Texas Hold Em Glossary C
Call
Matching a bet amount.
Calling Station
A passive and loose player who does not raise much, but calls more than he or she should.
Cap or Capping
In a limit game, betting the last amount allowed before the maximum allowed number of raises is reached.
Capped
When betting is no longer allowed in a round because the maximum amount of raises has been reached.
Card Cap
An object (usually a chip) placed on top of your two pocket cards to show that you have an active hand. Also known as a "marker".
Cards Speak
The rule that your hand is the most favorable possible combination of cards, no matter how you call it.
Cash Out
Taking your money and going home.
Changing Gears
When a player switches his style of play.
Check
When no bets are pending, to pass your turn.
Check-Out
To fold when you have the option of checking.
Check-Raise
The act of checking, then re-raising a bet.
Chip(s)
Small round disks used in poker that respresent a certain dollar amount.
Chip Shuffling
A trick done by casino players where two stacks of chips are "shuffled" together with one hand.
Chop
1. To split a pot.
2. An agreement between the blinds in a ring game that if all other players fold, they do not pursue the hand any farther and take back their blinds.
Clubs
One of the four playing card suits. Formerly representing the working class.
Coffee Housing
Discussing a hand while it is in progress. Considered in bad taste in poker.
Cold Call
To call more than one bet at once as result of a re-raise.
Collusion
A form of cheating where multiple parties help each other in deciding the best course of action.
Community Cards
Communal cards dealt face up in Hold 'Em that all players can use.
Connected
Two sequential pocket cards. Examples : 10/J or 3/4.
Counterfeit
A verb that describes when two higher pair on the board reduces a pocket pair to nothing.
Cover
v. To have more chips than another player.
Crazy Pineapple
A variant of texas holdem where each player gets dealt three cards preflop and discards one of them before the turn card is dealt.
Cutoff or Cutoff Seat
The player to the right of the dealer button. Called so because that player often "cuts off" the button to steal blinds and position.