n
Alternative form of nines [(poker slang) A pair of nines.]
n
(poker) A straightforward, uniform playing style, often focusing on betting for value, folding weak hands, and avoiding bluffing.
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A form of jackpot poker in which a pair of aces (or better) is needed to open
n
Synonym of dead man's hand
n
(poker slang) A poker hand containing only a pair of aces
n
(poker slang) An ace and a two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker) Additional chips that can be purchased at specific times in tournament play.
n
(countable, poker) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
n
(poker slang) An ace and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see king crab)
adj
(poker) Having no further stake to wager, but remaining active in a hand.
n
Alternative form of all in [(poker) A hand where at least one player bets all of his or her chips.]
n
(poker slang) A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(card games) A particular variety of stud poker.
n
(poker, slang) In Texas hold 'em, the hole cards ace-king (unsuited).
v
To pay the ante in poker. Often used as ante up.
v
(poker, intransitive, rare) to ante up
adv
(poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”)
adj
(poker slang) Synonym of wired (“being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down”)
v
(poker) To raise after calling in the same round
n
(poker) The losing of a hand after being the mathematical favorite to win at the start of the hand.
n
(blackjack) A playing strategy that offers the highest return on investment to a player who knows only his point total and the dealer's upcard.
n
(poker slang) A seven and two as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight.
v
(poker) To place money into the pot in order to require others do the same, usually only used for the first person to place money in the pot on each round.
v
(poker) To be the first in a round to put money in the pot.
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The best possible hand in lowball.
n
(bridge) A box holding cards with calls printed on them, allowing a player to bid without speaking.
n
(poker) The larger of the forced bets, usually equivalent to the minimum bet.
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(slang, poker) A Texas hold 'em starting hand involving both a 6 and a 9 of any suit.
n
(poker slang, singular only) An ace and a king as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em. (Originally used to denote only an ace and a king of the same suit, the term now includes any ace and king.)
n
(bridge) A bidding convention in contract bridge, used to explore the partnership's possession of aces, kings and in some variants the queen of trumps, to judge more precisely whether slam is likely to be a good contract.
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(poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.
n
(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.
n
(poker slang) A relatively small bet, chiefly on the river, designed to discourage a player yet to act in the betting round from raising.
n
(poker) A small bet intended to discourage other players to place larger bets.
n
A high-value poker chip.
n
(poker) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.
n
(poker slang) A hand which can beat a bluff but not any hand better than a bluff.
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(poker slang) A full house.
n
(poker, often attributive) An open-ended straight or four flush.
n
(poker, slang) An ace and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
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(poker) A pair consisting of one hole card and the lowest-ranking community card.
n
(poker slang) A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.
n
(poker) An initial bet normally assigned on the first round of a stud poker game to the player whose upcards indicate the poorest hand.
n
(poker slang) A straight from ace to ten in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) Two pair tens and fours.
n
(poker slang) A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
v
(poker) To lose all of one's chips.
n
(poker) The player who is last to act after the flop, turn and river, who possesses the button.
v
(poker slang, transitive) To make a bluff, usually a large one.
n
(poker) A tournament where a player must purchase all of his or her chips before the tournament starts.
n
(informal) no-limit Texas hold 'em
v
(intransitive, poker) To equal the same amount that other players are currently betting.
n
(poker, derogatory) A player who consistently calls bets and rarely (if ever) raises, regardless of the strength of their hand.
n
(poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
n
(poker) The hands which the cards the player is holding prevent other players from holding.
n
(poker slang) Four of a kind.
v
(poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.
n
(poker) A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament.
v
(poker) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.
v
(poker) To check and then call a bet by another player in the same betting round.
v
(poker) To check and then fold to a bet by another player in the same betting round.
v
(poker) To check and then raise a bet by another player in the same betting round.
v
(intransitive, card games) To ante; to put into the pot the amount of chips or money required to continue.
n
(poker) The player with most chips at a given time in a poker tournament.
n
(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.
n
(poker) A hand where two or more players have very strong hands and one or more of them loses a lot of chips despite the strength of the hand(s) involved.
v
(poker) To exchange a high number of low-value chips (of one color) for a lower number of higher value (of a different color), but keeping the same overall value.
n
(poker) A hand of cards that is not yet complete but has the potential to become a powerful hand when further cards are dealt or shown.
