C

Cage – C
The casino cashier where you buy and cash in your chips.

Calling Station – P
A player that is almost impossible to bluff because they'll call most bets that you make.

Card Counting - C
In blackjack games, memorizing the played cards to establish when a conditional probability advantage exists on the remaining cards against the dealer so as to bet higher during those periods of advantage.

Case Card – P
The last card in the deck of a particular rank.

Chase
Trying to win back your lost money.

Closing Line – SB
The final point spreads offered before the game starts.

Cold Call – P
When a player that has no money in the pot calls a raise and a re-raise.

Cowboy
King of any suit

Croupier – C
French word for dealer.

Cover – SB
To win the game of event by the required number of points according to the betting line. Also known as covering the spread.

D

Dime
$1,000

Dog
The underdog according to the betting lines.

Door Card – P
The first community card seen on the flop, or first up card dealt in Stud.

Down to the Felt
Broke. Lost your bankroll.

Drawing Dead – P
Drawing to a hand that is impossible to win with because your opponent already has that hand beat.

Duck
Another name for a duece, or two of any suit.

E

Even Money – SB
A wager with no point spread.

F

Face Cards
Jack, Queen, King.

Family Pot – P
A hand where all of the players at the table are involved in.

Favorite
The team or player most likely to win based on the betting odds.

First Base - C
In blackjack first base is the player who sits to the far left of the dealer.

Fish
A sucker. A big loser.

Flush – P
Five cards of the same suit.

Futures – SB
Lines posted on games and championships which will be played in the distant future, such as the Superbowl or the World Series.