Poker terms starting with C

17 terms

  1. Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
  2. 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.
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. 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."
  6. 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…
  7. 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.
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. Come Hand A drawing hand (probably from the craps term).
  11. 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.
  12. Complete Hand A hand that is defined by all five cards - a straight, flush, full house or straight flush.
  13. connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
  14. Copies this is the term used for a tie. In the case of this the winnings go to the banker.
  15. 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.
  16. 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."
  17. 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.