v
(poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
n
(poker) Any of a group of cards of consecutive face value, useful in forming straights etc.
n
(poker) A bet made in a round of betting, after raising in the previous round of betting, usually with a weak hand.
v
(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.
adj
(poker) Than whom another player has more money available for betting.
n
(poker slang) A pair of kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A call made by a player with a weak hand because he or she already has a large amount of money in the pot.
n
(poker) The player who acts directly before the player on the button pre-flop.
n
(poker) An ace and an eight as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
n
(poker slang) Chips that a player who has since folded has put into the pot.
n
(poker) An amount of money that is large relative to the stakes being played
v
(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.
n
(poker) A version of lowball poker where the ace is the high card and straights and flushes count, making the best hand 2-3-4-5-7 (with at least two different suits).
n
(poker slang) A pair of twos.
n
(poker slang) three of a kind sixes
n
(card games) The way in which a player's hand is divided in suits, or in which a particular suit is divided between the players.
n
(slang, poker) A nine and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
v
(poker slang) To make a donk bet.
v
(poker slang) To make such a bet.
n
(poker slang) A poker hand where two different ranks could complete the straight, but the new card would not be the highest or lowest card in the straight. E.g. 2-4-5-6-8, either a 3 or a 7 could complete the straight
n
(poker slang) A poker hand where two different ranks could complete the straight, but the new card would not be the highest or lowest card in the straight. Example: 2-4-5-6-8, where a 3 or 7 could complete the straight.
n
(poker) A drawing hand in which there are two gutshot possibilities, i.e., two opportunities at making a straight, either of which needs only one card.
n
(poker) To make a blind bet pre-flop after a player as straddled which is twice the value of the player's straddle.
v
(poker, by extension, intransitive) To double one's amount of chips by winning an all-in pot.
n
(bridge) A pair of cards of the same suit, which are the only cards of that suit in a player's hand
n
(poker) Such a smaller bet
v
(poker) To play a drawing hand that is inevitably going to lose, no matter what the remaining community cards are.
v
(poker, of a player) After the flop or turn, to be able to win a particular hand, depending on the remaining community cards.
v
(poker) To improve a losing hand to a winning hand by receiving additional cards.
n
(poker) A form of poker where players can trade in cards for new ones and their cards are not shown until the showdown.
n
(poker) A poker hand which requires some specific cards on later rounds in order to become a strong hand.
n
(poker slang) A two and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
n
(poker) An empty side pot created when a player is all in and is called by at least two other players, but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot.
n
(poker slang) A pair of twos.
n
(poker) The position of the first players to play the current hand, such as: UTG (under the gun), UTG+1, UTG+2.
n
(poker) The maximum amount of chips in one's stack that is able to be wagered, after all the possible bets, raises and reraises.
n
(poker slang) A pair of eights.
n
Synonym of dead man's hand
n
(informal) A European Poker Tour event.
n
(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.
n
A non-targeted card that falls out from a card data deck, when a rod search is performed.
v
(transitive, poker) To cause a player to lose all their chips.
v
(poker slang) To make a full house on the turn or the river.
n
(blackjack) A form of hole carding in which a player peeks at the hole card as the dealer checks it.
n
(poker) Alternative spelling of five-card stud [(poker) a simple form of stud poker where each individual receives five cards]
n
(poker slang) Two pair, composed of fives and tens.
n
(poker) a simple form of stud poker where each individual receives five cards
n
(poker slang) A pair of fives.
n
(poker) A form of poker game where bets and raises can only be a single size as specified by the rules.
v
(poker slang) To make a flat call; to call without raising.
v
(poker) To call a raise, as opposed to folding or reraising.
n
(poker) A maneuver where a player calls on the flop or turn with a weak hand, with the intention of bluffing after a subsequent community card.
v
(poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.
n
(poker) The portion of the pot one expects to win, on average, by a bet that induces opponents to fold, rather than by seeing the showdown.
n
(poker) The small blind, the big blind, or the ante.
n
(poker) A hand that is one card short of being a full flush.
n
(poker slang) four of a kind, aces.
v
(poker) To attempt to pass off a four-flush as a flush.
n
(card games) The combination of the card immediately above and the one immediately below a given card.
n
(poker slang) A pair of fours.
n
(poker) A hand in which a player can remain without betting further money.
n
(poker) A situation where a player is guaranteed a tie but can still win.
