MORE BLACKJACK TERMINOLOGY
Action: This is a general gambling term which
refers to the total amount of money bet in a specific
period of time. Ten bets of ten dollars each is $100 of
action.
Burn Card: A single card taken from the top of the
deck or the first card in a shoe which the dealer slides
across the table from his/her left o the right, and is
placed into the discard tray. The card may or may not be
shown face up (which can affect the count if you are
counting cards). A card is burned after each shuffle.
Cut Card: A solid colored card typically a piece of
plastic which is given to a player by the dealer for the
purpose of cutting the deck(s) after a shuffle.
Hole Card: Any face down card. The definition most
often refers to the dealer's single face down card.
Shoe: A device that can hold up to eight decks of
cards which allows the dealer to slide out the cards one
at a time.
Hard Hand: A hand in which any Ace is counted as a
1 and not as an 11.
Soft Hand: A hand in which any Ace is counted as an
11 and not as a 1.
Pat Hand: A hand with a total of 17 to 21.
Stand: To decline another card.
Hit: To request another card.
Bust: When a hand's value exceeds 21... a losing
hand.
Push: A player-dealer tie.
Pair: When a player's first two cards are
numerically identical (i.e., 7,7).
Point Count: The net value of the card count at the
end of a hand.
Running Count: The count from the beginning of the
deck or shoe. The running count is updated by the value of
the point count after each hand.
True Count: The running count adjusted to account
for the number of cards left in the deck or shoe to be
played.
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