Gambling Jargon: Know the Lingo to Do the Deeds! Here’s the Jargon for…
Don’t be left out when playing games in the casino! Learn gambling vocabulary as you learn the games. It’s important to understand this so you won’t feel like a novice when playing table games.To get you started, here is the meaning of some of the terminology used in popular gambling games:
BLACKJACK
Basic Strategy – Plays you should make to maximize your advantage
Burn Cards – Removed cards after the shuffle
Bust/Break – Exceeding a hand total of 21
Card Counting – Memorizing played cards with an stated value
Color Up – Cashing in your chips
Double Down – To double your initial bet following the initial 2 card deal
already Money – Cashing in your bet for a 1/1 payout when you have a blackjack against a dealer ace
confront Cards – Jacks, Queens, Kings (AKA picture cards)
First Base – First seat to the dealer’s left
Hit/Draw – Calling for another card to add to your hand
Hole Card – The dealer’s confront down card
Insurance – A side bet for the player when the dealer has an ace showing
Pat Hand – A had worth at the minimum 17 points
Push/Tie – Player and dealer with the same hand total
Shoe – A device used for holding and dispensing cards
Soft Hand- A hand with an ace counted as 11 or 1
Stiff Hand – A hand with little chance of winning if hit
Surrender – Giving u your hand to lose one half of your bet
Third base – Last seat to the dealer’s right
Up Card – Dealer’s first dealt card confront up
CRAPS
Any Craps – A dice total of 2, 3, or 12
Big Red – a bet in the Any Seven box
Boxcars – When the dice total 12
Capped Dice – Crooked dice
Cold Table – When most shooters are not winning
Come Bet – A bet made after the point is established
Come Out Roll – First roll of the dice in a round
Don’t Come Bet – A bet made after the point is established (Outcome is opposite of the Come Bet)
Don’t Pass Bet – Betting against the shooter before the Come Out Roll
Free Odds – An additional bet behind the Pass Line Bet taken at true odds
George – A good tipper
Hardway – A 4,6,8,10 thrown as pairs
Place Bet- Betting that a place number (4-6, 8-10) will be thrown before a 7
Point Number – One of the numbers 4-6, 8-10 made on the come out roll
Press A Bet – To double your bet amount
Proposition Bets – (AKA Prop Bets) one roll and Hardway bets
Right Bettor – Betting that the shooter will win
Seven Out – When a 7 is rolled before the point number
Shooter – Player currently rolling the dice
Snake Eyes – When the dice total 2
Stiff – A poor tipper
Toke – A tip given to the dealer
Vigorish – ( AKA Vig) commission taken by the house
Wrong Bettor – Betting that the shooter will lose
Yo – The number 11 (AKA Yo-Leven)
POKER (TEXAS keep up’EM STYLE)
Aces Up – A pair of Aces with another pair
All In – Betting all your remaining chips
Ante – The opening bet before dealing begins
Belly Buster – An inside straight draw
Big Slick – An Ace and a King
Blinds – 2 forced bets before any cards are dealt (small blind & big blind)
Boat – Slang for a complete House
Broadway – The highest straight possible with mixed suits, 10, J, Q, K, A
Button – A disk placed in front of a player acting as the dealer
Bullets – A pair of Aces
Call – To match the current bet
Check – To defer making a bet until another player does
Cowboys – Slang for a pair of Kings
Dead Hand – A hand with no chance of winning
Donkey/Fish – A bad player
Drawing Dead – A hand that will lose already if it improves
Flop – The first 3 community cards
Flush – 5 cards of the same suit
complete House – (AKA Boat ) 3 of one kind and 2 of another
Kicker – The highest unpaired card in a hand
Ladies – Slang for a pair of Queens
Muck – confront down discarded hands
Nuts – The highest possible hand
Overcard – A card that is higher than another
Quads- 4 of a kind
Rag(s) – Cards that add no value to your hand
Rainbow – Cards with different suits
River – The 5th and final community card
Rounder – One who makes a living at playing cards
Royal Flush – The highest hand possible, a suited 10, J, Q, K, A
Set/Trips – 3 of a kind
Short Stack – Having the fewest chips at the table
Straight Flush – 5 suited cards in sequential order
Tells – Behavior that gives other players information about how you might play your hand
Tight – Someone who only plays premium hands
Tilt – Desperate to re-coup losses, causing bad decisions
Turn – The 4th community card
Under the Gun – First player to bet after the big blind
Wheel – The lowest straight possible with mixed suits A, 2, 3, 4,5
Wired – A pair dealt in the first 2 cards
So there you have it. Learning this jargon will assist you on your path to becoming a seasoned responsible gambler. Good Luck!