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Taken from Phil Hellmuth's Play Poker Like the Pros
Rabbit Hunting (n): Looking at what cards would have come up, after all players have folded their hands. This is considered bad etiquette in poker because it slows the game down.
Rack (Of Chips) (n): Container that holds 100 chips. Sometimes players use "rack" to describe the amount won or lost.
Raise (v): Add a bet to an opponent's bet.
Ram and Jam (v): Raise and reraise as much as you can.
Read (An Opponent) (v): Make your best guess at what your opponent's hand is; try to determine whether your opponent's hand is weak or strong.
Represent (v): Pretend that and play as if you have a strong hand. "Huck Seed bet all his chips representing a flush."
Reraise (v): Raise someone who has raised.
River (n): Round of betting that occurs after the last card is flipped up in the middle. Also, the last card flipped up.
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Satelites (n): Ten-handed minitournaments in which players put up one-tenth of the buy-in to a poker tournament and last player standing wins a seat in the main event.
Set (n): Three of a kind.
Shorthanded (adj): Refers to a game with 4 or fewer players in it.
Slider (n): Someone who moves all her chips into a pot frequently.
Slow Playing (v): Underbetting a strong hand, in order to lure other players into calling.
Small Blind (n): The physical location for the small blind is just left of the button. It is usually half the size of the big blind.
Smooth Calling (v): Just calling someone else's bet when you have a strong hand, in order to lure your other opponents into the pot.
Stakes (n): Amount of money being played for.
Steal the Blinds (v): On the first round of betting, to make a raise trying to make the blind hands fold, thus winning the pot immediately.
Straight Draw (n): Refers to a situation in which you need two different cards that will make you a straight. For example, if you have 4-5-6-7, then you need an 8 or a 3 to complete a straight.
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Suit (n): Symbol appearing next to the number on each card. The lowest suit is clubs, followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades. The letters c-d-h-s, the correct order of suits in breaking a tie, are in alphabetical order, lowest letter equaling lowest card.
Suited (adj): Term used when your two hole cards are of the same suit, such as a 10 and king of hearts.
Suited Connectors (n): Term used for a suited hand that runs in sequence, such as 9 and 10 of hearts.
Tight (adv): Poker strategy in which you are very selective in chosing hands to play; this causes you to play very few hands.
Tilt (v): Term used when someone is playing far too many hands because she's emotionally unbalanced.
Top Kicker (n): Best possible high card that goes with your pair. For example, with a board of 5-6-ace, having ace-king in the hole would yield top pair (aces) and top kicker (the king).
Top Pair (n): Pair of the highest community cards on the board. If the board is jack-6-2, a pair of jacks would be top pair.
Trap (Set a Trap) (v): To try to trick an opponent into thinking you have a weak hand when in fact you have a powerful hand. To cleverly disguise your hand, causing your opponent to call you.
Treys (n): Pocket threes.
Trips (n): Common term for three of a kind.
Turn (n, v): The fourth card and the action after the fourth card is turned up.
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Underpair (n): Pair underneath the board. For example, you have 5-5 in your hand and the board is jack-8-7.
Value Betting (v): Making a bet in the belief that you'll win money with slightly more than you'll lose with. A bet that you may well lose, but you believe the chances are you will win.
WSOP (n): World Series of Poker
Zone (n): Almost mythical place where you're reading players perfectly and making all the right moves. |