adj
(poker, postnominal) Said of the three cards of the same rank in a full house.
n
(poker) A hand that consists of three of a kind and a pair.
n
(poker) The notion that a player should have higher standards to play against someone who has already bet (i.e., the player should play tighter, play fewer hands).
n
(idiomatic, poker, now possibly offensive) A poker hand in Texas hold 'em, consisting of two nine cards.
n
(poker) An ace and a nine as a starting hand.
n
(poker slang) A straight obtained by an inside straight draw; a poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight, e.g. 3-4-6-7 requiring a five.
n
(poker slang) A poker hand which is four cards to a straight, where only one rank can complete a straight. E.g. 3-4-6-7, only a five completes the straight; A gut-shot straight.
n
In a poker tournament consisting of multiple tables, the requirement that each next hand be dealt only after all tables have finished the current hand, to prevent players from stalling near an increase in the prize payouts, and/or when there must be a definitive player ranking.
n
(blackjack) A hand of cards that are worth their face value, i.e. without any ace being counted as 11.
adj
(poker) Containing only two players.
n
(poker) Involving two players. (usually said when there are only two players in the table; or, when all players except two folded)
n
(poker slang) A five and a seven as starting cards in Texas hold 'em
n
(poker slang) a call, usually on the river, made with a weak hand.
adj
(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
n
(poker) A hand which has no pairs and is not a straight or a flush. The lowest possible winning hand in poker.
adj
(poker) Describing a game in which the high hand and the low hand win.
n
(poker) The game Omaha high-low split.
n
(poker) A game where, instead of winner-takes-all, the highest hand splits the pot with the lowest hand.
n
(poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.
v
To join a poker game, quickly win several hands, then leave.
n
(informal) Texas hold 'em
n
(stud poker) A card (also called a hole card) dealt face down thus unknown to all but its holder; the status in which such a card is.
n
A poker variant consisting of five different poker variants, with the rules changing from one variant to the next after every hand.
n
(poker) Three twos. (three cards ranked two; a three of a kind of twos)
n
(poker, derogatory) A straight or straight flush hand formed by combining one or more low hole cards with the community cards, which is vulnerable to be beaten by an opponent using one or more higher hole cards to form a better hand of the same type.
n
(poker) The odds offered by the amount one must call against the amount currently in the pot plus the amount one stands to gain from future betting. (In contrast to pot odds)
n
An old game played with four dice, a double being referred to as "in" and two doubles as "in-and-in".
n
A form of poker where each player sees all cards but his own.
n
(poker) A straight draw where a card is missing from the middle of the straight, therefore only one rank can complete the straight.
n
(poker) A call made right after the last player bets or raises.
n
Alternative spelling of insta-call [(poker) A call made right after the last player bets or raises.]
n
(blackjack) A bet made after the deal, which pays off if the dealer has blackjack.
n
(poker slang) A three and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A pair of jacks.
n
(poker slang) A four and a five as starting cards in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) An ace and a ten as starting cards in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"
n
(poker) An unpaired card which is part of a pair, two pair, or three of a kind poker hand.
n
(poker slang) A king and a three as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) Two kings as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A pair of kings (playing cards).
n
A money pool used for a particular purpose, such as for a card game or for shared expenses.
n
(poker slang) A king and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
n
(poker) A voucher, issued to a tournament winner, that waives the entry fee or buy-in for a larger tournament.
n
(poker) The position of the last players to play the current hand, usually not counting the blinds, such as: BTN (button), CO (cutoff).
v
(poker slang) To bet into a pot postflop from the first betting position.
n
An American bar game based around guessing the frequencies of digits in the serial numbers of dollar bills held by the various players.
v
(poker) Before the flop, to call as opposed to raising.
n
(poker slang) A reraise which was made by a player who previously called on the same betting round.
n
(poker slang) One who limps (one who calls the big blind in the preflop betting round).
n
(poker slang) An ace and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
adj
(poker) Being a bet which can be raised by the bettor, usually in reference to a blind or straddle.
n
(card games) The lowest trump, usually the deuce; the lowest trump dealt or drawn.
n
(poker) A form of poker in which the lowest-ranking poker hand wins the pot. Usually the ace is the lowest-ranking card, straights and flushes do not count making the best possible hand being A, 2, 3, 4, 5 regardless of suits (in contrast to deuce-to-seven lowball.)
