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  1. Orphelins French phrase. Common in European casinos. It's a bet on a specific group of numbers on a section of the roulette wheel that are neighbours on the wheel…
  2. Orphelins (Orphans) most commonly found in European casinos. Orphan is when players bet on specific number of three, which are laid out close together on the wheel, but are…
  3. Oustide bet Bets on 1 to 1 even money (red/black, odd/even, high/low) and 2 to 1 (dozen or column) payouts.
  4. Out A card that will make your hand win. Normally heard in the plural. Example: "Any spade will make my flush, so I have nine outs."
  5. Outrun To beat. Example: "Susie outran my set when her flush card hit on the river."
  6. Outside bet when a player bets with even money (for example black/red, high/low, odd/even) and the payout is 1:1
  7. Outside Bets One of the 2-to-1 or even-money bets found on the outside of the roulette layout.
  8. Overcall To call a bet after one or more others players have already called.
  9. Overcard A card higher than any card on the board. For instance, if you have AQ and the flop comes J-7-3, you don't have a pair, but you have two overcards.
  10. Overpair A pocket pair higher than any card on the flop. If you have QQ and the flop comes J-8-3, you have an overpair.
  11. P.C. The house edge expressed as a percentage.
  12. Paddle Tool used to push the money into the drop box.
  13. Paint A face card. (Jacks, queens, and kings.)
  14. PAIR Patent Application Information Retrieval -- see Patent EBC for more provides secure access for customers who want to view current patent application…
  15. Palette A tool used to move cards on the table. Usually made of wood.
  16. Parlay To double one's bet after a win.
  17. Passe French term for High Bet.
  18. Past post A method of cheating where a player posts additional money to his wager after seeing the results of the hand.
  19. Past Posting Placing a winning wager after a decision has been reached. Usually done by capping a bet.
  20. PAT In blackjack, an unbusted hand worth at least 17 points. In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more hands.
  21. Pat hand A total of 17 or more. Don't hit pat hands. The area in the casino which is surrounded by the table games.
  22. patch A downloadable update that fixes bugs, improves stability and introduces new features to a program.
  23. Patience System A grind method of playing whereby the player waits for a certain number of decisions before placing a bet.
  24. Pay Off To call a bet when the bettor is representing a hand that you can't beat, but the pot is sufficiently large to justify a call anyway.
  25. Payout (Pay Out) The winning amount paid by the casino to the player.
  26. Payout or Pay Out the winnings the casino pays to a player
  27. PC Personal computer.
  28. Penny Ante A game played for small stakes.
  29. Perfect Pairs Is a blackjack side bet played on a standard blackjack table and does not require the main game rules to be changed.
  30. PET A NPC controlled by a player such as a Wolf, Infernal, and so on.
  31. Petite When the card total is 8. See Natural
  32. Pinching Illegally removing chips from a bet after an unfavorable decision.
  33. Ping Ping is a computer network tool used to test whether a particular host is reachable across an IP network.
  34. Pit An area consisting of a number of gaming tables.
  35. Pit Boss A casino employee in the pit who oversees the table games and the dealers.
  36. PK Player Kill or Player Killer.
  37. Play the Board To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make a hand any better than is shown on the board.
  38. Player Clocking - Watching to see which players have been winning and with what methods in order to use the Chameleon Strategy and mimic their betting patterns.
  39. Player Clocking when one is watching which player has been winning using Chameleon Strategy, and then tries to mimic their patterns.
  40. Player Hand this is the hand that opposes the bank hand, which receives cards and acts by itself.
  41. Playing conditions The rules variations in effect at a casino. Playing conditions include whether or not a player can double down after a split, how many decks are in use…
  42. Plug A shuffling technique that is sometimes employed in card games like blackjack where the game is often dealt from a multi-deck shoe.
  43. Plus/minus Another name for the Hi lo counting system.
  44. Pocket A small indentation in the shoreline, sometimes referred to as a pocket cove.
  45. Pocket Pair A hold'em starting hand with two cards of the same rank, making a pair. Example: "I had big pocket pairs seven times in the first hour.
  46. Point Count The total value of the count, positive or negative, at any given time.
  47. POP Contraction of "Repopulation", often used as a shortened term for the re-spawn of monsters.
  48. Positive Progression Any system of wagering where you increase bets after a win.
  49. Post After; later.
  50. Pot Odds The amount of money in the pot compared to the amount you must put in the pot to continue playing. For example, suppose there is \$60 in the pot.
