Glossary - p-s

Poker Term	Poker Term Description
paint	Face card.

pair	Two cards of the same denomination.

pass	To fold your cards.

pat hand	In draw games being dealt a made hand.

pay off	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.

pocket	Your unique cards that only you can see.

pocket pair	Two cards of the same rank in the hole.

play the board	To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make any better than shown on the board.

pip	The suit symbols on a non-court card indicating its rank.

pot limit	A limit on the maximum allowable raise. The limit is the Amount currently in the pot.

post	To put in a blind bet.

pot limit	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.

pot odds	The ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount it Will cost you to call the current bet.

price	The pot odds you get for a draw or a call.

protect	To keep your hand or a chip on your cards.

push	When a hand is finished and the winner is determined the dealer Pushes the winnings towards the winner.

quads	Four of a kind.

rack	A tray that holds a hundred chips in five stacks of twenty.

rag	Poor card that has no impact on the game.

rainbow	A flop containing three different suits.

raise	To call and increase the previous bet.

rake	Set amount of percentage that the house claims from each pot.

rank	The numerical value of a card.

razz	Seven-card stud lowball.

read	To be able to assume a persons hand based on their body Language.

redraw	A draw to an even better hand when you are holding the best Hand.

represent	To have the appearance of a certain hand.

ring game	A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament.

river	The last card dealt in a game.

rock	A very tight player.

river	In flop and stud games the last round of betting, Fifth street And seventh street card.

royal flush	10 A Straight Flush.

run	A series of good cards.

rush	Several winning hands in a short space of time.

scare card	A card that can turn the best hand into trash.

second pair	A pair with the second highest card on the flop.

see	To call.

sell	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.

semi-bluff	Like a bluff except that your hand might be good enough to Win if someone calls you.

set	Three of a kind.

seventh street	The final betting round on the last card in seven-card stud.

school	the players in a regular game.

scoop	To win the entire pot.

showdown	The point at which all players remaining in the hand Turn their cards over and determine who has the best hand.

short stack	Having fewer chips than all the other players.

side pot	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.

sixth street	In Seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting on the sixth card.

slow play	When you have a strong hand and pretend that you have a weak Hand to encourage others to bet more.

smooth	The best low hand with a high card.

splash	Throwing your chips into the pot before anyone can verify the Amount.

split	A tie.

split two pair	A two pair hand in which one of each of your cards ranks Appear on the board as well.

spread limit	A betting structure in which a player may bet any amount on Every betting round.

stay	To remain in hand with a call rather than a raise.

steal the pot	To make a strong bet when it appears that the other players have Weak hands causing all to fold.

straddle	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.

straight	Five sequential cards.

straight flush	Five cards with sequential rank all in the same suit.

string bet	A bet in which the player does not get all the chips required for the raise into the pot in one motion.

streak	A run of good or bad cards.

structured	Used to apply to a certain betting structure in flop games.

stud	Any form of Poker where the first cards are dealt down or in the Hole followed by face-up cards.

suited	Cards of the same suit.

suited connectors	Sequential hold cards in the same suit.