Stand-on- soft-16, but we’ve all seen players who hesitate, think about it, and then make the bad play. MIRI: I swear, half the players I see have no idea what to do with a soft hand. My experience drew re sponses from others who have encountered players who have trouble with soft hands.
In a common six-deck game in which the dealer hits soft 17, basic strategy for soft 16 is to double down if the dealer’s up card is 4, 5 or 6, and to hit if the dealer has anything else. About a month ago, I told of being at a table with a blackjack player who in sisted on standing on all 16s, including the soft ones, no matter what the dealer had.