by:
Michal Sram
Action: The figure of money bet during a specific period of time.
Bankroll: The figure of money accessible which a player plans on card-playing during a given session.
Black Chip: A $100 chip.
Blackjack: When the 1st two cards dealt are an Ace and either a 10, Jack, Queen or King card.
Break: To go over 21 and bust.
Burn Card: The 1st card in a new shoe which the dealer draws out and discards.
Bust: When the hand exceeds 21
Cut Card: A colored plastic card which is given to the player by the dealer to cut the decks
Early Surrender: When the player surrenders or gives up before the dealer checks his/her cards for a blackjack. In this situation, the player only loses 50% of the bet.
Face Cards: The Jacks, Queens and Kings of the four suits.
Face Down Game: When the player's 1st card is dealt up and the second card is dealt down.
Face Up Game: When some
of the players' 1st two cards are dealt up.
Flat Bet: Once
the player bets the same figure on every hand.
Green Chip: A $25 chip.
Hard Hand: A hand in which the Ace card is counted as a one and not as an eleven.
Head On: When one player plays Blackjack with the dealer at a table.
Hit: When the player requests another card from the dealer.
Hole Card: The 1st card which the dealer draws and places face down.
House: The Casino.
Insurance: If the dealer's second card is an Ace, the player is given the possibility to do a side bet (take out insurance) that the dealer's Hole card is a ten, which would-be be a Blackjack. In this situation, the player would-be only stand to lose 50% of the innovational bet if insurance is taken.
Pair: Two identical face cards or two identical numerical cards.
Pat Hand: A hand with a total of 17 to 21
Push: A tie between the dealer and player.
Red Chip: A $5 chip.
Settlement: Finalising the medium of exchange outcome (be it a win, loss or push) of a bet.
Shoe: The shoe shaped device from which the dealer draws out the cards before dealing them.
Shuffle Up: When the dealer untimely
shuffles the cards in an effort to reduce the player's card enumeration ability.
Soft Hand: A hand in which the Ace card is counted as an eleven and not as a one.
Split Hand: When the player's two 1st cards are identical in value and he/she splits the hand into two and plays them separately.
Stand / Stay: When the player declines another card from the dealer.
Stiff Hand: A hand with a small chance of winning.
Surrender: When the casino allows a player to discontinue play (before the dealer checks for blackjack) after receiving the 1st two cards by losing half of the figure wagered.
Toke: To tip the dealer.
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