Blackjack terms starting with H

12 terms

1. Hard Hand Any hand without an ace. Also any hand with an ace where the ace must be counted as a 1 to avoid busting.
2. Hard total The total of a hard hand.
3. Heads Up Playing alone against a dealer.
4. Heads Up or Heads On A head to head play with the dealer - no other players are involved.
5. Heat Pressure and intimidation used by a casino to discourage card counters.
6. Hi-lo count A card counting system. 2 through 6 counts +1 and faces and aces count as -1.
7. Hi-opt I A card counting system promoted in The World's Greatest Blackjack Book. 3-6 count as +1, and tens (including faces) count as -1.
8. High Roller this is a player who wages big bets.
9. Hit To take another card.
10. Hole Card The dealer's face down card.
11. Hot deck A deck where the player has an edge or favorable situation.
12. House Edge A term for the casinos' advantage over the player. No game has a more favorable house edge for a player.