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***BLACKJACK GLOSSARY*** |
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This guide to online Blackjack contains some special terminology which may be unfamiliar. We provide this useful glossary, written in a clear and concise manner, to help you understand the terms and play a better game.
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Anchor
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Last taken seat to the dealer's right
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Black Chip
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A $100 blackjack chip
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Blackjack
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Total of 21 on your opening two-card hand
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Break (Bust)
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Exceeding a hand total of 21 pointsand lose the hand
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Burn Cards
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Take away cards from the top of the deck and place them in the discard tray after shuffling and cutting
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Double Down (Doubling Down)
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The option of doubling your initial bet after the initial two-card deal, but you can hit only one card, turn over your first two cards
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Double Exposure
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Blackjack game in which both dealer cards are shown to the player before they play their hand, some house rules may be changed
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Early Surrender
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Surrender allowed before the dealer checks for blackjack, a player may give up after their first two cards but before the dealer checks for an Ace in the hole
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Face Cards
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Jacks, Queens and Kings, all with a value of 10
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Face Down Game
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Your first card is placed face up while the second one is placed face down
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Face Up Game
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Both your cards are placed face up
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First Base
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First taken seat to dealer's left, where the first card is dealt, the first blackjack player to receive cards when the dealer deals the cards
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Hard Hand (Hard Total)
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A hand without an Ace, or with an Ace valued at 1, it can only be given one value
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Heads Up or Heads On
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A head to head play with the blackjack dealer only, with no other blackjack players
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Hi-Lo Count
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One-level blackjack card counting system where cards 2 - 6 cards get a value of plus one and the 10s and face cards get a value of minus one
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Hi-Opt
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One-level blackjack card counting system, it assigns the value of plus one to 3's, 4's, 5's and 6's; minus one to 10s cards
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Hole Card
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This is the facedown card that the blackjack dealer gets
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Hot Deck
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To take another card from the blackjack deck
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Insurance
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Side bet up to half the initial bet against the dealer having a natural 21, offered only when the blackjack dealers up card is an Ace, Insurance bets win double when the dealer has a natural
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Late Surrender
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Surrender allowed only if the blackjack dealer does not have blackjack card
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Natural
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Blackjack, a two-card hand of 21 points, when the first two cards dealt are an Ace and a 10 value card totaling 21 in value
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No Double after Split
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Casino rules that do not allow doubling when the player has split two cards
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Paint
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The face cards, Jack, Queen and King
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Past Post
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Cheat by placing or adding to a bet after no bets are allowed because there might be information about the card result
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Pat (Pat Hand)
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In blackjack, an unbusted hand is worth at least 17
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Point Count
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Refers to card counting systems, it is the net value of the card count at the end of a hand
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Preferential Shuffling
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Card shuffling when the remaining cards are believed to be favorable to the players
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Push (Tie or Stand-off)
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Both the player and dealer have the same hand total, the player keeps the bet
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Soft Double
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Double down on a blackjack hand with an ace as part of the initial hand
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Stand or Stay
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Not requiring any more cards, and to stop taking another card
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Standing Hand
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In blackjack, a hand that hard-totals at least 17, which is very likely to bust if one more cards are called, the player is expected to stand
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Stand-off (Tie or Push)
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Both player and dealer have the same hand total, so the player keeps the bet
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Steaming
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A blackjack player upset with the bad turn of events at the blackjack game and is betting more aggressively and recklessly
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Stiff Hand
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Hand with little chance of winning blackjack because the hand is not pat and can bust if hit once, Stiffs include hands 12 through 16
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Surrender
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Giving up your hand and lose only half the bet, when you surrender, the dealer will takes your cards, and you lose half of your bet
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Tell Play
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Observing the blackjack dealer's body language and expressions to determine their card hand
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Third Base
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Last seat taken seat to the blackjack dealer's right
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Tie (Also Push or Stand-off)
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Both player and dealer have the same hand total, so the player keeps the bet
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True Count
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The running card count adjusted to account for the number of cards left in the deck or shoe still to be played
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Unbalanced Count
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A card count where the number of plus and minus cards are unequal
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Up Card (Upcard)
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The blackjack dealer's first dealt card, placed face up for all the players to see before they play their hands
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