n
(poker) A measure of the health of one's stack: the stack divided by the sum of the small blind, the big blind and the antes of each player. The result (M) is the time (the number of orbits) it would take for one's chips to deplete if the player only passively places their forced bets and otherwise folds.
n
(poker) A poker hand which is already a strong hand regardless of which cards come in later rounds.
n
(poker) The pot that contains the chips bet and raised by each player, up to the same amount wagered by the player all-in with the least amount of chips. Further bets and raises form the side pot or side pots.
n
(bridge) Either of the suits of spades (♠) and hearts (♥), which rank higher than the minor suits (diamonds and clubs).
n
(poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
An extra card or set of cards that is allowed to play at the end of various card games.
n
(slang, poker) A pot that is split among the players because of a tie.
n
(poker) A pair consisting of one hole card and a community card that is neither the highest-ranking (top pair) or the lowest-ranking (bottom pair).
n
(poker) A conservative poker player who only raises the stakes on a good hand.
n
(poker) One who makes an incorrect call.
v
(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.
n
(poker slang) A king and a queen of different suits as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see marriage (poker slang)).
n
The sudden growth in interest in poker after Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 World Series of Poker Main Event.
n
(poker) A powerful hand (group of cards of a player), one that will rarely be beaten.
n
A game in which two (or more) players each suddenly display a hand showing zero to five fingers and call out what they think will be the sum of all fingers shown.
n
(poker slang) A jack and a five as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
v
(poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.
adj
(poker) Describing a game or table at which the players are committed to move to another game if a seat opens up in that game.
n
(informal) A North American Poker Tour event.
n
(slang) A hand in lowball poker where the highest card is a nine
n
(poker slang) A pair of nines.
n
(uncountable) A simple card game with a running total, players dropping out if they would be forced to bring the total above ninety-nine.
n
(poker) A player with an overly cautious and reactive playing style.
adj
(poker slang) Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.
n
(poker) A style of poker game where bets and raises can be as large as the player is capable of making them.
n
A declaration, in bridge and similar games, that a hand is to be played without a trump suit.
n
(poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.
adj
(card games, chiefly poker) Of two or more cards, not of the same suit.
n
(poker slang) Two pair nines and eights
n
(poker) Omaha hold 'em, any of several poker variants.
n
(poker) A variant of Omaha with high-low split (sharing the pot between the players with the highest and lowest hands).
n
A variant of poker where individuals each receive four private cards of which exactly two can be used to form a five-card hand, and five other cards are shared between them.
adv
(poker) Betting on cards that may come in the future.
n
A poker hand that contains two cards of one rank, plus three cards which are not of this rank nor the same as each other.
v
(intransitive, poker) To bet before any other player has in a particular betting round in a game of poker.
n
(poker) Four cards to a straight where cards of two different ranks could complete a straight. (E.g. 4-5-6-7)
adj
(poker) Of a straight draw, made up of four consecutive cards, thus able to be completed by either of two ranks of card.
n
(poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.
v
(poker) To hold longer than another player.
n
(poker) A bet which is more than standard for a particular situation.
v
(poker, bridge) To call a bet after another player has already called
n
(poker, bridge) One who overcalls.
n
(poker) A card higher than any other card or pair. Often used in reference to the community cards in Texas hold 'em
n
(poker) A full house that beats someone else's full house.
n
(poker) A pocket pair of a higher rank than the community cards on the board.
n
(poker, slang) A face card (king, queen, or jack).
n
(card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.
n
The jack of clubs in loo played with hands of 5 cards.
n
Alternative form of pinochle [(card games) A card game, similar to bezique.]
v
(card games, intransitive) Synonym of blue peter
n
(software engineering) A consensus-based technique for estimating development time (or other goals) in which participants lay down numbered cards to indicate their estimates.
v
(poker) To have as one's best hand the communal cards on the board. A player in such a situation can only achieve a split pot, since all the other players can also play the board.
adj
(Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.
n
(poker) Two hole cards of the same value.
n
(poker slang) A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.
n
(gambling) A disk-shaped counter that is used when gambling to represent money.
n
A die bearing representations of playing cards on its sides, rather than numbers of pips; used in certain games to generate a poker hand.
n
(historical) A design burnt into lime or other wood with a poker.
