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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.
Cold Deck
A cold deck is a deck secretly swapped in to give a player a planned hand; the term is also used for hands that clash and create a cooler.
Cold Hands
Cold hands are showdown hands, or a run of poor hands.
Collection
A collection is the fee a cardroom charges for running a game, taken from the pot or from each player.
Collection Drop
A collection drop is a fee charged for each hand dealt.
Collusion
Collusion is cheating in which two or more players cooperate against the rest of the table.
Color Change
A color change is a request to exchange chips from one denomination to another.
Color Up
To color up is to exchange chips for fewer chips of a higher denomination.
Colt 45
Colt 45 is a nickname for the starting hand four-five.
Combo Draw
A combo draw is a hand with both a straight draw and a flush draw at the same time.
Combos
Combos are the possible combinations of two cards a player can hold, used to estimate an opponent's range.
Come Hand
A come hand is a drawing hand, a term likely borrowed from the craps term 'come bet'.
Come Over the Top
To come over the top is to make a large raise or re-raise over an opponent's bet or raise.
Common Card
A common card is a face-up card used by all players at showdown in stud when too few cards remain in the deck.
Community Cards
Community cards are the face-up cards in the middle of the table that all players share.
Comp Program
A comp program rewards poker players with cash incentives, points or other benefits for loyalty.
Complete
To complete is to raise a forced or partial bet up to a full bet, mostly in limit games.
Complete Hand
A complete hand is a hand defined by all five cards: a straight, flush, full house, four of a kind or straight flush.
Complete the Bet
To complete the bet is to raise an all-in or forced bet up to a full bet in limit poker.
Computer Hand
Computer hand is a nickname for queen-seven, the exact middle-ranked starting hand.
Concealed Pair
A concealed pair is a pair in which both cards are face down.
Connector
A connector is a starting hand whose two cards are consecutive in rank, such as J-10 or 8-7.
Connectors
Connectors are hold'em starting hands containing two cards that are consecutive in rank.
Conservative
A conservative player plays few hands, avoids risk and bets or raises mostly with strong hands.
Conservative Play
Conservative play is a strategy of betting only hands that have a good chance of winning.