THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
Card Odds--The probabilities of being dealt or drawing to various hands
Cardsharp--A cheater.
Cards Speak--A rule that the value of a hand is based on what the cards are rather than on what a player
declares.
Case Card--The last available card of a particular value or suit.
Cash In--To exchange poker chips for cash and then to quit (Cash Out).
Casino Poker--Public poker played in gambling casinos.
Cat--Any big or little tiger or cat hand.
Catbird Seat--A position in high-low poker that assures a player at least half the pot.
Catch--To be dealt a certain card or hand ... usually a desirable card or hand.
Chalk Hand--An almost certain winner.
Chase--To stay against a better hand.
Cheater--A player who intentionally violates the rules to gain advantage unavailable to others.
Check--To pass without betting.
Check Blind (Check in the Dark)--To check without looking at one's own cards.
Check Cop--A paste palmed in a cheater's hand and used to steal poker chips or to hold out cards.
Check Copping--To steal poker chips.
Check Raise--To check and then subsequently raise in the same round of betting.
Chicago--Seven-card stud in which the hand with the highest spade wins half the pot.
Chicago Pelter--A kilter.
Chicken Picken--A game with eleven cards--two cards in hand and nine on the table in rows of three.
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