  51. Pot-Limit A version of poker in which a player may bet up to the amount of money in the pot whenever it is his turn to act.
  52. Power of the Pen The ability to issue hotel comps to players on the part of some casino executives.
  53. Preferential Shuffling Shuffling when the remaining cards are deemed favorable to the players.
  54. Premiere French term for first and refers to the first group of 12 numbers in the Dozen Bet.
  55. Premium Players A casino term meaning big bettors or players with big credit lines.
  56. Press To increase the amount wagered, usually by doubling it, after a win.
  57. Price The pot odds you are getting for a draw or call. Example: "The pot was laying me a high enough price, so I stayed in with my gutshot straight draw."
  58. Proc Activate. Example: A weapon with a special effect will "proc" every so often.
  59. Protect (1) To keep your hand or a chip on your cards. This prevents them from being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally mucked by the dealer.
  60. PST Please Send Tell. Indicates that the person speaking wants to receive communication via a /t(ell) or /w(hisper) command.
  61. Pull Selectively start combat with a Mob, usually with a ranged attack, and then leading this Mob back to a safer area in order to separate them from other…
  62. Puller Person who pulls monsters for the party.
  63. Pulling One of the players in a party heads out and leads one or more of the monsters back to the party so that the party can attack the monsters.
  64. Punto this is the player.
  65. Push Refers to the player and the dealer having the same total. Usually the player's bet is returned when there is a push.
  66. Push/Tie When the player and the dealer have hands with the same point total. No money changes hands.
  67. PvE Player vs. Environment. Combat between players and computer controlled opponents.
  68. PvP Player vs. Player. This means for one player to attack another player.
  69. Quads Four of a kind.
  70. Quarter Bet A wager that one of four numbers will be hit on the next spin. Same as Corner Bet and Square Bet.
  71. Quarters Chips valued at $25. Usually green.
  72. Queen Theatre A term used in electronic roulette (touchbet roulette) because of the way the seating is laid out.
  73. queue A system where if a realm is overloaded, subsequent players trying to log on will be queued up in a first come first serve basis and allowed to log on…
  74. Racetrack bets Also known as 'Call bets'. The racetrack betting area is in front of the croupier on the table used for players wishing to make bets on sections of the…
  75. Ragged A flop (or board) that doesn't appear to help anybody very much. A flop that came down J ♦-6♥-2 ♣ would look ragged.
  76. RAID A raid is a large-scale attack on an area by a group of players.
  77. Railroad See Chemin-de-fer.
  78. Rainbow A flop that contains three different suits, thus no flush can be made on the turn.
  79. Raise To increase the amount of the current bet.
  80. Rake An amount of money taken out of every pot by the dealer. This is the cardroom's income.
  81. Rank The numerical value of a card (as opposed to its suit). Example: "jack," "seven."
  82. Rat holing Putting chips in your pocket or purse so the casino doesn't see how much you're winning.
  83. Rated Describes a player who's a professional. Card counters prefer NOT to be rated. Can also refer to a rating given by casino hosts based on the amount lost…
  84. Rating Rating means evaluating a company, security, or investment product to determine how well it meets a specific set of objective criteria.
  85. Rating Card The card used for rating a player.
  86. RE reexamination
  87. realm A server(s) that hosts a copy of the game. Each and every realm is distinct and seperate from all others and there are completely no interactions between…
  88. Red Bet An even-money bet that the next number will be red.
  89. Red chip $5 chip.
  90. Reds Casino chips worth five dollars.
  91. Regen Regenerate. To obtain HP and mana back via food and drink.
  92. Repop (POP) Repopulation. Refers to the re-spawn of monsters.
  93. Represent To play as if you hold a certain hand. For instance, if you raised before the flop, and then raised again when the flop came ace high, you would be…
  94. Res A thing; the subject matter.
  95. Resplit Splitting a second pair after receiving another pair after the initial deal. (Resplitting is often not allowed.)
  96. Rest (state) An indicator of how tired a character is, which affects how much experience is gained from killing monsters.
  97. Reverse An action of a higher court in setting aside or revoking a lower court decision.
  98. Reverse Martingale Betting System when using the Martingale betting system in reveres by doubling up after each win and not after loss.
  99. Rez Resurrect
  100. RFB Complimentary Room, Food, and Beverage.