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Face
Cards - A King, Queen or Jack in a deck of cards.
Fade
- To cover a bet.
False
Cut - A cut leaving the deck in its original position.
Family
Pot - In poker, when everyone at the table decides to
enter a pot.
Fast
Company - Seasoned or smart gamblers.
Fat
- A person with a large bankroll. "He's fat". also- loaded,
deep pockets and on fat street
Fever
- A gambling habit.
Field
- Several horses in a race or contestants in a sports tournament
grouped as one contestant for betting purposes.
Field
Bet - A one-roll wager that the next number thrown will
be a 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, 11 or 12 in Craps.
Fifth
Street - In seven card stud, the third round of betting
is called fifth street because players have five cards. In hold
em , fifth street is the fifth card on board and the final round
of betting.
Fifty
Yard Line - The middle of the table.
Fill
- In poker, to draw a card that makes a 5 card hand.
Fill
up - In poker, to fill a full house.
Fink
- A stool pigeon or informer.
Firing
- A player who is wagering large amounts of money.
First
Base - The first seat nearest the shoe in Blackjack.
This position is dealt with first.
Fish:
An unexperienced player who does not know how to win.
Fishing
- A player who stays in a poker game longer than advisable generally
is fishing for the card or two that will make the hand a winner.
Five
Number Bet - A bet only possible on the double zero roulette
games which includes 00,0,1,2,3 and has the highest house edge
of 7.89%.
Fix
- To bribe.
Flat
Betting - betting the same amount on each wager.
Flat
Store - Any gaming operation that is dishonest.
Flat
Top - A slot machine whose jackpot is always a fixed
amount, as opposed to a progressive jackpot.
Flats
- Crooked dice which have been shaved to favor certain numbers.
Float
- The table bank.
Flop
- In a game of hold em, the three cards dealt face up in the
center of the table.
Flush
- In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of one suit.
Fold
- In poker, when a player declines a bet and drops out of the
hand.
Foul
- In Pai Gow Poker, a hand is fouled when the 2 card low hand
is set higher than the 5 card high hand, or when the hands are
set with the wrong number of cards. A fouled hand is a losing
hand.
Four
Of A Kind - Four cards of the same rank. Also known as
quads.
Fourth
Street - In 7 card stud, the second round of betting
is called fourth street because players have four cards. In
hold em, fourth street is the fourth card on board and the third
round of betting.
Free
Odds Bet - A bet made in addition to the Pass Line, Don't
Pass Line, come and Don't Come wagers which is paid at true
odds in Craps.
Front
Line - A casino term for Pass Line in Craps.
Front
Money - Cash or bank checks deposited with the casino
to establish credit for a player who bets against that money.
Full
House - In poker, a hand consisting of a three of a kind
and a pair.
Full
Pay - In video poker it's usually the best payoff schedule
offered for a particular game.
Fuzzy
- Odds of 15 to 1 on a winning horse.
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