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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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