These blackjack gambling terms are from the sands of the caribbean casino . Most of the terms are generic like blackjack , doubling down and some are more specific to the sands of the caribbean casino.See each casino for exact rules and how they affect you as a player
Blackjack: the first hand consisting of an Ace and 10 value card , ie. Ace and 10 of hearts
Bust: when the hand goes over 21
Hit:
Requests another card. You can request a hit as many times as you like, but if
your total goes over twenty-one, you will "bust" and lose the hand.
Stand:
Requests that you receive no more cards. The hand as it currently stands will be
judged against the dealers.
Split:
If you have two cards of the same denomination, a Split button will appear. You
can split your cards into two hands and play each hand separately. Your original
bet will be duplicated for the new hand. Each hand will be played out as usual
except when splitting Aces, where only one additional card per hand is dealt. A
white box displaying your card total will appear over each hand indicating which
hand is active. The split option can only be used once per hand -- you cannot
split part of a split hand. Any winning 21 obtained after splitting a pair is
paid 1-to-1.
Double Down:
If you select this option, three things will happen: you will get exactly one
more card, your turn will end, and your bet will be doubled.
Insurance:
Whenever the dealer's up-card is an Ace, the player has an option of taking
insurance. The player may opt to take insurance by clicking on the
"Insurance" button. If you do not wish to take insurance, you simply
click on the "Pass" button to proceed with the rest of the hand. If
the player believes that the dealer's down-card is a 10 ranking card, then the
player is permitted to place a side bet of half the original wager as insurance.
If the dealer does have a 10 ranking card, the player is immediately paid 2-to-1
on the insurance bet, but the original wager is lost unless the player too has a
blackjack and pushes with the dealer. Here the player is simply betting that the
dealer's unseen card is a 10 valued card.
Note:
The Double Down and Split options will only be active immediately after you
receive your first two cards. If the dealer has an Ace showing, you will be
offered a chance to buy Insurance for half of the amount you bet. When you buy
insurance you are, in effect, making a second bet. You are betting that the
dealer has a natural blackjack. If the dealer does have a natural blackjack (in
other words, his down card is a ten or a face card), you will collect a payoff
of 2 to 1 on your insurance. You will also lose your original wager, unless you
have a natural blackjack too. If the dealer does not have a natural twenty-one,
the rest of the hand is played out as usual and you will lose your insurance
money.
If you win the hand, you will get back your original bet plus the same amount in
profit. A hand that consists of an Ace and any ten value card is called a
natural twenty-one, or a natural blackjack (except in the case of a Split hand -
see details above). If you win with a natural blackjack, you will be paid off at
three-to-two odds, which means you get your original bet back plus 150% profit.
(So if you bet $50 and win with a natural twenty-one, you get $50 (your bet)
plus $75 (your bet plus half of your bet), which totals to $125.
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