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| ABC
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A player who always plays his cards the same way.
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| ACE HIGH
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A five-card hand containing an Ace but no pair.
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| ACES FULL
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A Full House with Aces over any pair.
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| ACES UP
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Two pairs one of which is an Ace.
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| ACTION
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A player’s turn to act.
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| ACTIVE PLAYER
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A player still in the pot.
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| ADD ON
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The opportunity to buy additional chips.
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| ADVERTISE
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To make a bluff with deliberate intention of being exposed as a loose player.
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| ALLIGATOR
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Plays well under pressure or nerves of steel.
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| ALL IN
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Betting all of your remaining chips.
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| AN ACE WORKING
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An Ace in hand.
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| ANGLE
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Any technically legal but ethically suspicious way to increase your expectation at a game, a trick.
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| AMERICAN AIRLINES
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A pair of Aces in the hole.
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| ANTE
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Forced bet that players must make before seeing any cards. This guarantees money in the kitty for each hand.
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| BABY
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A small card.
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| BACK DOOR
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Hand made in the last two cards.
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| BAD BEAT
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Loosing when you have a very strong hand, usually to a very
unlikely draw on the last card.
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| BAGGAGE
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An onlooker of a poker game who is broke and cannot play.
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| BAIT
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A small bet designed to induce opponents to stay, bet or raise.
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| BANK
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The container of poker chips representing money in the game.
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| BANK ROLE
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The total amount of money you plan to gamble with.
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| BASE DEAL
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Dealing cards from the bottom of the pack rather than the top. A form of cheating.
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| BEAT THE BOARD
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A hand that can beat any exposed card or card that are shown in
any player’s up-cards around the table.
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| BEEF
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A complaint.
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| BEHIND
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You are behind if you do not have the best hand before the last cards have been dealt.
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| BELLY BUSTER
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An inside straight draw.
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| BERRY PATCH
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An easy game with many poor players.
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| BET
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To put money into the pot.
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| BICYCLE
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A straight, A-2-3-4-5.
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| BIG SLICK
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Pocket Ace/King.
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| BLANK
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A card that has no value.
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| BLIND
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Mandatory bet before each round. Usually the player two places to the left of the dealer will have to pay the Large Blind. The player to the immediate left of the dealer will have to bet half as much for the small blind.
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| BLIND OPENING
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Compulsory opening of the pot by a blind bet s in any for of Stud
And Draw Poker which has to be agreed upon by mutual consent at start of play.
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| BLIND RAISE
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When a player raises without looking at their cards.
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| BLOOD MONEY
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Money that is hard to come by.
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| BLOW
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To loose.
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| BLOW BACK
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To loose back one’s profits.
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| BLUFF
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To bet strongly whilst holding a poor hand making other players
Believe you have a strong hand and attempting to make players
Fold their cards.
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| BOARD
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The visible cards in a Poker game. These are the community
Cards in games like Hold-em and Omaha and the up cards in
Stud games.
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| BOAT
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Another form of Full House.
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| BOTTOM PAIR
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The lowest pair on the board in Hold-em or Omaha.
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| BOUNTY
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A small amount of cash awarded to a player when he knocks
Out another player.
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| BRICK
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A blank.
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| BRING IN
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To open a round of betting.
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| BROADWAY
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An Ace High Straight.
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| BRUSH
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Cardroom employee who handles the seating chart.
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| BUCK
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In all flop games a small disk used to indicate the dealer, or
Used to signify the player in the last position if a house dealer
Is used.
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| BUG
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A Joker that can be used to make straights and flushes and can
Be paired with Aces but not with any other cards.
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| BULLETS
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A pair of Aces in the hole.
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| BUMP
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To Raise.
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| BURN
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To deal off the top card, face-down before dealing out the cards.
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| BURIED PAIR
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In stud games a pair in the hole.
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| BUST
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A worthless hand that has failed to improve as the player hoped.
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| BUSTED FLUSH
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A hand with only four or five cards in a flush.
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| BURN
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To discard the top card of the deck. This is done to prevent
Anyone from being able to determine the next card.
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| BUTTON
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An acrylic white disk to indicate who is the dealer.
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| BUY IN
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The amount you must pay to enter a game.
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| CAP
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To put in the last raise allowed on a betting round.
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| CALL
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To match the current high bet.
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| CALL BET
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to make a bet without putting money into the pot.
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| CARD ROOM
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A closed of room in casino where Poker is played.
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| CALLING STATION
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A player who almost always calls and seldom raises.
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| CARDS SPEAK
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A rule that says the cards determine the best possible hand, not
The player. If a player has a better hand than he realizes, the
Better hand is the one that is used.
