Poker Glossary of Terms

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Calling Station - A player who calls almost any bet and doesn't fold or raise very often.

Cap - The maximum number of allowed raises in a limit game.

Case Card- The last available card of a certain value or suit.

Center Pot - The first pot created during a poker hand. Also called "main pot."

Check - (1) To pass without betting. (2) Another word for "chip", as in poker chip.

Check Raise - To check and then raise in the same round of betting.

Coffee Housing - To discuss current hand being played with the intent of providing misleading information.

Cold Call - To call more than one bet in a single action. When a player bets, another player raises, and a third player calls the two bets. This is a cold call.

Come Hand - A drawing hand (probably from the craps term).

Complete Hand - A hand defined by all five cards - a straight, flush, full house, four of a kind, or straight flush.

Connector - Pocket cards of consecutive ranks.

Counterfeit - To make your great hand worthless because of board cards that duplicate it.

Crack - A powerful hand is cracked when it is beaten.

Cripple -To cripple the deck. Meaning that you have most or all of the cards that somebody would want to have with the current board. Foe example, you have pocket kings, and the other two kings flop, you have then crippled the deck.