Blackjack glossary
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17 (hard 17)
Hand with an ace in the value of 1.
Example: As-6-10 is a rigid 17
17 flexible (soft 17)
Hand with an Ace and a 6, which may be worth 7 (ie 1 +6) or 17 (or 11 6).
Insurance (insurance)
It’s an option. Typically, with half the player’s initial bet, the house offers player the opportunity to buy insurance when the dealer’s first card is Ace. If the dealer’s second card is set to 10 and he gets a blackjack, the player is paid 2 to 1. This bet is to avoid it because the house advantage.
Blackjack, black jack, blackjack
Designates the name of the game and the hand of two cards totaling 21 points, that is to say an Ace and a 10 or a face.
Burn
Synonymous with “out” and “jump” to exceed the value of 21 and thus lose his bet.
Double
The strategy is to double down on receiving one additional card.
Natural
Synonym for “blackjack” (two cards totaling 21).
Stand
The player decides not to ask the dealer any extra card.
Split (Split)
Ability of the player to split a pair into two separate hands.
Deck
Device used to arrange playing cards when the dealer draws cards. It is often associated with an automatic shuffler to shuffle cards.
Exit
Synonymous with “burn”. It means that your cards exceeded the value of 21 and thus lose his bet.
Draw (hit)
Request an additional card to the donor.