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C
Call
When a player chooses to match the previous bet.
Call Cold
To call both a bet and raise(s).
Cap
To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of
betting.
Cardroom
The room or space in a casino where poker is played.
Case Chips
A player's last chips.
Cash Out
To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.
Check
When it's a player's turn to act and there has been no action in front of
them and he opts not to bet, he "checks."
Check-Raise
When a player first checks and then raises in a betting round.
Chop
To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the
next hand if no other players call. It also means to "split the
pot".
Collusion
When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.
Community Cards
Cards that are face-up and used by all players.
Cowboys
Two Kings.
D
Dead Man's Hand
Two pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while
playing this hand).
Door Card
This is the first exposed card, or "up" card, in a player's hand
in Stud games.
Down Card
Hole cards. Cards that are dealt face down.
Doyle Brunson
It's a Holdem hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world
championship two years in a row on the final hand with these cards).
Draw Lowball
Form of poker where each player is dealt five cards with the option of
discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones and the low hand
wins.
Draw Poker
Form of poker where each player is dealt five cards down with the option
of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones to attempt to
make a better hand.
Drop
Fold.
Ducks
A pair of Twos.
Deuces
A pair of Twos.
E
Early Position
Position on a round of betting where the player must act before most of
the other players at the table. (It's considered the two positions located
to the left of the Blinds.)
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