| Ante: |
The initial
bet before you receive your cards in Casino Stud Poker. |
| Bankroll: |
Also known as
'roll' or 'wad' (colloq.) This is gambling money or risk money, as
opposed to the money you live on. |
| Basic
Strategy |
This is the
name given to the mathematically correct play for every match-up of dealers
hand against players hand in Blackjack. See
House
Edge&Basic Strategy |
| Case money: |
Emergency
money. |
| Chip: |
Casinos in the
U.K. require you to use chips to denote money. They are purchased at the gaming
tables and exchanged at the cashier's booth. |
| Cut: |
Casino Stud
Poker and Blackjack. Players are required to place the 'cut card' in the pack
of cards. Cards below this are moved onto the top of the pack. Its an extra
shuffle for security. |
| Cut Card |
A black
(usually) plastic card placed in a pack of cards to seperate top from
bottom. |
| Drop: |
Money
lost. |
| Double Zero |
American
roulette (not in the U.K.) uses a wheel that has 38 numbered slots. Zero to 36
and a slot marked "00" and known as 'double zero'. Edge against the player is
5.4%. |
| Down to the felt: |
 Totally out of money,
broke. |
| Full House: |
A five card
hand consisting of 'trips' and a 'pair'. |
| Juice: |
(U.S) See 'Vig'. Money taken as the rake in a game. |
| Ladies: |
Queens. |
| Layout |
Cloth on a
gaming table. Markings tell you where you can place your bets. |
| On tilt: |
Going 'on
tilt' is a bad reaction to an unlucky hand. The result is wild
play. |
| Paint: |
A Jack, Queen
or King. Picture card. Face card |
| Pair: |
Two cards of
the same rank. |
| Quads: |
Four of a
kind. |
| Rack: |
Plastic,
wooden or metal tray to place rows of poker chips. |
| Railbirds: |
Spectators.
Kibitzers. |
| Seconds: |
Cheating by
dealing the second card instead of the top card. |
| Single Zero |
Roulette wheel
in Britain only have one 'zero' as opposed to roulette in America and elsewhere
where you may find 'double zero'. Zero is always green. |
| Stack: |
20 chips in a
column, frequently used in Roulette. |
| Straight Flush: |
Five
consecutive cards of the same suit. |
| Trips: |
Three cards of
the same rank. |
| Vig: |
Vig is short
for the word 'vigorish'. Also referred to as 'juice'(US). This can be either;
the tax that the house takes (rake) in each hand of poker or the up-front fee.
|
| White meat: |
Profit. |
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