Blackjack terminology

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Blackjack - an automatic winning hand containing both an Ace and a 10 value card

Bust - having a hand totalling more than 21 points

Card Counting - keeping track of the value of the cards dealt at a table

Deck - a standard deck of 52 cards used in blackjack

Double Down – option to double bet with only one card to come

Early Surrender - player's option to surrender half his bet while the dealer checks for blackjack

Flat Bet - to bet the same amount each hand, without variation

Hand - the original cards dealt to each player

Hard Total - any hand where there is no ace, or the ace counts as one

Head-to-Head - playing the dealer with no other players at the table

Hit - drawing an extra card, on top of the original hand

Hole Card - the dealer's unseen card

Insurance - optional bet that can be made when the dealer is showing an ace

Multiple-Deck - a game consisting of more than one deck of cards in a shoe

Paint - any Jack, Queen, or King (all painted pictures)

Pat Hand - an original holding of hard 17 or higher

Push - a tie between the dealer and the player

Round - complete series of play in which everyone has acted on their hands

Shoe - box containing decks of cards, made to deal one at a time

Shuffle - mixing up the cards before dealing them

Single-Deck - a game of blackjack in which only one deck of cards is used

Soft Total - any hand containing an ace which has a value of 11

Splitting Pairs - option to split identically ranked cards to play as separate hands

Stand - the player's decision to not take any more cards

Stiff Hand - any hand totalling 12-16, which will bust when a 10-value card is drawn

Surrender - option of a player to forfeit half his bet after the dealer checks for blackjack

Ten-Value Card - any card worth 10 points, a 10, Jack, Queen, or King

Upcard - the dealer's exposed card, seen by all players