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Poker slang lingo, part 4 continues this gamerisms glossary dedicated to allpoker slang, lingo at gamerisms passionate poker players.
This section includes poker slang lingo and terms that are unique to this popular casino strategy game. For example, Overpair, Play on Your Belly, Rock, Rush and Scoot.

Poker Slang Lingo: N - O
  • No-limit: poker lingo for wide open betting based on each players chips in hand.
  • Nuts: the best of hands in the game thus far.
  • Odds: calculated probability of winning a specific hand.
  • Off-suit: cards that are not of the same suit.
  • On the Finger: monies received on credit.
  • On Tilt: going into wild play mode after a bad hand.
  • Open: player who makes the first bet in a round.
  • Outdraw: refers to receiving a better hand by drawing more cards.
  • Outs: refers to unseen cards left in the deck that could result in a better hand.
  • Overpair: refers to a higher pair than the best card on the board in flop games. Example: You hold KK and the flop is J94.
Poker Slang Lingo: P - Q
  • Pair: refers to two cards of the same rank—AA.
  • Pass: refers to no betting or folding.
  • Passive Play: player who is not likely to bet and raise.
  • Pat: this hand is it, no further cards required.
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  • Playback: action whereby a player raises an opening bet.
  • Playing the Rush: refers to a player who 'is on a roll' of good cards and pots won.
  • Play on your Belly: refers to legal play, no cheating.
  • Position: poker term for a player's position at the table in reference to betting. Example: early position means that player is the first to bet.
  • Post: to bet or wager chips in the pot or a position directly in front of you at the table.
  • Pot: winning hand(s) take the spoils, either all the money in the middle of the table or a share of the pot in certain games.
  • Pot-limit: refers to the maximum bet/raise that is of no greater value than the total pot. 
  • Pot Odds: refers to amount of money in the pot versus the amount of money required to call a bet.
  • Proposition Player/Shill: refers to the casino/card room hired help whose duties include filling up tables or jump-starting games.
  • Protect: poker lingo for increased betting or otherwise attempting to eliminate players who could outdraw your hand.
  • Quads: four of a kind—a very sweet hand. Example: 4 queens.
  • Qualifier: refers to the minimum standard a hand must meet to qualify for all or part of the pot. Example: with Caribbean stud poker, the dealer must have a minimum hand of ace/king to qualify and continue the round.
Poker Slang Lingo: R
  • Rabbits: poker jargon used for weak or amateur players.
  • Rack: poker slang lingo for tray that holds poker chips.
  • Raise: poker term for wagering more than the last bet thereby increasing the bet for other players in the game.
  • Railbirds: spectators or lookie-lous watching the action.
  • Rank: value of a set of cards.
  • Rake: a percentage and/or flat fee deducted from the pot after each betting round for the casino services. These services include a dealer and equipment.
  • River: poker term for the last cards dealt in a game of Holdem, Omaha or 7-card Stud. 
  • Read: skillful players use this method to predict cards held by other players.
  • Re-buy: purchasing additional chips after initial buy, if tournament rules allow.
  • Riffling or Zipping: method used to shuffle cards before dealing.
  • Road Gang: poker jargon for a gang of cheating players.
  • Rock: player who raises or folds and rarely calls, thus playing few hands.
  • Rock Garden: poker lingo for a game consisting of tight players.
  • Round: can mean either a betting round or round of poker hands.
  • Rounder: skillful player who makes a comfortable living playing poker—a dream job for many poker players.
  • Round of Play: a segment of game play that includes dealing, betting and a declared winner.
  • Royal Flush: the best of the best, sequence of AKQJ10, all in the same suit.
  • Running: you receive the cards you need from the last two cards dealt.
  • Rush: poker lingo for a big win quickly—truly a rush.
Poker Slang Lingo: S
  • Sailboats: poker jargon for a pair of fours starting hand.
  • Sandbag: strategy used to check and then raise the opener to increase the pot.
  • Schoolboy Draw: amateur draw, not using sound judgment.
  • Scoot: poker lingo for sending some pot winning chips to another player.
  • Semi-bluff: the difference from a bluff is that a semi-bluff has a higher certainty of a win.
  • Sequence: refers to cards of consecutive value, example: 56789 straight.
  • Session: term for time span for poker games played.