n
(poker) An impassive facial expression cultivated to prevent other players from determining whether one's actions in the game are the result of a quality hand, or of bluffing.
v
To become expressionless; to put on a poker face.
n
(poker) A tutting sound (with the tongue touching the front teeth) made by a poker player when seeing the hole cards. It is a deliberate exaggerated expression of sadness, considered a tell of having very good cards.
n
(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.
v
(transitive, poker) To pay (a blind).
n
(poker) A type of bluff in no limit poker, where an individual bets a small amount to suggest that she has a strong hand and would like to be called.
adj
(poker, rare) After the flop.
n
(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.
adj
(poker) Unable to fold as a strategically correct play, given the current pot odds (ratio of pot size to the cost of a contemplated call).
n
(poker) A form of poker game where bets and raises can be any amount between a fixed minimum and the current size of the pot.
n
(poker) The ratio of pot size to the cost of a contemplated call.
n
(card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win.
n
Alternative form of pre-flop [(poker) The period before the flop, particularly when players already have their hole cards.]
n
(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker slang) A club flush.
v
(poker) To make an all-in bet.
n
(poker slang) A pair of queens.
n
(poker slang) In Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em, a flop that contains three different suits.
n
(poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.
n
(poker slang) A three and an eight as starting cards in Texas hold 'em.
n
the surreptitious or premature removal of chips during a poker game.
n
(poker) A version of seven card stud where the worst poker hand wins (called lowball).
n
A type of poker tournament that allows players to purchase more chips during the course of the tournament.
n
(card games) A drawn game.
n
(poker) A raise of a bet which itself constituted a raise of a previous bet.
n
(poker) The odds offered by the amount one stands to lose in future betting when one has the worst hand against the amount one stands to win when one has the best hand.
n
(poker) A game where the chips directly represent money and players are free to leave at any time, in contrast to a poker tournament.
v
(poker) To improve one’s hand to beat another player on the final card in a poker game.
n
(chiefly derogatory) A poker player that wins a Texas Hold'em hand by making the winning hand on the river card.
n
(US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.
n
(poker) Ace-high straight flush; a hand consisting of the cards A, K, Q, J, 10, of the same suit. This is the rarest and strongest hand in poker.
n
(poker slang) A king and a queen of the same suit as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em (see marriage)
n
(poker) Synonym of royal flush
n
(poker, slang) A king and a queen as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.
n
(poker) The rule of multiplying the number of outs by four to discover one's approximate chance to make one's hand on the turn or river. Compare rule of two.
n
(poker) The rule of multiplying the number of outs by two to discover one's approximate chance to make one's hand on the river.
adj
(poker) Describing a situation where the last two communal cards make a winning hand for a player who was previously behind.
n
(poker) A deceptive play whereby a player with a strong hand bets weakly or passively.
n
Synonym of planning poker
v
(gambling, transitive) To respond to another player's bet with a bet of equal value.
n
(poker) A type of bluff where the bluffer believes that the bluff has some chance of immediate success and also that he or she has some chance of improving his hand to win at a showdown.
n
(poker, slang) Three of a kind, especially if two cards are in one's hand and the third is on the board. Compare trips (“three of a kind, especially with two cards on the board and one in one's hand”).
v
(poker, Texas hold-em) To enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.
v
Alternative spelling of set mine [(poker, Texas hold-em) To enter a hand with a low pair in hopes of flopping a set, i.e. three of a kind.]
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(poker) A version of stud poker where each individual receives seven cards, three face down and four face up.
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(poker slang) A pair of sevens.
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(poker) A relatively small quantity of chips relative to the stakes.
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(poker, of a table) Having fewer than the standard number of players.
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(poker slang) An all-in bet.
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(gambling) The chips or money placed in a side pot in a poker game.
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(poker) A pot separated from the main pot, containing the chips bet and raised by players, up from the amount wagered by the player all-in with the fewest chips.
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(poker) To be away from the table in the midst of an ongoing game, thus automatically placing one's forced bets and otherwise folding every hand when it is one's time to act.
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(poker) A type of poker tournament which has no scheduled start time and begins once a set number of players have entered the tournament.
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(poker slang) A pair of sixes.
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(countable, poker) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.
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(poker slang) An instance of slow rolling
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Alternative form of slow roll [(poker slang) To make a long pause before calling an all-in bet with a strong, usually very strong, hand.]
