Most popular abbreviations you can use at online Blackjack casinos
As most of the online casinos now offer live dealer blackjack games or social blackjack games you need to grasp some of the advanced communication terminology used at these online casinos when chatting with other players or with live dealers at the Blackjack table.
Here find some of the following Blackjack specific abbreviations that might interest you and you can use them.
- APC – advanced point count
- BS – basic strategy
- BEP – break even point
- BE – betting efficiency
- BCA – blackjack count analyzer
- BIB – blackbelt in blackjack
- BTD – beat the dealer
- B – bonuses may be available
- C – coupons may be available
- CC – card counting
- CTS – casino tournament strategy
- CW – cocktail waitress
- CSM – continuous shuffling machine
- CW – cocktail waitress
CTR – currency transaction report - COL – casino collects a fee per hand. generally above one percent
- D10 – double down allowed only on ten or eleven
- DE – double exposure blackjack
- DD – double down
- DOA – double down on any first two cards
- D8 – double on 8, 9, 10, 11, and generally soft hands
- DAS – double after splits allowed
- ES – early surrender
- EV – expected value
- ENHC – no hole card (European rules)
- FU – face up single or double deck game
- FD – face down game shoe game
- GBC – gambler’s book club
- GCB – gaming control board
- HA – house advantage
- HSA – hit after spitting aces
- LVS – Las Vegas strip
- LS – late surrender
- MA – multiple action blackjack
- MDBJ – million dollar blackjack
- NT – no text
- NMO – no money shoe entry on request
- NMM – no mid shoe entry and no spreading to multiple hands
NOBJ – if dealer has ace and ten, the hand plays as ordinary 21 - OU – over, under. side bets that your two card total will be over or under thirteen.
- PE – playing efficiency
- PB – player banked game
- PK – dealer manually peeks under ten valued cards
- RC – running count
- RNG – random number generator
- RPC – revere point count
- RSA – resplit aces
- ROR – risk of ruin
- RS# – resplit non aces to number of hands
- RB – red black sidebet
- SC – card used to determine shuffle point in one or two deck games
- SP21 – Spanish 21 rules. all tens removed from deck
- TC – true count
- TARGET – a nonsense blackjack system
- UR – unlimited resplits of non aces
- VP – video poker
- VAR – variance, as used by mathematicians
Some of the other abbreviations used are:
- $ – high stakes only. usually above $100
- ¢ – low stakes only. usually below $25
- * – other special or unusual rules
- #Xx – number of tables available
- 3UP – play one hand against three dealer upcards
- 21E – naturals play even money instead of three to two
Now you can easily use them in your communication when playing at the Blackjack table and boost to be a pro player who knows much of the game.
