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--P-- |
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Paints |
Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
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Pair |
Two cards of the same face or number value. |
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Pass |
To fold. |
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Pay Off |
To call on the final round of betting when you may or
may not think that you have the best hand. |
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Picture Cards |
Face cards (Jack, Queen or King). |
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Play Back |
To raise or re-raise another player's bet. |
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Playing the Board |
In flop games when your best five card hand is all five
of the community cards. |
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Pocket |
The down cards of hole cards. |
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Pocket Rockets |
A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole. |
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Position |
Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore
establishing that player's place in the betting order. |
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Post |
When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot.
(You must post the Blinds.) |
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Pot |
The money or chips in the center of a table that players
try to win. |
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Pot Limit |
This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot. |
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Prop |
A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill. |
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Push |
When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player
at the end of a hand. It's also when dealers rotate to other
tables. |
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Put Down |
To fold a hand. |
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--Q-- |
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Quads |
Four of a kind. |
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Qualifier |
In High-Low games, it is a requirement the Low hand must
meet to win the pot. |
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--R-- |
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Rack |
A tray that holds 100 poker chips in five stacks of twenty
chips each. |
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Rail |
The rim of a poker table or a barrier outside a poker
area. |
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Railbird |
Someone who hangs around a poker room who watches the
games and/or is looking to get into action. |
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Raise |
To increase the previous bet. |
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Rake |
Chips taken from the pot by the cardroom for compensation
for hosting the game. |
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Rank |
The value of each card and hand. |
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Rap |
When a player knocks on the table indicating that he/she
has checked. |
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Razz |
Seven Card Stud where the lowest five cards win the pot. |
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Re-buy |
The amount of money a player pays to add a fixed number
of chips to his/her stack in a tournament. |
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Re-raise |
To raise a raise. |
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Ring Game |
A "live" game that is not a tournament. |
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River |
This is the last card given in all games. In Hold'em and
Omaha, it is also known as 5th Street. In Stud games, it is
also known as 7th Street. |
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Round of Betting |
This is when players have the opportunity to bet, check
or raise. Each round of betting ends when the last bet or
raise has been called. |
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Rounders |
Guys who hustle for a living. This is also the name of
a popular poker movie starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton. |
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Royal Flush |
This is an Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10) of the same
suit. It is the best possible hand in poker. |
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