  • Set: refers to 3-of-a-kind to include two in the hole or a method of play for paigow poker whereby cards are set into two hands of low-hand=2 cards and high hand=5-card.
  • Shiner: cheaters use these mirror-like devices to view unexposed cards.
  • Shorthanded: refers to a game where there are only a few players.
  • Short Pair: refers to a pair that is lower than the openers.
  • Short Stack: situation where a player does not have sufficient chips to cover the betting at the table.
  • Short Stud: poker slang lingo for 5 rather than 7-card stud poker.
  • Shotgun: game where betting begins once the third card is dealt.
  • Shove them Along: version of 5-card stud poker where every player can either play the first upcard or pass to the next player.
  • Showdown: poker term to describe the end of betting where a winner ispoker slang, lingo and jargon declared by a show of hands by the remaining players.
  • Shuffle/Shuffling: mix up those cards before starting another game.
  • Side Pot: occurs when a player is unable to match the bet made, but continues play of the game. This pot is for players who have the funds and want to bet more. Winner of the side pot goes to the best hand from the players who participated.
  • Slowplay: strategy to under bet an excellent hand.
  • Slowroll: don't you just hate those players who ever so slowly, roll out their hand while the other participating players await the result?
  • Smooth Call: method of holding back a raise in order to call additional bets with a very good hand.
  • Snap Off: you call the bluffer and beat him/her with a not-so-hot-hand—'tis a sweet deal.
  • Snarker: player who wins and taunts the loser—bad manners and strategy rolled into one.
  • Soft Play: poker lingo for intentionally going easy on a player.
  • Splash the Pot: player who tosses chips in rather than putting them in front.
  • Spread Limit: poker term for fixed minimum-maximum bets allowed per round.
  • Squeeze Bet or Squeeze Raise: poker term for a third player with a weak hand who is in the middle of the squeeze and it's costing him/her because of the larger bets made by other players with better hands.
  • Stack: poker term for total of all your chips.
  • Steal: winning the pot by bluffing—a card sharp's specialty.
  • Stonewall: player who remains to the bitter end holding a weak hand.
  • Straight: refers to 5-card sequence, example: 78910J.
  • Straight Draw: refers to the game of draw poker that does not require openers.
  • Straight Flush: beauty of a hand that has 5-cards of consecutive rank and are the same suit, example=78910J of clubs.
  • Streak: run of either winning or losing hands—what streak do you prefer :-)
  • Stringer: poker slang lingo for a straight.
  • Stripping: refers to a method of shuffling/changing the order of the cards in a deck.
  • Suicide King: poker lingo for the King of Hearts as the card displays a sword poised to the head.
  • Suit: refers to the 4 suits in a deck of cards—clubs, spades, hearts and diamonds.
Poker Slang Lingo: T
  • Table Stakes: we are talking money here in reference to the amount a player places on the table that cannot be changed during the hand.
  • Talon: poker slang lingo for the rest of the deck after the deal.
  • Tap or Tap Out: you have bet all your money and if you lose, you are tapped out.
  • Tell or Tell play: refers to a player giving out signals or 'telling' about his/her hand.
  • Thirty days or Thirty miles: poker jargon for 3 tens.
  • Three of a kind: 3 cards of the same rank, AAA.
  • Tierce: refers to a three-card straight flush.
  • Tiger: poker lingo for a low hand to include 23456 or 7.
  • Tight Player: poker term for a cautious player who rarely bets on weak hands.
  • Trap: poker lingo for a situation where a player may have to call a big raise to stay in the game.
  • Trey: refers to the 3-card with 3 pips.
  • Two-card Poker: version where the best 2 cards are winners.
  • Two Pair: refers to a 5-card hand that includes two different pairs, QQ773.
Poker Slang Lingo: U - Z
  • Underdog: card contest wherein the underdog is usually the loser.
  • Under the Gun: refers to the first player's action once the blind bets are completed.
  • Unlimited Poker: no bet or raise limits in this game.
  • Washing the Cards: the dealer blends the deck of cards in a circular motion with both hands before a shuffle is performed.
  • White Meat: poker slang lingo for profit or money made with the game of poker.
  • Wild Card:  card(s) that can sub for any other card to improve your hand.
  • World Series of Poker WSOP: the granddaddy of all poker tournaments played at Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Vegas yearly. A gold bracelet awaits the winner.
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