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Anchorman Refers to the player that occupies the last seat on the blackjack table and is located on the far right of the dealer.
Banker This is the person who is responsible for the money and betting in a card game. He is the one who collects the losses and pays the winnings.
Barring a Player It literally means the refusal to allow a person to join a blackjack game by the casino operator.
Bankroll This is what a player is gambling with at the blackjack table.
Basic Strategy The technique or system that a player uses to increase his chances of beating the dealer and winning the blackjack game.
Burn Cards These refer to the cards that are discarded from the deck while in play.
Break This refers to the event when a player goes over 21 points. Bust is another term for this event.
Camouflage The term is used in blackjack to refer to the act of hiding your methods or techniques from the casino. Common acts that constitute camouflaging include acting drunk or resorting to disguises.
Card Sharp This refers to an individual who is perceived to be savvy in card games.
Cut This refers to the act of splitting the card deck and replacing the same back together.
Deal The act of handing cards to those at the blackjack table in the right sequence or order.
Discard Tray This is where cards that are discarded are placed.
Double Down This refers to the event where a second bet is placed on the table after assessing the cards that a player has in his hand.
Early Surrender A player backs out and surrenders his bet before the dealer verifies if he has a blackjack in his hand.
Face Cards This is the group of cards that consists of 4 kings, 4 queens, and 4 jacks.
Face Down Game This is a situation in a blackjack game where one card that is dealt face up and the next dealt card is face down.
Face Up Game This is the type of game where all the dealt cards are face up.
Hard Hand Also known as Hard Total, this is the hand that has no ace. The ace is assigned a value of 1 in a card game referred to as hard hand.
Heads On or Heads Up This describes a face-off between the dealer and a single player at the blackjack player.
Late Surrender This is the option in a blackjack game where the dealer doesnt come up with a blackjack.
Point Count This is a form of card counting strategy where the net value of a blackjack card is taken towards the conclusion of the hand.
Push This a condition of a tie in which the same total points are obtained by the player and the dealer.
Shuffle This is the act of mixing a deck of cards in a random manner.
True Card This refers to the adjusted amount of the cards that remain in a deck when doing card counting.
Upcard This refers to the card on the blackjack table that is face up and is usually the first card of the dealer.
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