“Hitting and Standing” strategy is one of the Blackjack game strategis. The basic hitting and standing strategy says “Hit at anything below 12 and Stand at anything above 16”. If you have points between 12 and 16 – hit if the dealer has a point value between 7 and Ace (11) and stand when it’s below 7.

There is another strategy called “Hitting and Standing with soft totals”. A soft total is the total made out of an Ace and another value card. It was mentioned earlier that Ace can have 1 or 11 point. Now the strategy says that if you have an ace without a 10 value card, you can either hit when the soft total is 17 or less points or stand if the soft total is 19 or 20. When the dealer has a 4 or 5, then it’s good to double if the soft total is 17 or less.