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Quads |
Four
of a Kind |
Rabbit
Hunting |
Looking
through the muck for undealt cards after
a hand. |
Rag |
Poor
card that has no impact on the game. |
Railbird |
Spectator |
Railroad
Bible |
A
Deck of Cards |
Rainbow |
A
flop containing three different suits. |
Raise |
To
increase the amount of an opponent's bet |
Rake |
Set
amount or percentage that the house claims
from each pot. |
Ratholing |
Generally
frowned upon practice of taking money off
the table after winning some pots. |
Read |
To
be able to gauge a person's hand based on
their actions. |
Represent |
To
have the appearance of a certain hand. For
example, if the flop comes up with three
spades, anyone who bets heavily might represent
a Flush. |
Ring
Game |
Standard
nontournament poker game. |
River |
The
last card dealt in a game. |
Rock |
A
tight and aggressive player who folds often
and doesn't play a lot of hands. |
Rolled
Up |
In
seven card stud, three of a kind with your
first three cards |
Royal
Flush |
10-A
Straight Flush See the Poker Hand Rankings
page for more details. |
Sailboats |
A
pair of fours in the hole |
Sandbag |
Slow
Play. To play a strong hand as if it is
weak in an effort to lure opponents into
betting. |
San
Francisco Busboy |
Q
3 in the hole. (Queen with a trey) |
Scare
Card |
A
card on the board that could mean a monster
hand for someone. The fourth card to a flush
or strait for example. |
See |
To
Call |
Semi-Bluff |
Like
a bluff except that your hand might be good
enough to win if someone calls you. |
Set |
Three
of a kind. |
Short
Stack |
Having
less chips than every one else at the table. |
Show
Down |
When
all cards have been dealt and betting is
complete, player hands are revealed. |
Side
Pot |
If
a player goes all-in, and there are two
or more bettors with more funds that call,
they may continue to bet. Their future bets
are placed in a separate pot. |
Siegfried
and Roy |
A
pair of queens in the hole |
Slow
Play |
When
you have a strong hand, to represent that
you have a weak hand, to encourage others
to bet. |
SNG
|
Sit
n Go. Small tournament with no set start
time. Players sit down and the tournament
starts as soon as there are enough players. |
Snowmen |
A
pair of 8's in the hole. |
Splash |
Tossing
your chips into the pot before anyone can
verify the amount. |
Steal
the Pot |
To
make a strong bet when it appears no one
else has a good hand, causing everyone to
fold. |
Straight |
Five
sequential cards. For example 8, 9, 10,
J, Q. Suits can be mixed. See the Poker
Hand Rankings page for more details. |
Straight
Flush |
Five
cards with sequential rank, all in the same
suit. |
String
Bet |
Illegal
bet made by placing chips in the pot, then
going back to your stack for more chips.
This allows you to guage an opponent's reaction
with each chip amount. |
Suited |
Cards
of the same suit |
Suited
Connectors |
Sequential
hole cards in the same suit. For example
10h, Jh |
Tapioca |
Out
of money/chips |
Tell |
Something
a player will do that gives away the strength
of his hand. |
Three
of a Kind |
Three
cards of the same denomination. 4h, 4c,
4s for example. See the Poker Hand Rankings
page for more details. |
Tight |
A
conservative player who doesn't play many
hands. |
Top
Pair |
The
highest pair on the board in Hold'em or
Omaha. For example if the flop is 2c, 7h,
Ks, and you have the 10h, and Kd in the
hole, then your pair of Kings is the top
pair. |
Trips |
Three
of a kind |
Turn,
The |
The
fourth card in Texas Hold'em or Omaha. |
Under
the Gun |
First
to bet in a given round |
Walking
Sticks |
A
pair of 7's in the hole |
Wired |
Pocket
cards of the same rank. |
W.S.O.P |
The
World Series of Poker. Annual series of
poker tournaments held at Binions Horseshoe
Casino in Las Vegas. The final event is
a No Limit Texas Holdem tournament with
a buy in of $10,000. |
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