Abstract: An apparatus is provided for recommending plays in the game of blackjack including a sheet having a sheet first face and a sheet second face, a dealer up card symbol printed on the sheet identifying a possible dealer up card, a player hand column of player hand symbols printed on the sheet first face corresponding to possible player card hands, and a recommended play column printed on the sheet first face beside the player hand column and containing symbols indicating recommended plays for a player to make corresponding to each player hand symbol in the player hand column for the particular dealer up card printed on the sheet. The apparatus preferably includes several of these sheets, where the sheets have differing dealer up card symbols for various possible dealer up cards. The sheets are preferably arranged in sequential order of dealer up card values indicated by the dealer up card symbols.