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| CAP
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The limit on the number of raises in a round of betting.
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| CARD MECHANIC
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An expert who manipulates cards for the purpose of cheating.
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| CARD MOB
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Two or more players working in a team to cheat other players.
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| CARD ROOM
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The room in a casino where poker is played.
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| CASE
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The last card of a certain rand in the deck.
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| CASH IN
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To convert your chips into cash.
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| CASH OUT
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To leave the game and cash your chips at the cage.
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| CAUGHT SPEEDING
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Slang for getting caught bluffing.
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| CENTRE POT
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The first pot created during a poker hand.
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| CHECK
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To not bet with the option to call or raise in later betting round.
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| CHECK RAISE
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To check and raise when player behind you bets.
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| CHASE
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To stay in against a stronger hand usually in hope of filling
A straight or a flush.
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| CHECK
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To basically skip your turn to bet. This still allows you to bet
Later in the round should anyone else bet?
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| CHECK RAISE
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To check at first then should anyone else bet. This is done as
A way to lure other players into betting when you think they may
Fold if you bet outright.
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| CHEESE
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A very substandard starting hand.
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| CHOP
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To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move
On to the next hand if nobody calls the blind.
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| CINCH HAND
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An unbeatable hand.
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| CLOSED HAND
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A hand that is concealed from the other players.
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| CLOSED POKER
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When all the cards are dealt face-down.
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| COFFEE HOUSING
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An attempt to mislead opponents about one’s hand by devious
Behaviour.
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| COLD
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If a player says his cards have ‘gone cold’, it means he is having
A bad streak.
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| COLD CALL
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To call both a bet and a raise.
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| COME
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Playing a worthless hand in the hope of improving it is called
‘Playing on the come’.
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| COME HAND
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A hand that has not been made yet requires one or more cards
From the draw to complete it.
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| COME OVER THE TOP
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To raise or re-raise an opponent’s bet.
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| COMPLETE HAND
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A hand that is defined by all five cards.
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| COMMIT FULLY
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To put in as many chips as necessary to play your hand to the
River even if they are your case chips.
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| COMMUNITY CARD
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A card dealt face up on the table that can be used by any player.
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| CONNECTORS
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Pocket cards of sequential rank.
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| COUNTERFEIT
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A card that does not help you but is likely to make opponents
Hand better than yours.
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| COURT CARD
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A picture or face card.
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| COWBOYS
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Kings.
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| CRACK
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To beat a powerful hand.
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| CRIMP
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To bend the cards in a deck so that a cheat can cut the deck at a
Certain place.
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| CRIPPLE
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To cripple the deck is when you have most of the cards that
Another player would need.
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| CRYING CALL
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When some calls even though they are almost certain they are
Beat.
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| CUT IT UP
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To split the pot after a tie.
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| DEAD MAN’S HAND
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Two pair, Aces and Eights.
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| DEALER’S CHOICE
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A game in which each dealer in turn chooses the
Type of Poker to be played.
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| DECLARATION
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In high-low Poker, declaring by the use of coins
Or chips whether one is aiming to win the high or the
Low end of the pot or both.
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| DEUCE
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A two which is the lowest rank card in high poker.
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| DEUCE TO SEVEN
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A two to seven without a flush being the best hand.
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| DISCARD
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Cards no longer required by players.
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| DOMINATED HAND
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Hands hat will always loose to a better hand.
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| DOOR CARD
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In stud games the first card dealt face up to the player.
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| DOWN CARDS
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Hole cards.
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| DOWN TO THE FELT
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Out of money.
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| DOYLE BRUNSON
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10-2 Hole cards in Texas Hold’em.
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| DRAW DEAD
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To make a hand that when complete will not win the pot.
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| DRAW OUT
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To improve your hand so that it beats an opponent who had
A better hand than yours prior to the draw.
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| DRAW POKER
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A form of poker in which players receive five cards and then has
Option to draw more cards to make a better pack.
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| DRAWING HAND
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An incomplete hand such as four cards to a straight in which you
Are drawing cards, hoping to make your hand.
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| DRIVER’S SEAT
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The player who is making all the betting and thus appears to hold
The strongest hand is said to be in the driver’s seat.
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| DROP
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To fold.
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| EARLY POSITION
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A position on a round of betting in which you must act before
Most of the other players.
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| EFFECTIVE ODDS
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The ration of the total amount of money you expect to win if you
Make your hand to the total amount of bets you will have to call
To continue from the present round of betting to the end of the
Hand.
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| EQUITY
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The value of a hand or combination of cards.
