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World Series of Poker Dictionary - Poker(gambling)

spinule (iou) and Shill - Poker (gambling)


spinule (iou)



spinule noun. M18.
[Latin spinula dim. of spina SPINE: see -ULE.]
Zoology & Botany. A small or minute spine or spinelike process, esp. in invertebrates.
spinulate adjective bearing spinules or small spines M19.
spinu'lation noun the form or arrangement of spinules L19.
spinu'lescent adjective tending to produce small spines E19.
spinu'liferous adjective = spinulate M19.
spinulose adjective (a) = spinulate; (b) Botany (of the tooth of a fern pinnule etc.) prolonged into a hairlike point: E19.
spinulous adjective = spinulate M19.

Shill - Poker (gambling)


1) Someone who plays for the house, to help start Games or keep short or shaky Games going, to keep the live players (that is, those who are not shills) from leaving. A shill is different from a stake, because a shill keeps no part of the winnings, and is usually in the employ of the house or Casino. Shills often have to play according to shill rules. Shills are not common in California card rooms, where the function is more likely to be filled by employees helping get a game started, basically just filling seats till more live players come in. Also, game starter, house player, percentage player. An old term for shill is seat-man. 2) Someone who plays like a shill, that is, a no-action player. This is a derisive term used by Other players to describe a tight or otherwise conservative player. 3) Act in the role of a shill. "I usually deal for 40 minutes, and then shill till my next down."