Glossary: D
- Deal Around
- To exclude a player from a round, whether accidentally or deliberately.
A player who wishes to site out a hand for whatever reason may ask to
be dealt around, or the house may decide to deal around him, thus
refusing him service.
- Dealer
- A casino employee who conducts table games. In Blackjack, the dealer
conducts the game and all transactions, whereas with other games, there
may be a number of dealers who each handle specific tasks.
- Delivery
- A method of providing cards to the player. This typically refers to
whether the cards are delivered from a deck held in the dealer's hands
or in a shoe.
- Dirty Money
- Cheques that are left on the table from a previous hand rather than from
a bankroll (asopposed to "Clean Money")
- Discard Tray
- Also called a "discard rack," this is a receptacle into which cards that
have already been played are placed at the end of the round.
- Discard
- A card that is removed from play, usually because it has been exposed
during play or accidentally. It can also be used in a general sense,
"the discard," to refer to all such cards.
- Double-Dealing
- A technique, generally cheating, when the dealer delivers cards out of
order. This is a general term that includes "Bottom dealing" (dealing
cards from the bottom of the deck) and "second dealing (dealing the
second, rather than the first, card).
- Double Down
- An option that allows a player to double the amount of their wager,
receiving only one additional card. Typically, this is done after
receiving the first two cards (though some casinos allow a player to
"double late" after taking hits). The amount of the additional wager
can be less than the original one, though this is not common. In some
casinos, the additional card is dealt face down and not exposed until
the end of the round, hence "double down"
- Double Up
- To double the wager before any cards are dealt. This is not the same
as doubling down, which is done during the course of the hand.
- Double Exposure
- A variation in which both of the dealer's cards are dealt face-up. Other
rules are changed (such as allowing the dealer to win some are all ties)
in order to reclaim the edge the house loses by playing in this fashion.
- Dragging
- To reduce the amount of chips in the wagering spot. This can be done
legally before the cards are dealt, otherwise it is considered cheating.
- Drop (Box)
- A container underneath the table into which paper currency is placed
through a slot on the table's surface. This usually refers to the
box that holds the house's moeny, rather than the dealer's tips. The
latter is called a "toke box."
- Drop Cut
- A technique used to create a smaller stack of cheques or cards by
dropping them from a larger stack.
- Drop Percentage
- The portion of a player's stake that the casino expects to win. The
drop percentage includes all profits gained by the house advantage as
well as the mistakes a player is expected to make. The drop percentage
for Blackjack is an estimate, which tends to be 20% for most players
(even though the house advantage is less than half that).
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