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Baccarat : Casino card game in which the winning hand totals closest to 9, excluding all 10 units.

Back Line : Refers to the ‘Passline‘ bet

Backside : Don’t pass bets against numbers repeating before a ‘seven‘ is thrown. Also called the ‘Backline‘.

Back up : To take odds on a bet.

Banker : Some card games allow players to take on the role of the casino and offer a choice to be ‘Banker‘ the player then takes responsibility of the bets on the table placed against him usually for a commission.

Bankroll : The total amount a punter is willing to risk monetarily over a period of time. Can also be a gamblers starting money or funds available or Casino money kept in the tray directly in front of the dealer.
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Barber Pole : A stack of chips in which the denominations are in random order.

Bar on the first : A bar on one of the craps numbers, either the two sixes (6/6), the two aces (1/1), or the ace deuce (1/2), if the number barred appears on first roll, it is a stand off for the wrong betters and the money rides for a decision on a later roll.

Bar the 12 : Text printed on the ‘Don’t Passline‘ and ‘Don’t Come‘ meaning that should a 12 roll the bet will ‘Push‘ , ‘Stand Off‘, have ‘No Action‘ or in effect have no winning or losing result – a tie.

Barred : Being banned by the casino, they will no longer accept action from a ‘punter‘ that has been barred.

Base : Player’s betting position at the table. First base is the position farthest to (1st/ 2nd/3rd) the Dealer’s left. Second base is the position directly in the center. Third base is the position farthest to the Dealer’s right dealer position, on the craps table on either ends where the bets are payed. First base would be on the left hand side and second base would be on the right hand side when standing on the ‘stick persons‘ side facing the ‘box person‘

Basic strategy : The best odds established for any particular casino game, usually referred to in blackjack in which the best odds for each individual hand has been calculated.

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Basket : A roulette bet that covers 0,00,1,2,3 equally which looks like a basket.

Bet : A ‘Wager‘ , the event of placing an item of worth then making a predicted guess at the outcome of a random event.

Bingo : A game in which numbers are randomly drawn and checked off on cards as they are drawn with the winner being the person who completes the stipulated positions first then announces bingo. The cards are divided by letters on the top row spelling B I N G O, the numbers are announced B9. Play bingo at PartyBingo – get PartyBingo bonus codes.

Black Book : A compiled list of players banned (’barred‘) from casino’s usually due to cheating but the reasons do vary.

Blackjack : Popular card game played in casinos with the object being to beat the dealer by getting closest to 21 without going over 21. When a player gets a natural 21 i.e. with two cards an ace with a 10,J,Q,K they get paid at odds of 3 to 2 eg. $10 would pay $15. Also ‘21′ or ‘black jack’. See Blackjack

Blind bet : A bet made without seeing the cards.

Bluff : Playing a losing poker hand as though it is a winning hand by pretending it’s a winning hand.

Break : In blackjack, to draw cards totaling more than “21″. Such a hand loses automatically.

Board : The cards in poker that are dealt face up that are shared or ‘community cards‘.

Boat : Poker hand that consists of three of the same cards ‘Trips’ and two of the same cards ‘Pair’ See poker hand rankings guide Also ‘Fullboat’ or ‘Fullhouse’

Bones : Dice that are used in Craps.

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Box : In blackjack the area that you place your bet on. In craps, the non betting portion of the layout, in front of the ‘payroll‘. The position the casino supervisor sits when watching a craps game. Also ‘Boxman’ , ‘Boxperson’

Box Cars : In dice, Twelve crap (6/6). Also ‘midnight’

Break-even point : The point at which your wins and losses equal each other after a period of play.

Buck : A ‘bet‘ or ‘wager‘ of $100.

Bug : The joker card.

Bullet : An Ace card.

Bullets : A pair or more of Aces.

Bump : To ‘Raise‘ increase a bet.

Burn card : Card or cards that are removed from play usually the first card or first few cards on the top of the deck used in poker and occasionally in blackjack.

Bust : A losing hand going over 21 in blackjack.

Button : A small plastic marker that is used in poker to move from player to player after each hand to show the dealer position.

Buy bets : An alternative to ‘place bets‘ where a player pays 5% vigorish on the amount wagered.

Buy in : To exchange cash or funds to purchase chips.

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The way it works is one counts the cards are dealt i.e. J(-1) ,8 (0), 2 (+1) will give you your count value of 0 which is a neutral count giving the edge to neither the casino nor the player, the basics of the system work as follows the higher your positive count the better your odds are of winning the next blackjack hand and the lower “-” the more chance you have of losing the next hand. The percentages are marginal but so is the house win percentage if one plays by basic blackjack strategy.

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Other factors that come into play are the number of cards dealt from the shoe as well as the number of decks used. The less cards left to go in the shoe with the highest positive count is your most favorable opportunity and is the time to increase your bets to gain that extra edge over the house. The same goes for the number of decks used look for single deck blackjack as there are less cards and look for dealers who cut the deck thick enabling you to see more cards to base your play on.

Professional card counters will tend to sit at 3rd base (the last position on the table) giving him the opportunity to see all the cards that have been dealt and have the last play. This is a very easy counting system combined with good basic strategy play and lots of practice you can get great results.

You can practice counting cards by going through a deck card by card and keeping track of your count total while gradually increasing your speed, you can also stand at the back of a table and observe a blackjack game in progress to see how refined your skills are. Remember what makes a good card-counter is practice, practice, practice and more practice. Try honing your card-counting skills playing online in the comfort of your home on your computer online games can be played for free and even though the cards are probably shuffled each hand it could give you the needed edge and practice.

Many Casino’s now have automatic shufflers otherwise known as continuous shuffles like the popular one2six shufflers, these machines render card counting obsolete as obviously if the cards are constantly shuffled your High – Low card count would be rendered useless.

The blackjack hi lo card count systems mentioned are similar if not the same as so flamboyantly shown in the movie 21 where 5 MIT students count cards and make loads of money, 4 of the count team were playing the table’s minimum and counting cards when there was a high or favorable count they would signal to the big player who would then join their table and make big bets exploiting the odds of the Casino in their favor. While the theory may be correct to an extent the movie exploits the wins as being the norm, this is not the case, card counters do not win every session and loose often it’s the overall win they are after.

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