Games terms starting with C

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Cage Where the casino cashier is located.
Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
Call bets Also known as 'Roulette Announced Bets'. Used in French and European roulette tables and common in most UK casinos with single-zero wheel American…
Calling Station A weak-passive player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much. This is the kind of player you like to have in your game.
Callman this is the dealer who runs or calls the game.
Camouflage Any strategy meant to cover up card counting.
Cancellation Betting System A betting system using a series of numbers that cancels numbers after winning a bet and adds numbers after losing a bet.
Cap A cap is a ceiling, or the highest level to which something can go. For example, an interest rate cap limits the amount by which an interest rate can be…
Capping a Bet Illegally adding more chips to a bet that has already won. It is a form of Past Posting.
Card Counting A strategy for getting the edge at blackjack by tracking the ratio of high cards to low cards that have already been played.
Card Sharp A person who is an expert at cards.
Carebear Player that prefers to help other players attack monsters rather than attack other players in player vs. player combat.
Carte Used to request a card from the dealer.
CASE The last card of a certain rank in the deck. Example: "The flop came J-8-3; I've got pocket jacks, he's got pocket 8's, and then the case eight falls on…
Casino Advantage The edge, usually shown as a percentage, that the house has over the player. Also called House Edge or Vig.
Casino Host The person responsible for seeing that high rollers are treated with the dignity and graciousness their wallets merit.
Casino Manager The person responsible for seeing that the games of a given casino are handled properly.
Caster A character that stays on the back row to heal or cast spells on the enemy, such as a Mage.
Center Pot The first pot created during a poker hand, as opposed to one or more "side" pots created if one or more players goes all-in. Also "main pot."
Chameleon Strategy Looking for players who have been winning and then mimicking their betting patterns in the hope that they will continue to be lucky, have found biased…
Charlie or Five Card Charlie A blackjack rule variation where if you get 5 cards without busting, you win that hand.
Chasing Loses when a player increases his bets so that he is able to get back what he has lost. This may not be a good way to play the game.
Chasing Losses Increasing your bets in order to recoup what you've lost. Not a good way to play.
Check A written order instructing a financial institution to pay immediately on demand a specified amount of money from the check writer's account to the person…
Check Rack The tray that hold the chips for a game. Also, known as a chip rack or chip tray.
Check Raise To check and then raise when a player behind you bets. Occasionally you will hear people say this is not fair or ethical poker. Piffle.
Checks Another name for chips. Typically, this name is used only by casino operators and employees, and using it may draw undue suspicion to yourself, especially…
Cheese To exploit an imbalance in the game.
Chemin de-fer - French for "Railroad." The European Baccarat variation where one player plays the bank, deals all the cards, and takes all the bets.
Cheval French for Split bet.
Chip/Check A casino term for tokens used instead of money.
Choppy Game A game where neither the player nor the house has been winning consistently. Or, a game where no discernible streaks nor patterns have been appearing.
Clocking There are two forms of Clocking -- Wheel Clocking and Player Clocking. See those terms defined separately in this document.
Co-banking an option that may be available in some casinos whereby a player and the house are 50%-50% partners as the bank; house rules vary
Cold Call To call more than one bet in a single action. For instance, suppose the first player to act after the big blind raises.
Cold deck Refers to a deck with a bad ratio of cards for the player.
Cold Table Any table where you and/or other players have been losing.
Colonne The French term for Column Bet.
Color Up To exchange lower denomination chips for higher denomination chips.
Color Up/Out To exchange smaller denomination chips for larger denomination chips.
Column Bet A bet on one of the columns of 12 numbers on the layout.
Combat Pets A NPC controlled by a player, aiding that player and his teammates in fights.
Combination Bet A bet with one chip or more chips on two or more numbers.
Come Hand A drawing hand (probably from the craps term).
Community Cards Cards that are presented face-up in the middle of the poker table and shared among players in games like Hold'em and Omaha.
Comp Free food, room, beverage, and travel offered by casinos to encourage big players to gamble more.
Complete Hand A hand that is defined by all five cards - a straight, flush, full house or straight flush.
connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
Cooldown The waiting time before a spell, item or ability can be used again.
Copies this is the term used for a tie. In the case of this the winnings go to the banker.
Corner Bet A bet that four numbers in a given segment of the layout will win. Also known as a Square Bet or a Quarter Bet.
Corpse Camping The act of guarding a corpse to make it harder for the victim to get their corpse back.
Counterfeit To make your hand less valuable because of board cards that duplicate it. Example: you have 87 and the flop comes 9-T-J, so you have a straight.
Coup A round of Baccarat.
CR Corpse Retrevial
Crack To beat a hand - typically a big hand. You hear this most often applied to pocket aces: "Third time tonight I've had pocket aces cracked."
Credit Line A credit line, or line of credit, is a revolving credit agreement that allows you to write checks or make cash withdrawals of amounts up to your credit…
Credit Manager The person in charge of determining casino credit for the player.
Creep Monster
Creep Jacking A term from Warcraft 3 where players attack other players while they are already engaged in combat with neutral monsters.
Crew Personnel who man a game.
Cripple As in "to cripple the deck." Meaning that you have most or all of the cards that somebody would want to have with the current board.
Critters Monsters that don't attack back, like a bunny or deer.
Crossroader A casino cheat.
Croupier The dealer.
CTF Warsong Gulch Battleground
Curse A Spell or effect that makes a target weaker.
Cut To divide a deck into two parts.
Cut Card A plastic card used to cut the deck after shuffling. The dealer reshuffles the deck after reaching the cut card when dealing hands.