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| EVEN MONEY
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A bet in which you hope to win the same amount as you bet.
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| EXPECTATIONS
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The profit or loss you would expect to make on an average
Number of bets.
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| EXPOSED PAIR
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A face-up or open pair in Stud and community cards.
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| FACE CARD
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Picture cards.
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| FAMILY POT
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A round where everyone calls the opening bet.
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| FAST
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Aggressive.
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| FIFTH STREET
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The fifth card dealt in stud poker or the final card in games with
Five community cards.
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| FISH
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Poor player.
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| FIVE CARD DRAW
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A draw poker game in which the players start with five cards and
Then may draw to replace them.
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| FIVE CARD STUD
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A stud poker game in which each player gets one concealed card
A four exposed cards.
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| FLUSH
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Five cards of the same suit.
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| FLUSH DRAW
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Four cards of the same suit.
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| FOLD
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To give up your hand.
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| FOUL
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A hand that may not be played for any reason and may not make
Claim to the pot.
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| FOUR CARD STRAIGHT
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Four cards in sequence but not of the same suit.
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| FOUR OF A KIND
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Four cards of the same index.
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| FOUR FLUSH
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Four cards of the same suit.
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| FREE CARD
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A turn or river card on which you do not have to call bet
Because of play in previous hand.
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| FREE ROLL
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For one player to have a shot at winning the entire pot when he is
Currently tied with another player.
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| FULL HOUSE
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A hand with three cards of one index and two cards of another.
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| GET THE RIGHT PRICE
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The pot odds are favourable enough for you to justify calling
A bet or a raise with a drawing hand.
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| GET THERE
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To make your hand.
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| GIVE ACTION
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Betting, calling, raising or re-raising.
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| GUNSHOT/GUTSHOT
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An inside straight draw.
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| HAND
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A player’s best five cards.
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| HEADS UP
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A one on one poker match.
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| HIGH LOW
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A poker game in which the highest and lowest hands share the
Pot.
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| HIGH SPADE BET
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A side bet made in Draw Poker in which the hand containing the
Highest spade wins.
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| HIGH SOCIETY
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The highest denomination of chips in a particular establishment.
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| HIT
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To pull the card one is seeking.
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| HIT AND RUN
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A player who has only been at the table for a short while and
Leaves after winning big.
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| HOLD”EM
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A form of Poker in which players use five community cards in
Combination with their two hole cards to form the best five-card
Hand.
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| HOLE
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The first two down cards in Poker game.
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| HOLE CARD
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A concealed card in player’s hand.
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| HOME RUN HITTER
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A player who makes big plays that requires maximum risk.
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| HOUSE
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The establishment running the game.
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| HORSING
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Passing a small amount of money to another player after
Winning.
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| HOT
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Said of a player on a winning streak.
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| INSIDE STRAIGHT
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A hand in which you have four cards to a straight but missing
One in the middle.
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| IGNORANT END
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The low end straight.
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| IMPLIED ODDS
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The amount of money you expect to win if you make your hand
Versus the amount of cash it will cost you to continue playing.
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| IN
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A player is ‘in’ when they call a bet.
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| IN THE DARK
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To check or bet blind without looking at your cards.
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| INSIDE STRAIGHT
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Four cards requiring one in the middle to fill a straight.
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| INSURANCE
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Selling the outcome of the hand for its mathematical equity.
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| ISOLATE
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Bet strongly in an attempt to make everyone fold except one.
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| JACKPOT
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A special bonus paid to the looser of a hand if he gets a very
Good hand beaten.
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| JACKPOT POKER
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A form of poker in which the card room offers a jackpot for
Bad beats.
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| JACKS OR BETTER
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When a player needs a pair of Jacks to start betting.
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| JAM
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To bet the maximum.
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| JOKER
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The fifty-third card in the pack used as a wild card.
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| KANSAS CITY LOWBALL
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A form of lowball poker played for a deuce to seven low.
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| KEEP HONEST
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To call an op0ponenet on the river, even if you believe he has a
Better hand than yours.
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| KEY CARD
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The one card that will make your hand complete.
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| KEY HAND
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In a tournament the hand that proves to be a turning point for
Better or worse.
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| KICKER
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An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near-
Equivalent hands.
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| KICK IT
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To raise.
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| KICKER
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The highest unpaired card in your hand.
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| KILL
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A kill game is when a player may place extra bets causing
The betting limits to go up for that particular hand. The player
Posting the bet is known as the ‘killer’ and the hand is known
As a ‘kill pot’.
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| KNAVE
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A Jack.
