Blackjack Lingo

Blackjack - An automatic winning hand containing both an Ace and a 10 value card.

Bust - Having a hand with more than 21 points. ( A loosing hand )

Card Counter - A skilled player who keeps track of the cards as they are dealt.

Card Counting - The act of keeping track of the value of the cards dealt at a table.

Dealer - The online casino (virtual) employee , facing the players, who deals the cards at the table.

Deck - A standard deck of 52 cards used in blackjack.

Double Down - The option for a player to double his bet with only one card to come.

Draw a Card - Drawing an extra card, on top of the original hand.

Early Surrender - Players option to surrender half his bet while the dealer checks for blackjack.

Favorable Deck - The cards left in the deck are in the players favor.

Flat Bet - To bet the same amount each hand, without variation.

Hand - The original cards dealt to each player.

Hard - Total Any hand where there is no ace, or the ace counts as one.

Head to Head - Playing the dealer one-on-one with no other players at the table.

High Roller - A player who bets large amounts of money.

Hit - Drawing an extra card, on top of the original hand.

Hole Card - The dealers unseen card.

House - Another term for the online casino .

Insurance - Optional bet that can be made when the dealer is showing an ace.

Mucker - A cheater who adds favorable cards to a multiple deck game.

Multiple Deck - A game consisting of more than one deck of cards in a shoe.

Pat Hand - An original holding of hard 17 or higher.

Penetration - The number of cards the dealer deals out before shuffling.

Push A tie - between the dealer and the player, no one wins or loses.

Shoe Box - containing decks of cards, made to deal one at a time.

Shuffle - Mixing up the cards before dealing them.

Single Deck - A game of blackjack in which only one deck of cards is used.

Soft Total - A hand containing an ace which has a value of 11.

Splitting Pairs - Option to split identically ranked cards to play as separate hands.

Stand also Stand Pat - The players decision not to take any more cards.

Stiff Card - A card valued from 2 to 6, which may force the dealer to hit.

Stiff Hand - A hand totalling 12-16, which will bust on a 10-value card hit.

Surrender - A players option to forfeit half his bet after the dealer checks for blackjack.

Ten Poor Deck - A deck in which more 10-value cards have been dealt.

Ten Rich Deck - A deck in which less 10-value cards have been dealt.

Ten Value Card - Any card worth 10 points, a 10, Jack, Queen, or King.

Third Baseman - The player in the last seat of the table, on the dealers far right, who is last to act.

Unfavorable Deck - A deck with remaining cards favoring the online casino , not the player.

Unit - A standard bet size.

Upcard - The dealers exposed card, shown to all players.