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.).