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| LADIES
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Queens. Indicates the weak hand.
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| LAY DOWN
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To reveal your hand in a showdown.
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| LAY THE ODDS
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To bet more money on a proposition than you hope to win.
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| LEAD
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To be the first to enter the pot after the blind.
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| LIMIT POKER
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A game with fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals.
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| LIMP IN
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In the first round of betting calling the big blind rather than raising. This allows the big blind to see the flop for free and indicates the weak hand.
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| LIVE BLIND
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A forced bet put in by one or more players before any hands
Are dealt.
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| LIVE CARD
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A card that has not yet been seen in stud games.
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| LOCK
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A hand that cannot loose.
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| LONG ODDS
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The odds for an event that has a small chance of occurring.
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| LOOK
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To call the final bet before showdown.
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| LOWBALL
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A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.
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| LADIES
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Queens.
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| LOOSE
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A player who stays in more hands than most and stays in them longer.
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| MAKE A HAND
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To get a certain hand.
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| MAKE A MOVE
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To try and bluff.
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| MANIAC
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An aggressive player who plays hands that other players
Would not consider.
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| MARK
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A sucker.
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| MARKER
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An I.O.U.
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| MECHANIC
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Someone who cheats by manipulating the cards while dealing.
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| MEET
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To call.
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| MISS
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To not make your drawing hand when final cards are dealt.
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| MONSTER
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A hand that is almost certain to win.
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| MOVE
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To go all in.
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| MUCK
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Pile of discarded cards.
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| NIT
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To bide your time whilst waiting for a playable hand.
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| NO LIMIT POKER
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A game in which players can bet as much as they have in
Of them at any given round.
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| NUTS
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The best possible hand given the cards on the board.
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| ODDS
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The probability of making your hand.
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| OFF SUIT
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Cards with different suits usually referred to as Hole cards.
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| ONE GAP
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A hold-me starting hand in which the two cards are two apart
In rank.
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| OMAHA
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A flop game similar to Hold-em. Each player is dealt four
Cards instead of two and a hand must be made using two
Pocket cards plus three community cards.
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| ON TILT
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Betting wild or making poor bets.
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| ONE GAP
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Inside straight.
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| OPEN
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To make the first bet in a round.
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| OPEN ENDED STRAIGHT
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A hand with four consecutive cards. A straight which can be
Completed by drawing the fifth card at either end.
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| OUTS
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Any remaining card that will give you the winning hand.
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| OUTRUN
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To beat.
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| OVERCALL
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To call a bet after one or more other players have already called.
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| OVER CARD
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A higher card than any card on the board.
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| PAINT
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Face card.
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| PAIR
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Two cards of the same denomination.
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| PASS
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To fold your cards.
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| PAT HAND
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In draw games being dealt a made hand.
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| PAY OFF
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To call a bet where the bettor is representing a hand that you
Cannot beat but the pot is large enough to justify a call.
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| POCKET
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Your unique cards that only you can see.
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| POCKET PAIR
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Two cards of the same rank in the hole.
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| PLAY THE BOARD
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To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make any better than shown on the board.
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| PIP
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The suit symbols on a non-court card indicating its rank.
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| POT LIMIT
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A limit on the maximum allowable raise. The limit is the
Amount currently in the pot.
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| POST
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To put in a blind bet.
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| POT LIMIT
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A version of poker in which a player may bet up to the amount
Of money the pot when it is his turn to act.
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| POT ODDS
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The ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount it
Will cost you to call the current bet.
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| PRICE
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The pot odds you get for a draw or a call.
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| PROTECT
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To keep your hand or a chip on your cards.
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| PUSH
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When a hand is finished and the winner is determined the dealer
Pushes the winnings towards the winner.
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| QUADS
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Four of a kind.
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| RACK
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A tray that holds a hundred chips in five stacks of twenty.
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| RAG
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Poor card that has no impact on the game.
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| RAINBOW
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A flop containing three different suits.
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| RAISE
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To call and increase the previous bet.
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| RAKE
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Set amount of percentage that the house claims from each pot.
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| RANK
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The numerical value of a card.
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| RAZZ
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Seven-card stud lowball.
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| READ
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To be able to assume a person’s hand based on their body
Language.
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| REDRAW
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A draw to an even better hand when you are holding the best
Hand.
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| REPRESENT
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To have the appearance of a certain hand.
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| RING GAME
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A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament.
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| RIVER
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The last card dealt in a game.
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| ROCK
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A very tight player.
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| RIVER
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In flop and stud games the last round of betting, Fifth street
And seventh street card.
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| ROYAL FLUSH
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10 – A Straight Flush.
