Preset 04 · Common
Eight-Deck U.S. Shoe — H17
8D · H17 · DAS · LS · 3:2
An eight-deck H17 shoe with DAS and late surrender. It trains the same broad decision families as six-deck H17 while preserving deck-specific strategy exceptions.
Reference only — verification pending
The dossier
Rule ledger
Every field of this profile, grouped the way the custom rule builder will present them.
Deck & dealing
- Deck count
- 8 decks
- Dealing style
- Shoe-dealt
- Shuffle model
- Cut card — shoe plays to a cut card, then reshuffles
Dealer
- Soft 17
- Dealer hits soft 17 (H17)
- Hole-card timing
- Dealer takes a hole card before players act
- Blackjack check
- Dealer peeks for blackjack with an ace or ten up
- Dealer blackjack settlement
- All active wagers lose to a dealer blackjack
Doubling
- Doubling allowed on
- Double on any first two cards
- Double after split (DAS)
- Allowed
- Double after splitting aces
- Not allowed
- Double after hitting
- Not allowed
- Double for less
- Allowed
Splitting
- Pairs that may split
- Any same-value pair may split (e.g. K-Q)
- Maximum split hands
- 4 hands
- Resplit aces (RSA)
- Not allowed
- Split ace play
- One card dealt to each split ace
- 21 after splitting
- Ace + ten after splitting counts as 21, not blackjack
Surrender
- Surrender
- Late surrender — forfeit half the wager after the dealer checks for blackjack
- Surrender after split
- Not allowed
- Surrender after hitting
- Not allowed
Payout & insurance
- Blackjack payout
- 3:2 (profit per unit wagered)
- Regular win
- 1:1
- Insurance
- Offered against a dealer ace — pays 2:1, up to 50% of the original wager
- Even money
- Offered on a player blackjack against a dealer ace
- Basic-strategy insurance advice
- Decline — insurance is never taken without count information
Reference only
The chart for these rules
Strategy verification pending
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Provenance
Sources
Compiled from standard references; not yet independently verified. Always confirm the live rules at the table or provider you actually play.
- Wizard of OddsLast checked 2026-07-26Blackjack House Edge Calculator
Defines the major configurable rule axes used by this schema.
- BlackjackInfoLast checked 2026-07-26Blackjack Basic Strategy Engine
Useful independent source for golden strategy tests across configurable rules.
- Vegas AdvantageLast checked 2026-07-26Las Vegas Blackjack Rules
Current market observations for 3:2 versus 6:5, H17/S17, DAS, surrender, RSA, and insurance.