House Player ( poker )



1) A shill (A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses.
Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going.)

2) A stake player (A player given house chips to play for the purpose of starting a game that would otherwise be short,
or to keep a game that is becoming short from breaking up. A stake player keeps half his profits
(after returning to the house the amount given him when he was first put in), usually at the end of a shift, but absorbs none of the losses.
When he receives his share of the profits, this is the split-out. ).

3) Sometimes a proposition player (An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is to
keep enough players at a table to prevent breaking up the game for lack of players.
Unlike shills "props" make a small hourly wage but play with their own money,
winning or losing based on their skill.).