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| Muck | To discard or throw away your hand. It's also a pile of cards that are no longer in
play. |
| No Limit | A game where players can bet as much as they like (as long as they have it in front of
them) on any round of betting. |
| Nuts | The best possible hand at any point of the game. A hand that cannot be beat. |
| Odds | The probability of making a hand vs. the probability of not making a hand. |
| Offsuit | Cards of a different suit. |
| Omaha | A game in which each player is dealt four down cards with five community cards. To
make your hand, you must play two cards from your hand and three from the board. |
| Open | To make the first bet. |
| Open Card | A card that is dealt face-up. |
| Open Pair | A pair that has been dealt face-up. |
| Open-ended Straight | Four consecutive cards whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either
end to make a straight. |
| Option | An option is a Live Blind made in the dark before the cards are dealt. If no one
raises, the "option" player may raise the pot. |
| Out Button | A disc placed in front of a player who wishes to sit out a hand(s) but remain in the
game. |
| Paints | Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
| Pair | Two cards of the same face or number value. |
| Pass | To fold. |
| Pay Off | To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the
best hand. |
| Picture Cards | Face cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
| Play Back | To raise or re-raise another player's bet. |
| Playing the Board | In flop games when your best five card hand is all five of the community cards. |
| Pocket | The down cards or hole cards. |
| Pocket Rockets | A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole. |
| Position | Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's
place in the betting order. |
| Post | When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot. (You must post the Blinds.) |
| Pot | The money or chips in the center of a table that players try to win. |
| Pot Limit | This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot. |
| Prop | A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill. |
| Push | When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player at the end of a hand. It's also
when dealers rotate to other tables. |
| Put Down | To fold a hand. |
| Quads | Four of a kind. |
| Qualifier | In High-Low games, it is a requirement the Low hand must meet to win the pot. |
| Rack | A tray that holds 100 poker chips in five stacks of twenty chips each. |
| Rail | The rim of a poker table or a barrier outside a poker area. |
| Railbird | Someone who hangs around a poker room who watches the games and/or is looking
to get into action. |
| Raise | To increase the previous bet. |
| Rake | Chips taken from the pot by the cardroom for compensation for hosting the game. |
| Rank | The value of each card and hand. |
| Rap | When a player knocks on the table indicating that he/she has checked. |
| Razz | Seven Card Stud where the lowest five cards win the pot. |
| Re-buy | The amount of money a player pays to add a fixed number of chips to his/her stack in
a tournament. |
| Re-raise | To raise a raise. |
| Ring Game | A "live" game that is not a tournament. |
| River | This is the last card given in all games. In Hold'em and Omaha, it is also known as
5th street. In Stud games, it is also known as 7th street. |
| Round of Betting | This is when players have the opportunity to bet, check or raise. Each round of
betting ends when the last bet or raise has been called. |
| Rounders | Guys who hustle for a living. This is also the name of a popular poker movie starring
Matt Damon and Ed Norton. |
| Royal Flush | This is an Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10) of the same suit. It is the best possible
hand in poker. |
| Satellite | It is a mini-tournament to gain an entry into a larger tournament. |
| Scoop | To win the entire pot. |
| Seating List | A waiting list. A player would put his or her name on this list if there were no seats at
the table at which they wish to play. |
| Second Pair | In flop games, when you pair the second highest card on the board. |
| See | To call. |
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