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Poker Terms |
| California Lowball |
Poker game in which the low-ball hand of ace, two, three, four, five is the best hand. |
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| Call |
To bet an amount of chips in the pot equal to the previous bet. You must at least "call" the other players bets to stay in the hand or you can raise, otherwise you must fold. |
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| Calling Station |
The type of player who calls almost any bet, but does not raise or fold much and will not bluff or play aggressive. |
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| Candy Canes |
The starting hand of seven, seven. Also called pocket sevens. |
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| Canine |
The starting hand of King, nine. |
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| Cards Speak |
The face value of a hand in a showdown is the true value of the hand, regardless of a verbal announcement. |
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| Capped |
The situation in limit poker in which the maximum number of raises on the betting round have been reached. |
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| Cap |
The maximum number of raises allowed in each round of betting. It is common to see 4 bets per round as the cap (one bet and three raises). |
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| Card Odds |
The probability of being dealt or drawing a card or hand. |
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| Case Card |
The last card available of a certain rank in the deck. For example, if I hold pocket tens and the board is TAA4 and a ten comes on the river, that final card is considered the case ten. |
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| Cash In |
To exchange poker chips for cash and then quit the game. |
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| Catch |
You are said to be "catching cards" when you are getting desirable cards or hands |
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| Barracuda |
A tough player. |
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| Center Pot |
Also called the main pot. The first pot created during a poker hand as opposed to side pots created if one or more players goes all-in. |
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| Chalk Hand |
An almost certain winner. |
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| Chase |
To stay in a hand against poor odds, in the hope of catching a better hand. For example "he called, chasing the flush". |
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| Check |
To waive the right to initiate the betting in a round, but to retain the right to act if another player initiates the betting. |
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| Check Blind (Check in the Dark) |
To check without looking at one's cards. |
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| Check Raise |
To check and then to increase the bet by at least an equal amount when it is your turn to act. |
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| Chicago |
Seven-card stud game in which the hand with the highest spade wins half the pot. |
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| Chip |
A small round disc used to replace money at the poker table. |
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| Chip In |
To call a small bet |
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| Cinch Hand |
A certain winner |
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| Cincinnati |
A ten card poker game with five cards in each hand and five cards face-up board cards. |
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| Cincinnati Liz |
Like Cincinnati Poker except the lowest face-up card is wild. |
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| Close to the Chest |
To play tight. |
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| Closed Card |
A concealed card in a player's hand. |
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| Closed Game |
A game where newcomers or outsiders are barred. |
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| Closed Hand |
The concealed cards in a players hand. |
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| Closed Poker |
Any poker game in which all cards are dealt face-down. |
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| C-Note |
A hundred dollar bill. |
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| Cold Call |
Calling both a bet and a raise at the same time as opposed to calling a bet then later calling a raise. |
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| Cold Deck |
A deck from which poor hands are being dealt. |
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| Cold Feet |
A player who is wanting to quit the game early is said to have cold feet. |
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| Cold Hands |
A run of poor hands. |
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| Collection |
The fee charged in a game. |
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| Collusion |
Two or more players working together in a game to cheat the other players. |
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| Come In |
To call |
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| Come Off |
To break up a lower valued hand to draw for a higher valued hand. |
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| Common Card |
Cards dealt face up in the middle of the table for use in every player's hand. Also called Community Cards, Communal Cards and Board Cards. |
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| Community Cards |
The cards dealt face up in the center of the table that can be used by all players to form their best hand. Used in games of hold'em and Omaha poker. |
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| Complete Hand |
A hand that is defined by all five cards. |
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| Complete the Bet |
To increase an all-in bet or forced bet to a full bet in limit poker. |
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| Connector |
A hold'em hand in which the first two cards are one apart in rank. |
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| Count Cards |
The king, queen and jack. Also called court cards, face cards and picture cards. |
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| Counter |
1. A player who continuously counts his chips.
2. One chip. |
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| Counterfeit |
A board card that duplicates a card in your hand that makes it less valuable. An example is if you have a 56 and the flop comes 7-8-9, so you have a straight. Now the final card is a 6 making your hand almost worthless. |
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| Coup |
A brilliant play. |
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| Court Card |
The king, queen and jack. Also called counter cards, face cards and picture cards. |
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| Cowboy |
A king. |
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| Cowboys |
A starting hand of two kings. |
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| Crabs |
A starting hand of two threes. |
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| Crank |
To deal. |
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| Crazy Otto |
Five card stud poker game with the lowest card as wild. |
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| Cripple |
As in to cripple the deck. Meaning that you have most or all of the cards that somebody would want to have with the current board. If you have pocket kings, and the other two kings flop, you have crippled the deck. |
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| Crooked-Honest System (C-H System) |
The system of two cheaters in partnership. One player signals when holding a strong hand for the other player to raise, thus squeezing all callers. |
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| Cross (The Cross) |
Similar to Cincinnati poker, except that the five cards are in a cross formation with the center card and all similar cards as wild. |
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| Crosscards |
A ten-hand solitaire poker game. Also called Patience Poker. |
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| Crossover |
A combination of stud and draw poker involving wild cards. |
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| Crying Call |
A call made with little chance of ultimately winning, but marginally better than an immediate fold. |
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| Curfew |
An agreed upon quitting time. |
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| Curse of Mexico |
The two of spades. |
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| Curse of Scotland |
The nine of diamonds. |
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| Customer |
An opponent who calls. |
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| Cut Card |
Another term for the bottom card of the deck. |
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| Cut, Cut the Cards |
To break the deck into two parts and place the bottom half on top. Done to change the order of the cards and to insure that the deck is not stacked. Usually the deck is cut by the player to the dealers right. |
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