rules of kho kho in points to give up half of his bet but only after the dealer checks to determine whether he has a natural If the Copyright 1993 by Michael Dalton All Rights ReservedBlackjack A Professional Reference dealer has a natural the player is not allowed to surrender his hand In the United States if the dealer has a ten valued up card a button is placed on top of the player s chips and it is announced to the pit Late surrender is considerably more important in multiple deck play than it is in single deck as can be seen from the player advantage figures below PA 022 single deck PA 065 multi deck 78 Braun Surrender Rule in Nevada BJ C S Vol 4 37 2189 Olsen Blackjack Confidentia 6 90 Snyder Blackjack Forum 7 early surrender ES A rule option that allows the player to give up half of his bet before the dealer checks to determine whether he has a blackjack This is a very advantageous rule for the player which explains why it is rarely found in casinos today See Atlantic City PA 0 7 against ten and ace PA 0 3 against ten only 78 Braun Hole card SurrenderC S Vol 5 25 78 Wong Basic Strategy for NJ C S Vol 5 28 92 Wong Basic Blackjack72 sweat As in sweating the action As in sweating the rainbow To play carefully but nervously Also called bleed 86 Forte Read the Dealer38 sweat card The joker or cut card used to cut the deck before the deaL 77 Anness Dummy Up sweep As in to sweep a casino To enter a casino and survey all the blackjack tables before making a decision about table selection or whether or not to play at all system A method or strategy that promises to increase a player s chance of winning in a particular game of chance Systems Research PCS LI Green Fountain Count A 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 Be 96 PE 54 80 Revere Playing Blackjack as a Business 170 95 See Copyright 1993 by Michael Dalton All Rights Reserved 96 table hopping CS To move from one table to another whenever the count at the first table indicates the game is unfavorable Today this is somewhat impractical for single deck but often used for multiple deck play See Wonging 84 Table Hopping BJF table limit The smallest and largest bets allowed at the table See minimum See maximum Taft Keith See David See George Tahoe See Lake Tahoe tail checking A common casino practice of requiring the floorman or pit boss to check the tails of the shuffled cards before they are pushed together See shume check 91 Davis New Blackjack Home Study Manual 41 take down As in to take down a bet To remove a bet before the next hand or deal take off man The player usually in a spooking or cheating operation who places the big bets See George 81 Uston Million Dollar Blackjack 322 tally A counting term used in systems such as BIAS to distinguish from the conventional count Blackjack A Professional Reference tap out To lose one s entire bankroll TARGET RWC c1983 Developed by Eddie Olsen and originally marketed by Jerry Patterson Also called TARGET 21 TARGET stands for TAble Research Grading and Evaluation Technique This is a controversial table selection method that claims to be able to exploit shoe games and single deck games but to a lesser degree because shuffles are non random This system claims that games with non random shuffles tend to have biases that favor either the dealer or player and that these biases can last for several shoes or decks An observant player is therefore told that he can increase his chances of winning by playing only at those tables that have evidence of current player winnings and by avoiding those tables that are dealer biased The actual selection process is simplified to a set of table selection factors The TARGET system as marketed by Jerry Pat terson also recommends variations to basic strategy under excessive dealer breaking conditions and the use of progressive betting The TARGET system as now presented by Eddie Olsen is somewhat different in scope and methodology Eddie Olsen places a greater emphasis on card counting and does not agree with progressive betting methods TARGET players are taught that 70 of games are dealer biased 13 are neutral 10 are player breaking 5 are player biased and only about 2 are dealer breaking See BIAS Barometer 9 83 Snyder The TARGET Controversy BJF 6 84 Snyder Stanley Roberts Supports TARGETBJF 10 85 Patterson TARGETManua 86 Patterson Break the Dealell 89 Patterson Casino Gambler s Winning Edge at 65 90 Patterson Blackjack A Winner s Handbook 3 90 Snyder Ruffled by the Shuffle BJF 8 90 1 91 Olsen TARGET 1990 BJC Copyright 1993 by Michael Dalton All Rights Reserved Blackjack A Professional Reference SIDE NOTE Jerry Patterson once operated a blackjack instruction franchise under the name Jerry Patterson s Blackjack Clinic Two of Patterson s instructors were unhappy that he had developed TARGET and ended up selling their franchises back to Patterson 1984 These two instructors Don Schlesinger Ken Feldman were upset because studies could not prove that TARGET worked Don Schlesinger is a frequent technical contributor and writer for Arnold Snyder s Blackjack Forum 2184 Wong Blackjack World 28 TARGET H RWC 1988 Eddie Olsen A controversial method of betting using a traditional count in games with insufficiently shuffled cards In this method maximum bets are placed whenever the count is near o See zero proximity betting 10 88 1 89 4 89 Olsen Blackjack Confidentia TC 1 See true count 2 See Triple Chance TCS Acronym used in this book to mean a Ten Count System team CS The use of several players each receiving signals and information from one another in how to