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Blackjack Terminology


Action: The amount of money bet during a specific period of
time.

Bankroll: The amount of money available which a player plans on
betting 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 first 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 first card is dealt up and the
second card is dealt down.

Face Up Game: When both of the players' first two cards are
dealt up.

Flat Bet: When the player bets the same amount 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 first 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 opportunity to make a side bet (take out insurance)
that the dealer's Hole card is a ten, which would be a
Blackjack. In this situation, the player would only stand to
lose 50% of the original 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 monetary 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 prematurely shuffles the cards in an
effort to reduce the player's card counting 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 first 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 amount wagered.

Toke: To tip the dealer.

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