Wagerworks Power Blackjack Strategy Table (original) (raw)

The table below shows optimal strategy for Wagerworks Power Blackjack. This blackjack variation offers two unique rules that favor the player. A "power double" gives the player the opportunity to reject the 3rd card on a double and take a replacement card. The player may power double on a hard or soft 9-11, and do a standard double on any other two cards. "Power splits" are available on a hard 15 or 16. A power split is functionally the same as any other split, but the two cards do not need to be the same rank. For example, you could split a 10 and a 6. In exchange for these benefits, a dealer 22 is treated as a push, rather than a bust. The more standard rules are 6 decks, dealer stands on soft 17, double after split, no resplit, and no peek for blackjack.

The strategy table listed below bares some similarity to blackjack switch since a dealer 22 is treated as a push in both games. However, there are more doubles on hard/soft 9-11 due to the power double rule. Power split strategies are listed in the split section, towards the bottom of the table.

Your Hand	Dealer's Face-up Card
2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	A
5-8	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
9	PD18	PD18	PD18	PD18	D18	PD18	PD18	PD19	H	H
10	D19	D19	D19	D19	D19	D18	D19	PD19	PD19	H
11	D19	D19	D19	D19	D19	D18	D19	D19	PD20	PD19
12	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
13	H	H	H	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
14	H	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
15	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
16	S	S	S	S	S	H	H	H	H	H
17+	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S

A,2	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,3	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,5	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
A,6	H	H	H	H	D	H	H	H	H	H
A,7	S	S	S	Ds	Ds	S	S	H	H	H
A,8	PD18s	PD18s	PD18s	PD19s	PD18s	PD18s	PD18s	PD19s	S	S
A,9	PD19s	PD19s	PD19s	PD19s	PD19s	PD19s	PD19s	S	S	S

2,2	H	H	H	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
3,3	H	H	H	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
4,4	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H
5,5	D19	D19	D19	D19	D19	D18	D19	PD19	PD19	H
6,6	H	H	H	P	P	H	H	H	H	H
7,7	H	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H	H
8,7	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H	H
8,8	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H
9,6/7	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H	H
10,5/6	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H
9,9	S	S	P	P	P	S	P	P	S	S
10,10	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
A,A	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	H

H	Hit
S	Stand
D	Double if Possible, Otherwise Hit
Ds	Double if Possible, Otherwise Stand
PD##	Power Double, Double again unless total is at least ## If Power Double is not Possible, Hit
PD##s	Power Double, Double again unless total is at least ## If Power Double is not Possible, Stand
D##	Power Double, Double again unless total is at least ## If Power Double is not Possible, Double if Possible, Otherwise Hit
P	Split (Pair)