table) HOW TO USE THE STRATEGY TABLESįor each set of rules, you’ll find two different ways that the basic strategy is presented. You don’t have to memorize the abbreviations they will become familiar to you after you begin to study the strategy charts. The following abbreviations are used in the blackjack strategy charts. There are four strategy tables and four charts for single-deck games to play blackjack.