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To give out the cards during a hand.
- Browse Related Terms: Blackjack, Break, Bust, Bust/Break, Deal, Draw, Hard total, HIT, Mechanic, Natural, Pat, Pat hand, Standing Hand, Stiff hand
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A dealer cheating method. The dealer deals the 2nd card from the top if the top card would help the player.
- Browse Related Terms: Banker, Dealing seconds, Early surrender, Eye in the Sky, False shuffle, Late surrender, Past post, Pit Boss, Shill, shiner, Spooking, Toke
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The percentage of cards played out of a deck or a shoe before reshuffling.
- Browse Related Terms: Card Counting, Cold deck, cut, Cut card, Deck penetration, Double deck, Hot deck, Las Vegas strip rules, Multiple deck, Plug, Preferential Shuffling, Shoe game, Shuffle, Shuffle Master, Shuffle tracking
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A tray on the dealerâs right side that holds all the cards that have been played or discarded.
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The cards that have already been played and thrown away.
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Blackjack played out of two decks which are shuffled together. (As opposed to single deck, four deck, six deck, eight deck, etc.)
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To double the initial bet and take one and exactly one more card. Usually doubling down is only allowed after the first two cards are dealt. Some casinos allow doubling after splitting and some don't. Some casinos only allowing doubling down when the first two cards total 10 or 11.
You can double your initial bet following the initial two-card deal, but you can hit one card only (you must take one additional card). To do this the player turns over his/her first two cards and places an equal bet alongside the original bet. This a good bet if the player is in a strong situation and when the dealer's card is weak. Most casinos will allow you to double down on any two cards. Some casinos will also let you double down after splitting and some will limit your doubling down to hands that total ten or eleven.
- Browse Related Terms: Charlie or Five Card Charlie, Double Down, Double Down (Doubling Down), Five Card Charlie, Perfect Pairs, Playing conditions, Resplit, Rider bet, Soft double, Split Hand
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Double your initial bet following the initial two-card deal, but you can hit one card only. In blackjack, it is the players option to double their original bet in exchange for receiving only one more card. To do this the player turns over their first two cards and places an equal bet alongside the original bet.
- Browse Related Terms: Charlie or Five Card Charlie, Double Down, Double Down (Doubling Down), Five Card Charlie, Perfect Pairs, Playing conditions, Resplit, Rider bet, Soft double, Split Hand
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A blackjack variant where both of the dealer's cards are played face up. Usually players lose all pushes and blackjack pays even money in this variant.
- Browse Related Terms: Anchor, Double exposure, First base, Heads Up, Heads Up or Heads On, Hole card, insurance, Push, Push/Tie, Stand, Tell Play, Third base, tie, Tip (Toke), Up card, Upcard
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The older area of Vegas. The casinos in Downtown Vegas generally offer better rules for the player, and the phrase is used to refer to blackjack games with those beneficial rules.
- Browse Related Terms: Bankroll, Chip/Check, Comp, Downtown Vegas, Griffin Book, Griffin Investigations, Heat, Rated, Whale
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Same as to hit. Taking additional cards in an attempt to get closer to a total of 21.
(Also Hit.) Call a card or adding a new card to your current hand.
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The total wagered in a casino.
- Browse Related Terms: Advantage, Advantage player, Black chip, Cage, Camouflage, Drop, Edge, House Edge, Junket, Money Plays, Rat holing
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