Blackjack Terminologies to Increase Your Edge

Bankroll- The existing money that a player prepares for the betting while a game is going on.

Action- This is the money a player bets with particular time duration.

Black Chip- This is a chip worth a hundred dollars.

Blackjack- This happens when the ace and a Jack, ten, King or Queen card are the primary two cards dealt.

Burn Card- This is the primary card in a shoe which is new that a dealer takes out and then discards.

Break- This happens when a player goes beyond twenty one and then busting.

Cut Card- This card is a colored and plastic. This is given by the dealer to a player for cutting the deck/decks.

Bust-This happens when a hand is goes over twenty one.

Face Cards- This is the 4 suits composed of the Queens, Jacks and Kings.

Early Surrender- This happens as soon as a player gives up or surrenders prior to the checking of the cards for the blackjack by the dealer. In this case the player loses fifty percent of a bet only.

Face Down Game- This occurs to a player whose 1st card is dealt upwards and the 2nd card is dealt downwards.

Flat Bet- This happens when the player is giving the same bet for each hand.

Face Up Game- This occurs when the 1st 2 cards of the player is dealt upwards.

Hard Hand- The Ace in a hand isn't considered as an eleven but as a one.

Green Chip- This is a chip worth twenty five dollars.

Hit- This happens when a player asks the dealer for one more card.

Head On- Playing blackjack at a table in the company of the dealer.

House - This is another term for the casino.

Hole Card The primary card drawn by the dealer and placed facing down.

Insurance-When the 2nd card of the dealer happens to be an ace, a player will be given the chance of putting a bet on the side that a ten becomes the hole card of the dealer. It would also become a blackjack. In this case, if the insurance will be taken a player could lose only fifty percent of the initial bet.

Pat hand - A hand with the sum or total of seventeen up to twenty one.

Pair- Two numerical cards or two face cards which are the same.

Red chip- A chip that is worth five dollars.

Push- This is the tie between the player and the dealer.

Shoe - This is a device which is shaped like a shoe. This is where the cards are drawn out before the dealer deals.

Shuffle Up- This occurs as the dealers shuffle the cards early on as a strategy to lessen the ability of the players to count their cards.

Soft Hand- The hand where the ace card is counts as eleven.

Split Hand- This happens as the 2 initial cards have the same value and the player divides the hand in two and plays them one by one.

Settlement- This is where the results are finalized. The money is also given at this point if it is either a win, a push or a loss of the bet.

Stiff- This is a hand characterized by a lesser chance of a win.

Stand / Stay- This happens as the player disagrees to one more card.

Surrender- This happens as the player is allowed to stop playing.