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The house edge expressed as a percentage.
- Browse Related Terms: Backtrack, Ball, Bottom Track, Boule (La Boule), Casino Advantage, Chameleon Strategy, Dolly, Even Up, Fair Game, Layout Strategies, P.C., Racetrack bets, Section Shooting, Wheel, Wheel Strategies
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Basically, the procedure for checking the cubic-inch displacement of an engine. The term comes from the manufacturer of the particular gauge used.
- Browse Related Terms: Cubic-inch displacement, Dyno, Gauge, Horsepower, P&G, RPM
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Tool used to push the money into the drop box.
Tool used to push the money into the drop box.
- Browse Related Terms: Bankroll, Comp, Drop, Drop Box, Front Money, Gambling Stake, Grind, Grind Down, Grind Joint, High or low bet, Layout, Money at Risk, Oustide bet, Outside bet, Paddle, Session Stake
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A face card. (Jacks, queens, and kings.)
- Browse Related Terms: A-J Bonus, Ace adjustment, Ace poor, Ace rich, Face Cards, Paint
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A tool used to move cards on the table. Usually made of wood.
The tool (usually a long flat wooden baton) used in the Baccarat game to move cards on the table.
- Browse Related Terms: Baccarat en Banque, Callman, Dealer, House Edge, Ladderman, Mini, Palette, Shills, Starter, Super Pan Nine, VIP
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Any of a variety of species of fish that resemble the shape of a frying pan, thus the name. Often applies to sunfish, crappie, perch, other small fish or small sizes of other species.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass, bluegill or bluegills, Cube' powder, damselfly, game fish or game-fish, IGFA, marker buoy, nongame fish, pan fish, Parr, parr marks, pike, redd, Sporting, strain, Taxonomist, warmwater
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A lateral bar that keeps the rear tires centered within the body of the car. It connects the frame on one side and the rear axle on the other. Also called the track bar.
- Browse Related Terms: Air Dam, Draft, Drafting, drag, Front steer, Panhard bar, Rear-steer, Slingshot, Sway bar
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A brand name of in-line spinner.
- Browse Related Terms: A.C. Plug, Bomber Long "A", Gamakatsu, Gizit, Hopkins spoons, KastMaster, Mepps spinners, Panther Martins, Pencil Poppers, Pop-R, Power Bait, Power Worms, Power Craw, Power Eggs, Power Grubs, Power Worms, Rapala, Rat-L-Trap, Rooster Tails, Shad Rap, Super Duper, Z-ray, Zara Puppy, Zara Spook, Zara Pooch
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when a player places his bet on the table and leaves it along with an added new bet, ready for the next spin.
To double one's bet after a win.
- Browse Related Terms: Black Bet, Even Bet, High Bet, Line Bet, Low Bet, No Action, Odd Bet, Parlay, Quarter Bet, Red Bet, Split Bet, Street Bet, Take Down, Visual Wheel Tracking, Wheel Clocking
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Small juvenile of the trout or salmon family. Characterized by parr marks, which are pronounced, wide, vertical bars on the sides of these fish until they mature.
- Browse Related Terms: Bass, bluegill or bluegills, Cube' powder, damselfly, game fish or game-fish, IGFA, marker buoy, nongame fish, pan fish, Parr, parr marks, pike, redd, Sporting, strain, Taxonomist, warmwater
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A method of cheating where a player posts additional money to his wager after seeing the results of the hand.
- Browse Related Terms: Banker, Dealing seconds, Early surrender, Eye in the Sky, False shuffle, Late surrender, Past post, Pit Boss, Shill, shiner, Spooking, Toke
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Placing a winning wager after a decision has been reached. Usually done by capping a bet. Doing this is a good way to get thrown out of the casino and/or spend some time in jail.
Placing a winning wager after a decision has been reached.
- Browse Related Terms: Action, Action Player, Flat Bettor, Gland Martingale, Past Posting, Patience System, Session, Short Odds, Six number bet
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In blackjack, an unbusted hand worth at least 17 points. In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more hands.
- Browse Related Terms: Blackjack, Break, Bust, Bust/Break, Deal, Draw, Hard total, HIT, Mechanic, Natural, Pat, Pat hand, Standing Hand, Stiff hand
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Patrolling monster
- Browse Related Terms: ADD, Creep, Drop Loot, Named, NBG, Ninja, Pat, Puller, Small Pets, Taunt, Train
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A total of 17 or more. Don't hit pat hands. The area in the casino which is surrounded by the table games.
- Browse Related Terms: Blackjack, Break, Bust, Bust/Break, Deal, Draw, Hard total, HIT, Mechanic, Natural, Pat, Pat hand, Standing Hand, Stiff hand
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A downloadable update that fixes bugs, improves stability and introduces new features to a program.
- Browse Related Terms: 1337 sp34k, Battleground, Flame, Griefer, macro, patch, PST, Troll, WC
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A grind method of playing where a player waits for a certain number of decisions before placing a bet.
A grind method of playing whereby the player waits for a certain number of decisions before placing a bet.
- Browse Related Terms: Action, Action Player, Flat Bettor, Gland Martingale, Past Posting, Patience System, Session, Short Odds, Six number bet
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Can describe where active fish are holding, or what techniques are working to catch fish, especially larger fish. For instance, pattern fishing could involve using shallow-running crankbaits on all the major points of a lake or Carolina-rigged worms on all main lake humps.
- Browse Related Terms: artificial lures and flies, California rig or California-rigged, chum, holding area, hump, Lure, night crawler, organic baits, pattern, worm-fishing (worm-fisherman)
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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. Example: "He played it exactly like he made the flush, but I had top set so I paid him off."
- Browse Related Terms: All-In, Center Pot, Family Pot, Foul, Heads Up, Overcall, Pay Off, Sell, Short Stack, Side Pot, Slow Play, Smooth Call, Split Pot