Texas Holdem Poker
Terms
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A-B C-D E-H I-N O-R S-Z
Call -The act of putting the
minimum amount of chips in the pot to continue playing
Call Cold or Cold Call
-To have to call on both a bet and a raise in a single action
Calling Station or
Pay Station
- A passive player that calls a lot, but rarely raises or folds.
Ends up often calling better hands
Capped - When the maximum number of raises
in a betting round have been reached
Cardroom - The room or space in a casino
that poker is placed
Cards Speak -Short for "the cards speak for themselves"
value is determined by the hand, not by what the player declares
Case Card -
The last available card of a particular value or suit
Cash Out - The act of
exchanging ones chips for money when leaving a game
Center Pot - Or "Main
Pot" The first pot created which does not include any side pots from players
going all in
Change
Gears - When a player changes his or hers style of play
during a game
Chase - To continue to play with a hand that is consider to be
of less value then at least one opponent
Check - To bet zero when its legal
in a particular game to do so
Check Raise - To
check initially then to raise later in the
betting round
Chip - A plastic disk is
used in poker to represent money
C-Note -One Hundred dollar
bill
Coffeehousing
- Talking between players in a way to manipulate another
player. Not allowed
Collection - An upfront fee to get a seat at desirable
game or tournament
Community Cards - Cards dealt face up on to the center of
the table which all payer can use to form their best hand
Complete
Hand - A
hand in which all 5 cards contribute to the fulfillment of the hand, or contains
4 of a kind
Concealed
Pair - A pair that a player has that are both dealt
face down. In texasholdempoker it would be having a hole cards be a
pair
Connector - Any two cards that are one apart in rank. An example in
texas-holdem-poker would be to start with hole cards of 4 and 5
Court Card -
A card that is a King, Queen, or Jack
Cowboy -A King card, or Cowboys to
describe a pair of Kings
Crack - Used to describe a potentially great hand
getting beat
Cripple - To have the cards in your possession that other
players would want to combine with the cards on the board. You have "Crippled
the Deck"
Crying Call - To complain while calling. A possible strategy to
keep others in the hand
Cut The
Deck - To randomly separate the deck into two
parts and place the bottom on the top so to insure the deck has no order
Dark Bet also Blind
Bet
- A bet that is made without knowing the value of your
cards
Dead
Card - A card that is not legally payable
Dead
Hand - A hand
that is fouled and is not legally playable
Dead Man's
Hand - A hand of two
pairs, Aces and Eight's. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot
to death
Dealer Button or
Button -A white disk that rotates around the table
to signify which player is in the dealer position
Deuce - A 2 card. Deuces if
its a pair of 2 cards
Discard - Describes cards drawn out of ones hand, or
Discards: the pile of used cards
Dog - Short for underdog
Dominated
Hand -
A hand that almost always loses to other hands that people tend to want to
play
Double Pop - When the second player re-raises a raise
Down To The Green
- When a player has gone all in, since there no more chips covering the
green table
Draw - The act of replacing cards in a hand
Draw
Dead -
Drawing cards to complete a hand that will still lose even if its
completed
Draw Out - To get a card that changes your hand from a loser to a
winner
Drop - Another word for fold
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