Part I: Games & Gaming · Card Games — Baccarat & Blackjack

Stand

Blackjack

A player’s decision to take no more cards and play their hand as-is. The player signals a stand by waving their hand horizontally over their cards (in shoe games) or tucking their cards under their chips (in pitch games). Once a player stands, they cannot change their decision or receive additional cards.

In practice

Correct standing decisions are fundamental to basic strategy. Surveillance uses stand/hit patterns as part of the profile for identifying card counters who may deviate from basic strategy at specific counts.

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