Blackjack
How to Deal Blackjack
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Table of Contents
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01 Cutting Cheques02 Blackjack House Shuffle
03 Card Value
04 Object of the Game
05 6 to 5 Pay Ratio (2 Methods)
06 Plucking
07 Card Placement Part 1
08 Card Placement Part 2
09 Card Placement Part 3
10 Entering and Leaving a Game
11 Rack Maintenance
12 Dealer-Hand Rules
13 Shoe Shuffle Procedure
14 Insurance
15 Casing the Layout
16 Stack Values
17 Playing Back Hands
18 Buy-Ins & Cheque-Change
19 3 to 2 Pay Ratio Tutorial
20 Double Deck Procedure
21 How to Hold and Pitch Double Deck
22 Single Deck Rules
23 Foreign Cheques
24 Conversions
25 Surrender
26 Closing a Table
27 Opening a Table
28 No Peek Blackjack
29 Fills and Credits
30 Markers
31 Call Bets
32 Color-Ups
Call Bets simply put, are markers that a player requests to complete the current hand.
They can request a marker for:
- Double-Downs
- Splits
- Insurance
The most important thing you need to know about call bets is that you will never handle one alone; floor will always be involved. So the second you hear a player request a marker, always call floor and get approval before proceeding.
Call bets typically come in 2 different flavors:
- Double Marker
- Invisible Marker
Double Marker: If floor instructs you to do a double marker, you will cut-out the same amount as the payer's bet - twice, on the right side of the shuffle pad. One of the stacks will go on the right side of the rack on the table, the other will be delivered to the player as a short-term loan that MUST be paid back at the end of the hand.
One of the distinguishing differences between double markers and invisible markers is the fact that regardless of the player winning or losing, the player will owe the value of their marker if a double marker was performed.
Invisible Marker: If your floor supervisor instructs you to perform an invisible marker, you will cut-out an amount usually equal to the player's bet then place those cheques on the right side of the dealer's rack to signify a debt that they MIGHT owe.
With invisible markers, players will only have to pay the marker back if they lose the hand that the marker was used on. If they win the hand, no debt is owed.
Do not forget to say the words, "Marker Paid, Marker Down" after a player has paid down their marker.
0:00 Intro
0:22 Call Bet Explanation
2:17 Double Marker Example
3:18 Paying Down Call-Bet
4:17 Winning Example
5:43 Losing Example
6:59 Outro