Games terms starting with H

32 terms

  1. Hand Behind this is the common term used for the five card hand as it is placed behind the smaller two card hand.
  2. Hand in Front this is the common term used for the two card hand called this because it is placed first, or in front of the hand behind.
  3. 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.
  4. Hard total The total of a hard hand.
  5. Hate Similar to threat
  6. Heads Up Playing alone against a dealer.
  7. Heads Up or Heads On A head to head play with the dealer - no other players are involved.
  8. Hearthstone An item that can be used once per hour to teleport you to your Home point.
  9. Heat Pressure and intimidation used by a casino to discourage card counters.
  10. Hi-lo count A card counting system. 2 through 6 counts +1 and faces and aces count as -1.
  11. 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.
  12. High Bet A wager that one of the high numbers (19-36) will win the next spin.
  13. High Card this is the highest card in a player's hand, which may be used as a tie-breaker if a player and dealer have the same hand.
  14. High Hand this is another name for the Hand Behind or the Five Card Hand.
  15. High or low bet An even money bet, either for the top half (19-36) or the bottom half (1-18) of the numbers. (This is an outside bet.)
  16. High Roller this is a player who wages big bets.
  17. Hit To take another card.
  18. Hoca Early version of roulette.
  19. Hole Card The dealer's face down card.
  20. Hole Cards Cards dealt face-down to a player - most commonly used when describing the first two player cards in Hold'em and the first four player cards in Omaha.
  21. Home The location tied to your Hearthstone, changable only by talking to an innkeeper.
  22. Hostile Applied to mean that an enemy has the capability to initiate combat with you.
  23. Hot and Cold System Classification of systems that wager on the side that won previously. Another name for a streak method of betting.
  24. Hot deck A deck where the player has an edge or favorable situation.
  25. Hot Table A table where the players have been winning.
  26. House The establishment running the game. Example: "The \$2 you put on the button goes to the house."
  27. House Edge A term for the casinos' advantage over the player. No game has a more favorable house edge for a player.
  28. House Person A dealer who is unusually concerned with the casino's profits. A dealer who identifies with the casinos or enjoys watching players lose.
  29. House Way this is a set way that all dealers must use when setting their hands. This determines which cards they use in both their hands.
  30. HP Hit points or Health
  31. Hustler A gambling cheat.
  32. Hybrid A class that is a mixture or combination of 2 or more classes. For example, a Druid can be viewed as a Warrior/Rogue/Priest hybrid.