This applies to video games the place the vendor is required to hit on gentle 17. If the supplier should stand on gentle 17, the participant ought to at all times stand on soft 19 or extra, as properly as on gentle 18 and vendor 2, 7, or 8. There are, nonetheless, palms where the Ace should be counted as 1 otherwise the hand will bust. In these situations, this shall be a tough hand despite the very fact that it incorporates an Ace. A good instance of it is a hand of 8-9 (hard 17) – an inexperienced player, who does not know the fundamental blackjack strategy, might resolve to Hit. This wouldn’t be the optimum decision and, actually, 17 is not a very good hand in blackjack however let us get again to the imaginary situation.