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| RUN
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A series of good cards.
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| RUSH
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Several winning hands in a short space of time.
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| SCARE CARD
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A card that can turn the best hand into trash.
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| SECOND PAIR
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A pair with the second highest card on the flop.
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| SEE
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To call.
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| SELL
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As in ‘sell a hand’. To bet less than the maximum when you
Have a very strong hand, hoping players will call when
They would not have called a maximum bet.
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| SEMI-BLUFF
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Like a bluff except that your hand might be good enough to
Win if someone calls you.
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| SET
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Three of a kind.
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| SEVENTH STREET
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The final betting round on the last card in seven-card stud.
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| SCHOOL
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the players in a regular game.
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| SCOOP
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To win the entire pot.
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| SHOWDOWN
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The point at which all players remaining in the hand
Turn their cards over and determine who has the best hand.
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| SHORT STACK
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Having fewer chips than all the other players.
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| SIDE POT
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If a player goes all in and there are two or more betters with
More funds that call. They may continue to bet. All future bets
Are places in a separate pot.
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| SIXTH STREET
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In Seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting on the sixth card.
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| SLOW PLAY
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When you have a strong hand and pretend that you have a weak
Hand to encourage others to bet more.
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| SMOOTH
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The best low hand with a high card.
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| SPLASH
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Throwing your chips into the pot before anyone can verify the
Amount.
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| SPLIT
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A tie.
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| SPLIT TWO PAIR
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A two pair hand in which one of each of your card’s ranks
Appear on the board as well.
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| SPREAD LIMIT
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A betting structure in which a player may bet any amount on
Every betting round.
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| STAY
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To remain in hand with a call rather than a raise.
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| STEAL THE POT
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To make a strong bet when it appears that the other players have
Weak hands causing all to fold.
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| STRADDLE
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An option extra blind bet made by the player to the left of the
Big blind, equal to twice the big blind. An effective raise which
Forces any player who wants to play to pay for two bets.
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| STRAIGHT
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Five sequential cards.
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| STRAIGHT FLUSH
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Five cards with sequential rank all in the same suit.
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| STRING BET
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A bet in which the player does not get all the chips required for
The raise intro the pot in one motion.
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| STREAK
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A run of good or bad cards.
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| STRUCTURED
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Used to apply to a certain betting structure in ‘flop’ games.
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| STUD
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Any form of Poker where the first cards are dealt down or in the
Hole followed by face-up cards.
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| SUITED
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Cards of the same suit.
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| SUITED CONNECTORS
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Sequential hold cards in the same suit.
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| TABLE COP
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A player that calls with the intention of keeping other players
Honest.
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| TABLE STAKES
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A rule in a poker game which means a player may not go into his
Pocket for money during a hand. He may only use the money in
Front of him into the current pot.
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| TAKE OFF A CARD
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To call a single bet in order to see one more card.
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| TAPPED OUT
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Broke or busted.
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| TELL
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Something a player will do that gives away their hand.
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| TEXAS HOLD’EM
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A form of Poker in which players use five community cards
In combination with their two.
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| THIRD PAIR
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In Seven-card stud, the first round of betting on the first three
Cards.
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| THREE FLUSH
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Three cards of the same suit.
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| THREE OF A KIND
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Three cards of the same denomination.
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| TILT
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To play recklessly.
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| TIGHT
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Conservative player.
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| TO GO
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An amount ‘to go’ is the amount it takes to enter the pot.
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| TOKE
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A tip to the dealer.
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| TOP PAIR
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The highest pair on the board in Texas Hold’em or Omaha.
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| TREY
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A three.
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| TRIPS/TRIPLETS
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Three of a kind.
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| TURN
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The fourth card in Texas Hold’em or Omaha.
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| TWO FLUSH
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Two cards of the same suite requiring three more to make a
Flush.
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| TWO PAIR
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A hand with two pairs.
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| UNDERDOG
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A person or hand that is not favoured to win the pot.
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| UNDER-RAISE
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To raise less than the previous bet which is allowed if a
Player is going all-in.
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| UNDER THE GUN
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First to bet in any given round.
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| UP CARD
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An open card dealt face-up.
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| VALUE
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Bet for value as opposed to bluffing.
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| VARIANCE
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A measure of the up and down swings of your bankroll.
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| WALK
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To be away from the table long enough to miss a few hands.
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| WHEEL
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The lowest hand in lowball, A-2-3-4-5.
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| WILD CARD
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A card designated as a joker.
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| WORLDS FAIR
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A big hand.
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| W.S.O.P
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World Series of Poker.
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