Blackjack terms starting with C

12 terms

1. Cage Where the casino cashier is located.
2. Camouflage Any strategy meant to cover up card counting.
3. Card Counting A strategy for getting the edge at blackjack by tracking the ratio of high cards to low cards that have already been played.
4. Card Sharp A person who is an expert at cards.
5. Charlie or Five Card Charlie A blackjack rule variation where if you get 5 cards without busting, you win that hand.
6. Chip/Check A casino term for tokens used instead of money.
7. Cold deck Refers to a deck with a bad ratio of cards for the player.
8. Color Up To exchange lower denomination chips for higher denomination chips.
9. Color Up/Out To exchange smaller denomination chips for larger denomination chips.
10. Comp Free food, room, beverage, and travel offered by casinos to encourage big players to gamble more.
11. Cut To divide a deck into two parts.
12. Cut Card A plastic card used to cut the deck after shuffling. The dealer reshuffles the deck after reaching the cut card when dealing hands.