bust card The individual card that brings the hand's total over 21. The best possible hand in the game blackjack, made up of an ace and a card valued at 10 (namely, 10, J, Q, K). A card game in which players attempt to approach 21 but not exceed it 2. In such a system, if the deck were counted down to the bottom, the resulting sum would be zero. B balanced count Any counting system which has an exact balance between plus cards and minus cards. 8 86'd Being told by a casino that you are being removed, generally due to suspected advantage play. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics. The following is a glossary of terms used in the card game blackjack.
