Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary - Letter C

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• California-Draw poker, open on anything.
• California Lowball-Low-ball in which ace, two, three, four, five is the best hand.
• Call-Money put in the pot to match a bet or raise.
• Calling Station-A weak-passive player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much (you want to have this type of player in your game.
• Cap-To put in the last raise permitted on a betting round which is typically the third or fourth raise. Dealers in California are fond of saying "Capitola" or "Cappuccino.
• Carding-Noting of exposed cards during a hand.
• Card Odds-The probabilities of being dealt or drawing to various hands.
• Cardsharp-A cheater.
• Cards Speak-A rule that the value of a hand is based on what the cards are rather than on what a player declares.
• Case Card-The last available card of a particular value or suit.
• Cash In-To exchange poker chips for cash and then to quit (Cash Out).
• Casino Poker-Public poker played in gambling casinos that are land-based or Internet based.
• Cat-Any big or little tiger or cat hand.
• Catbird Seat-A position in high-low poker that assures a player at least half the pot.
• Catch-To be dealt a certain card or hand ... usually a desirable card or hand.
• Chalk Hand-An almost certain winner.
• Chase-To stay against a better hand.
• Cheater-A player who intentionally violates the rules to gain advantage unavailable to others.
• Check-To pass without betting.
• Check Blind (Check in the Dark)-To check without looking at one's own cards.
• Check Cop-A paste palmed in a cheater's hand and used to steal poker chips or to hold out cards.
• Check Copping-To steal poker chips.
• Check Raise-To check and then subsequently raise in the same round of betting.
• Chicago-Seven-Card stud in which the hand with the highest spade wins half the pot.
• Chicago Pelter-A kilter.
• Chicken Picken-A game with eleven cards-two cards in hand and nine on the table in rows of three.
• Chink Ink-A special ink used by cheaters to mark the edge of cards.
• Chip-Money represented by a plastic disc.
• Chip Along-To bet the smallest amount possible.
• Chip Declaration-To use chips in declaring for high or low.
• Chip In-To call a small bet.
• Chipping-Betting.
• Choice Pots-Dealer's choice.
• Chop-to return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if nobody calls the blind.
• Cinch Hand-A certain winner (A Lock, an Immortal).
• Cincinnati-A ten-card game with five in each hand and five face-up for everyone's use (Lame Brains).
• Cincinnati Liz-Like Cincinnati, except the lowest face-up card is wild.
• Clam-A dollar.
• Class-Rank of a poker hand.
• Closed Card-A concealed card in one's hand.
• Closed Game-A game barred to newcomers or outsiders.
• Closed Hand-The concealed cards in one's hand as in draw poker.
• Closed Poker-Any form of poker in which all cards are dealt face-down.
• Close to the Chest-To play tight (Close to the Belly).
• Club Poker-Poker played in public card clubs. (See Gardena, California.)
• C-Note-A hundred-dollar bill.
• Coffee Housing-To act oppositely to one's emotions or situation.
• Cold Deck-(1) A deck from which poor hands are being dealt. (2) A prestacked deck.
• Cold Feet-A description for a player wanting to quit the game early.
• Cold Hands-(1) Showdown hands. (2) A run of poor hands.
• Cold Turkey-A pair of kings, back to back, on the first two cards in five-card stud.
• Collection or Axe-See Time Cut.
• Collusion-Two or more players working together to cheat other players.
• Come-See On the Come.
• Come In-To call.
• Come Off-To break up a lower-value hand to draw for a higher-value hand.
• Commerce-A three-card game with three cards in the widow.
• Common Card (Communal Card)-An exposed card for use in every player's hand.
• Consecutive Declaration-A rule for declaring high-low hands in consecutive order.
• Contract-To declare for high or low at the conclusion of split-pot poker.
• Contract Poker-High-low split-pot poker with oral declarations.
• Cop-To steal chips from the pot.
• Corner Card-An eight-card game-five cards in hand and three on the table, with the last card up and all like it as wild.
• Corner Flash-To tear off a corner of a foreign card and to flash it as a real card in one's hand.
• Cosmetics-Preparations such as ashes, waxes, abrasives, aniline pencils, and luminous inks used by cheaters for marking cards (Daub).
• Counter-(1) One chip. (2) A player who continuously counts his chips.
• Count Cards-The jack, king, and queen (Court Cards, Face Cards, Picture Cards).
• Coup-A brilliant play.
• Cowboy-A king.
• Crank-To deal.
• Crazy Otto-Five-card stud with the lowest card as wild.
• Crimp (Bridge)-To bend and hump the upper or lower section of the deck to make a false or an illegal cut. (See Debone)
• Crisscross-Same as Southern Cross except five cards are laid out with the center one wild.
• Crooked-Honest System (C-H System)-The system of two cheaters in partnership: One catches a strong hand, and he signals the other to raise, thus squeezing all callers (Cross Life, Crossfire).
• Cross (The Cross)-Like Cincinnati, except the five cards are in a cross formation with the center card and all similar cards as wild.
• Crosscards-A ten-hand poker solitaire game (Patience Poker).
• Crossfire-See Crooked-Honest System.
• Crossover-A combination of draw and stud poker involving wild cards.
• Cull-To arrange or cluster good cards together for cheating.
• Curfew-The agreed-upon quitting lime.
• Curse of Mexico-The deuce of spades.
• Curse of Scotland-The nine of diamonds.
• Customer-An opponent who calls.
• Cut the Cards-Putting the bottom cards of a deck on top of the deck.
• Cut the Pot-Money withdrawn from pots for a purpose, such as to pay for refreshments.

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