Poker
Cash Game
A cash game is a poker game played for real money, where players can join and leave at any time.
Cash In
To cash in is to exchange poker chips for cash, or to finish in the money in a tournament.
Cash Out
To cash out is to leave a game and convert your chips to cash.
Cashing
Cashing means finishing in the prize positions in a tournament.
Casino Poker
Casino poker is public poker played in gambling casinos.
Catch
To catch is to receive the card you need on a draw.
Catch Bluffing
To catch someone bluffing is to call or raise because you believe they are bluffing.
Center Pot
The center pot is the main pot, the one every player still in the hand is contesting, as opposed to any side pots.
Change Gears
To change gears is to shift deliberately from one style of play to another, for example from tight to loose.
Chase
To chase is to keep calling with a drawing hand that is probably behind, or to keep gambling in order to win back losses.
Chat
Chat is the feature of online poker that lets players send text messages to each other.
Cheater
A cheater is a player who uses dishonest methods to gain an advantage or to win.
Check
To check is to decline to bet when no bet has been made, keeping the option to call or raise later in the round.
Check Blind
To check blind is to check without looking at your own cards.
Check in the Dark
To check in the dark is to announce that you will check before the next card is dealt.
Check‑Out
Check-out means folding when you are not facing a bet, instead of checking.
Check‑Raise
A check-raise is checking first and then raising after an opponent bets in the same betting round.
Cheese
Cheese is slang for a very poor starting hand.
Chinese Poker
Chinese poker is a game in which each player arranges 13 cards into a three-card hand and two five-card hands.
Chip
A chip is a round token used in place of cash at a gaming table.
Chip and a Chair
Chip and a chair is the saying that as long as you still have one chip and a seat, you can win.
Chip Dumping
Chip dumping is intentionally losing chips to another player, usually as part of collusion.
Chip Leader
The chip leader is the player with the most chips in a tournament at a given time.
Chip Race
A chip race is a tournament procedure that removes small denomination chips from play when the blinds have risen.
Chop
A chop is a pot divided equally between players with equal hands, or a tournament deal to split the prize money.
Chopping Blinds
Chopping blinds is when the small blind and big blind take back their bets after everyone else folds.
Cinch Hand
A cinch hand is the nuts: a hand that cannot be beaten.
Clicking It Back
Clicking it back is making a minimum re-raise, a phrase from clicking the min-raise button online.
Coffeehousing
Coffeehousing is talking about a hand you are in, to mislead or manipulate other players.
Coin Flip
A coin flip is a situation in which two players have roughly equal chances of winning the pot.
Cold Call
A cold call is calling a bet and a raise in one action, without having put any chips in before.
Cold Call or Bet
A cold bet or cold raise is made against the wagers of several players; a cold call calls several bets at once.