Games terms starting with B

49 terms

  1. Baccarat The worst hand one can have in Baccarat, a total of zero.
  2. Baccarat en Banque A Baccarat variation with two player positions and the casino books the bets.
  3. Back counting Counting cards from behind the table as a spectator. Counting cards in blackjack when you're not playing in the game.
  4. Backdoor Catching both the turn and river card to make a drawing hand. For instance, suppose you have A♠-7 ♠The flop comes A♦-6 ♣-4♠.
  5. Backtrack The outer, stationary rim of the roulette wheel where the ball is spun. Also called the ball-track.
  6. Bad Beat To have a hand that is a large underdog beat a heavily favored hand. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot had no business being in the…
  7. Balanced count A card counting system that has an equal number of cards valued at + and -. The sum of a count of all cards in a deck in a balanced count is always 0.
  8. Ball Track - The outer, stationary rim of the roulette wheel where the ball is spun. Also called the backtrack.
  9. Banco Said when a player decides to bet his entire money. Also means bank.
  10. Bank America has a "dual banking system" which means that both states and the federal government issue bank charters for the need and convenience of their…
  11. Banker In a card game, dealer or the players who books the action of the other bettors at the table.
  12. Banker/Player Bet Betting on the dealer or the player (not betting a tie).
  13. Bankroll A player's total gambling money.
  14. Basic Strategy The optimum playing strategy for blackjack when not counting.
  15. Battleground An instanced battlefield where players from different factions can fight with each other fairly.
  16. Bet spread The amount of the maximum and minimum bets a player is making during a blackjack playing session.
  17. Betting efficiency How well a card counting system can take advantage of the theoretical advantage offered by that system.
  18. Betting Limits Establishes the minimum and maximum amounts that can be wagered on one bet.
  19. BG Battleground
  20. Biased Numbers A Big Number that continues through long-term analysis and produced by Biased Wheels.
  21. Biased Wheel A roulette wheel that has an imperfection that causes certain numbers or sections of numbers to appear at a higher frequency than probability allows for.
  22. Biased wheels an imperfect roulette wheel causing numbers to appear often than what probability allows.
  23. Big Blind The larger of the two blinds typically used in a hold'em game. The big blind is normally a full first round bet. See also "blind" and "small blind."
  24. Big Number A number that has hit more than its theoretical average. Long-term "Big Numbers" may be indicative of a Biased Wheel.
  25. Big player A member of a card counting team who makes a big bet when the count is favorable.
  26. Black Action A bet made with a black ($100) chip.
  27. Black Bet A wager that the color of the next number will be black.
  28. Black chip A casino chip worth $100.
  29. Blackjack Refers to the game of 21, but also refers to a natural total of 21 on the first two cards. A blackjack always consists of an ace and a face card or a ten.
  30. Blacks Chips valued at $100.
  31. Blank A board card that doesn't seem to affect the standings in the hand. If the flop is A♠-J♦-T ♠, then a turn card of 2♥ would be considered a blank.
  32. Blind A forced bet (or partial bet) put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt.
  33. Board All the community cards in a hold'em game - the flop, turn, and river cards together. Example: "There wasn't a single heart on the board."
  34. Bot Robot. Software automaton, used to play and advance a character without human assistance or supervision.
  35. Bottom Pair A pair with the lowest card on the flop. If you have A ♠-6♠, and the flop comes K♦-T♥-6 ♣, you have flopped bottom pair.
  36. Bottom Track The slanting, stationary, inner area of a roulette wheel down which the ball slides before bouncing onto the wheel head and into a pocket.
  37. Boule (La Boule) Originally referred to as the "little game", Boule is basically a simplified version of Roulette, popular in French casinos.
  38. BRD Blackrock Depths
  39. break Distinct variation in otherwise constant stretches of cover, structure, or bottom type. Basically anything that "breaks up" the underwater terrain.
  40. Buff A beneficial spell cast on a monster or player. An example of a "buff" is the Priest's Inner Fire or Shaman's Bloodlust.
  41. Bug A problem with computer software or hardware that causes it to malfunction or crash.
  42. Burn Slang for making (burning) a CD-ROM copy of data, whether it is music, software, or other data.
  43. Burn Card The first card of a new deck after the shuffle and cut. The card is discarded and placed on the bottom of the deck.
  44. Burn Cards Remove cards from the top of the deck and place them in the discard tray after a shuffle and cut.
  45. Bust To get a total greater than 21. Automatically a loss.
  46. Bust/Break To exceed the total of twenty-one.
  47. Button A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example: "Oh, the button raised."
  48. Buy (1) As in "buy the pot." To bluff, hoping to "buy" the pot without being called. (2) As in "buy the button.
  49. BWL Blackwing's Lair