house" is the casino. The porters say he runs a braced game on the Century Limited. A "porter" takes care of the luggage on a passenger train. In this case, "braced" means unfair or corrupt, but this is never used. The Century Limited is a train that goes between New York and Chicago. $100 minimum, straight poker. And a lot of high rollers ride that train just to play with him. A poker game that is "$100 minimum" means that each bet must be at least that amount. "High rollers" are rich people who gamble a lot of money at casinos (They are much loved in Las Vegas). I’m going to check all the joy houses until I find him. A very dated term for a whorehouse, or house of prostitution. You’d be busting in on the chief of police just up the hall. "To bust in on" a room is to violently enter it by surprise, often by pushing down the door. With no fix, we’re going to need a con with a sure-fire blow off. This is Gondorff’s way of saying that they will have to create a plan (or con job) where the victim (Lonnegan) doesn’t know what has happened to him. It’s the tightest game we got, and it’s not all over the papers yet. In this case, "tightest" means the best, or most likely to be successful. If a news story is "all over the papers," its being widely written about. We’ll use the wire. I haven’t known a poker player yet who didn’t want to beat the ponies. Here, "the wire" refers to the telegraph wire that delivers information. A "pony" is a young horse, and thus this refers to the horse races. It will take two of us working the inside; Any objection to Hooker as second man? In this context, "working the inside" means to get into an organization and pretend to be someone you aren’t. An "objection" is the act of being opposed to or against a plan. We’ll give Lonnegan the hook on the train and play him here. A hook is a small metal device that can pull things, though here it is used to refer to anything that can seduce or attract a person. All you got to do is show up with a lot of money and look like a sucker. A "sucker" is a good word for a person who is easily fooled or tricked. Any of you guys passing bad money? A person "passing bad money" is trying to spend counterfeit money. If he comes in again, stall him, so I can get a look at him. "To stall" a person is to try and slow them down, or prevent them from leaving. Watch your step. There’s a dip down to your left. "Watch your step" is a way of telling a person to walk carefully. A "dip" is an inclination down, or perhaps a decline in a surface. That building at the end of the alley---Do you manage that? An "alley" is a narrow street found behind houses or buildings. All we’ll need is the bookie set up for now. A "bookie" is a person who places illegal bets. In this case, a "set up"
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