Glossary: H
- Hand
- Refers to a single player's cards in a given round. It may also be
used to refer to the round itself.
- Hand Signals
- The customary motions a player must make to indicate their desires
to the dealer.
- Hard Hand
- A player's hand that does not contain an ace, or in which all aces
are counted as one rather than eleven.
- Hard Total
- The point total of a hand using the aces as a one-point rather
than eleven-point cards. (Example: a four-five-ace is worth twenty,
but has a hard total of ten.)
- Head-On
- Playing alone against the dealer.
- Heat
- The pressure placed on a winning player by the casino.
- Heel
- To place cheques unevenly, so that one protrudes at the bottom of
the stack.
- High Limit Game
- A game in which the table's minimum limit is considered to be high.
Though "low" and "high" are relative terms, a blackjack table is
typically regarded as "high limit" when the minimum wager is $500
or more.
- High Roller
- A player who gives the casinos a lot of action—either betting
large sums for brief periods or moderate sums for extended periods.
The high rollers are naturally the casino's most welcomed customers.
- Hit
- To request an additional card.
- Hold
- The amount lost by the player, expressed as a percentage of the
amount he staked at the game. This generally refers to the actual
amount in a given situation. The terms "edge," "advantage," or
"percentage" are used to express estimates or expectations.
- Hole Card
- The dealer's face-down card that is not exposed intil the end of
the game.
- House
- Synonymous with "casino," both as a physical location and a
business operation.
- House Advantage
- see "advantage"
- House Edge
- see "edge"
- House Percentage
- see "percentage"
- House Rules
- The rules that are in effect in a given casino. These may include
the rules of conduct (on either side of the table) as well as the
particular variation on the rules of play.
- Hustle
- To intimate or indicate a desire to be tipped. Casino employees
are not permitted, in most operations, to hustle tips.
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