Citations:push
English citations of push
Noun (gambling) edit
- 1998, Walter Thomason, Blackjack for the Clueless: A Beginner's Guide to Playing and Winning:
- If the player and the dealer both have blackjack (a ten-point card and an ace), the hand is a push, and no money is exchanged. The suits of the cards ...
- 2003, Bet Your Life, page 92
- "If a guy commits suicide in the first two years he owns the policy, then it's true, we don't pay the death benefit; we just refund the premiums paid, with interest. 'A push is a push,' as Lenny used to say in blackjack lingo.
- 2006, Mary Herczog, Frommer's Portable Las Vegas, page 122
- Again, you wait until after the first roll to bet. A 7 or an 1 1 means you lose; a 2 or a 3 means you win; 12 is a push, and nobody wins.
Verb (gambling) edit
- 2002, Victor H. Royer, Powerful Profits from Blackjack:
- So you must stand—but this is the worst standing hand in blackjack. ... You might push the hand if the dealer winds up with a draw to a 17, or you might win ...
- The 5% "commission" on Pai Gow Poker makes most Blackjack and most Video Poker yield a better return. What I think you meant to say was that it is low volatility, and you push so frequently, that you can last a long time and earn a lot of comps with a little money. In my experience most Pai Gow Poker players bet ...