Noun

All of a particular player's chips.

EXAMPLE: "I won the showdown and added $30 to my stack."

APPLIES TO: Online and Land-based Venues

Noun

A pile of chips.

EXAMPLE: "I try to avoid looking at my stack or playing with it too much when I am nervous. I don't want to give any tells."

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Noun

A specific number of chips that are all of the same denomination, though not necessarily arranged into a pile.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The typical stack size is twenty chips. This is due to the fact that most chip racks hold five stacks of twenty chips each.

EXAMPLE: "I'd like to buy another stack of blacks."

APPLIES TO: Online and Land-based Venues

Verb

To arrange one's chips into a pile or piles according to their denominations.

EXAMPLE: "Wow, what a huge pot. I bet it'll take me five minutes just to stack it."

APPLIES TO: Online and Land-based Venues

Verb

To cheat by arranging the cards in a predetermined order.

EXAMPLE: "The dealer was caught stacking the deck."

APPLIES TO: Online and Land-based Venues