hands
Case Card
A case card is the fourth and last card of a particular rank.
Catch
To catch is to receive the card you need on a draw.
Cheese
Cheese is slang for a very poor starting hand.
Cinch Hand
A cinch hand is the nuts: a hand that cannot be beaten.
Coin Flip
A coin flip is a situation in which two players have roughly equal chances of winning the pot.
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.
Come Hand
A come hand is a drawing hand, a term likely borrowed from the craps term 'come bet'.
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.
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.
Coordinated
A coordinated board has community cards that connect with each other or share a suit, making strong hands and draws possible.
Counterfeit
To counterfeit a hand is to have its value cancelled because the board makes a better version of the same hand.
Court Card
A court card is a jack, queen or king.
Cowboys
Cowboys is a nickname for a pair of kings.
Crabs
Crabs is a nickname for a pair of threes.
Crack
To crack a hand is to beat it, usually a big hand such as pocket aces.
Cranberry
A cranberry is a player who calls against the pot odds.
Cripple
To cripple the deck is to hold or see so many of the cards others would need that they cannot have a strong hand.
Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a nickname for the two black fours, the four of clubs and the four of spades.
Dead Card
A dead card is a card that is not legally playable.
Dead Man’s Hand
The dead man's hand is two black aces and two black eights, said to be the hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was shot.
Deuce
A deuce is a two, the lowest card in most poker games.
Deuces
Deuces are the cards with a rank of two.
Diamonds
Diamonds is one of the four suits of playing cards.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is a nickname for the starting hand nine-five, after the song '9 to 5'.
Dominated Hand
A dominated hand is a hand that is a big underdog against another specific hand, often because it shares a card with a better kicker.
Dominated Hands
Dominated hands are hands that are big underdogs against another hand, such as a lower pair against a higher pair.
Dominating Hands
A dominating hand has the same top card as another hand but a stronger second card, so it is far ahead of it.
Double Belly Buster
A double belly buster is a hand with two inside straight draws at once.