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(poker) An action which represents a strong hand as weak.
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(poker) The smaller of the forced bets, usually equivalent to half the minimum bet, depending on the variation of poker played.
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(poker) To call a raise, as opposed to folding or reraising, often to disguise the strength of one's hand.
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(poker) To bluff in draw poker by refusing to draw any cards.
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(blackjack) A hand of cards that includes an ace being counted as 11.
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A card game in which the spade suit cards are trumps.
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(poker) A hand where two or more players have hands of equal value, and the chips in the pot are split equally between them.
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(poker) A poker game where bets and raises can be any amount between a specified minimum and a specified maximum.
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(poker) The tactic of reraising a raiser and a caller to compel one or both to fold, often as a bluff.
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(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.
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(poker slang, of two or more players) To play an all in pot; to commit all of one's chips to a pot.
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(intransitive, blackjack) To stop hitting; to declare one's hand as final.
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(poker, slang) The lowest straight flush, ace-2-3-4-5 (all of the same suit).
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(blackjack) Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
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(poker) A voluntary raise made prior to receiving cards by the first player after the blinds.
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(poker) Five cards in sequence.
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(poker) A hand that is both straight (the cards are all in sequence) and flush (the cards are all of the same suit).
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(poker slang) Each of the three opportunities that players have to bet, after the flop, turn and river.
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(poker) A raise where the chips are put into play in more than one movement. Such a raise is usually illegal and counts as a call.
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A variant of poker where the loser removes his/her clothes.
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(poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.
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(poker) Any of several versions of poker in which some cards are dealt face-down and some face-up.
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(poker slang) To win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.
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(poker, of two or more cards) Of the same suit.
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(poker) A rule whereby players are only allowed to bet the money they have on the table.
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(poker) Tight (inclined to play only strong starting hands and fold otherwise) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
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(poker slang) A pair of tens.
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A variant of poker in which players receive two cards each, and five other cards are shared between them.
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(blackjack) The betting spot located immediately to the right of the dealer, which is last to act.
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(card games) A hand including three cards of the same rank.
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(poker slang) three of a kind kings
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(poker slang) A pair of threes.
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(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.
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(poker, video games) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck or losses).
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(poker) A player's allotment of additional time in online poker games.
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(poker) A pair consisting of one hole card and the highest-ranking community card.
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(poker slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).
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(poker) The act of bluffing on the flop, turn and river in the same round.
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(said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
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(poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
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(card games) A hand in which the best combination is two of a kind.
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(poker) A hand which contains two pairs.
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(poker slang) A pair of aces as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em
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(poker) To play at two tables simultaneously.
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(poker slang) A pair of twos.
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(poker) a bet which is smaller than standard for a given situation
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(poker) A card lower than another given card or pair.
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(poker) A full house that is beaten by someone else's full house.
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(bridge) A lead of a low card when holding the top card or cards in a suit.
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(poker) A pocket pair of a lower rank than all of the community cards on the board.
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(card games) To play a lower trump card than the previous one in a trick.
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(poker slang) A seven and a six as starting cards in Texas hold 'em
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(poker, slang) An open ended straight draw
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(poker) To raise the stakes of a hand of poker
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(poker slang) A poker hand that has four cards to a straight, where there are two different ranked cards that will complete the straight. E.g. 4-5-6-7, either a 3 or 8 could make a straight. It is used only when the player has not yet received all the cards she will receive for a particular hand.
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(poker) In the UTG position.
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(poker) A bet placed with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand.
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(poker) To raise with the intention of being called in order to extract more money from a likely worse hand.
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(poker) The percentage of hands where a player a player voluntarily placed money in the pot, if given the opportunity to do so.
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(poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.
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(poker) A ruling in which the opening stake limits are doubled for the next play after the appearance of a very good hand.
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(poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace, 2, 3, 4, 5.
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A poker chip of low value.
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(card games) An additional hand of cards dealt face down in some card games, to be used by the highest bidder.
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A handful of cards held by a player that beats all others in a card game.
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(poker slang) Being a pair in seven card stud with one face up and one face down.
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In the game of pai gow, a hand in which the double-one or double-six domino is used with a nine, making the hand worth eleven points rather than the usual one.
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(poker slang) Two pair fives and tens.
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(poker) Any of the series of poker tournaments held annually in Las Vegas since 2005.
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