Poker Glossary
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C-Note

A C-note is a hundred-dollar bill.

California games

California games are cardroom games that resemble poker or blackjack, in which players bet before they see the hand.

California Lowball

California lowball is ace-to-five lowball played with a joker.

Call

To call is to match the current highest bet so you can stay in the hand.

Call Cold

To call cold is to call both a bet and one or more raises in a single action.

Call The Clock

Calling the clock asks the dealer to give a slow player a limited time to act.

Caller

A caller is a player who matches the current bet.

Calling Station

A calling station is a player who calls too much and rarely raises or folds.

Cap

A cap is a limit, such as on the number of raises in a betting round.

Capping a Raise

Capping a raise is making the last raise allowed in a betting round, usually the third.

Card Protector

A card protector is an item placed on your cards to keep them from being thrown away by mistake.

Card Sharp

A card sharp is a skilled card player, historically often a cheat.

Cardroom

A cardroom is a venue, or part of one, where poker is played.

Cards Speak

Cards speak means a hand is worth the best combination of its cards, whatever the player calls it.

Case Card

A case card is the fourth and last card of a particular rank.

Case Chips

Case chips are a player's last chips.

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.