O
Odds : The probability of making a hand versus the probability of not making the hand.
Offsuit : Cards that are not of the same
suit. The ace of clubs and the king of spades are called
ace-king offsuit.
Omaha : A flop based game where each player
gets dealt 4 hole cards and MUST use 2 of those cards in their
final five card hand.
One-Chip Rule : A call of a previous bet
using a chip of higher denomination than necessary is considered
a call unless it is verbally announced as a raise.
One-Eyed Royals : The Jack of Spades, Jack
of Hearts and King of Diamonds.
One Pair : Two cards in a players hand of
the same rank. And no other cards of relevance.
On-Tilt : A player who is betting loosely,
generally because they are playing below their normal game
due to a number of possible reasons including losing to much,
taking a bad beat or being out of their comfort zone for an
unusual reason.
One Way Poker : A poker hand involving the
player and only one other.
On The Come : To bet on a draw in anticipation
of making the hand and winning a bigger pot in the process.
Open : To bet first.
Open Cards : Face up cards.
Open Pair : A face up pair.
Open Poker : A poker game where some of
the cards are exposed.
Open Ended, Open Ended Straight Draw : An
outside straight draw. Also "two-way straight draw". The opposite
to a Gutshot or belly buster straight draw.
Openers : The cards held by a player in
a game of "jackpots" entitling him to open the pot. "Splitting
openers" refers to holding onto one of your openers after
discarding it to prove you had the necessary cards to open
should you win the pot.
Open limp : Being the first person in the
pot preflop, but not raising.
Option : An optional bet or draw, such as
getting an extra card facedown for 50 cents or raising on
the big blind when checked all the way around. The right to
raise possessed by the big blind if there have been no raises.
Outs : Any remaining card that will give
you the winning hand. For example if you have the 8, 9, 10,
Q in various suits, and have not seen a Jack, then you have
four outs to a Straight. Generally only relevant to cards
that are sure or that can be reasonably confident that will
allow you to win the pot.
Outside Straight, Outside Straight Draw :
See outside straight draw. Also "two-way straight draw".
Overcall : To call a bet after others have
called, esp. big bets. Jim bet, Alice called, then Ted
overcalled. Compare to "cold call", "flat call", "smooth
call".
Overcard : A community card with a higher
rank than a player's pocket pair. A higher card. Ted held
two overcards to Jill's pair with two cards to come.
Overpair : In community card games such
as Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold 'em, a pocket pair with a
higher rank than any community card.
Over The Top : To raise a large bet.
Overs : An option to increase the stakes
in limit games. Players may elect to play or not play overs;
those who choose to play display some sort of token. If, at
the beginning of a betting round after the first, only overs
players remain in the hand, bets of twice the present limit
are allowed. Most often used in home games as a compromise
between aggressive and meek players.
P
Pack : A deck of cards.
Pair : Two cards of the same denomination.
Paint : A face card, Picture card.
Pass : To fold. Often incorrectly used to
indicate a check.
Passive : A style of play characterized
by checking and calling bets, rather than betting and raising.
See also Aggressive, Loose, and Tight.
Pat, Hand : Already complete. A hand is
a pat hand when, for example, a flush comes on the first five
cards dealt in Draw poker.
Pat, To Stay : The act of choosing not to
take any new cards on the draw.
Pay off : To call a bet when you are most
likely drawing dead because the pot odds justify the call.
Peddly The nuts : Betting in a certain way
as to try to get a call and maximum value when holding the
nut hand.
Peek : The cheating manouver of a second
dealer who looks at the top card to see if it is of use to
him, if it is he then deals ‘seconds’ ( the second card )
to the other players and saves the good card for himself.
Penny ante : Frivolous, low stakes, or "for
fun" only; A game where no significant stake is likely to
change hands.
Perfect : The best possible cards, in a
lowball hand, after those already named. For example, 7-perfect
would be 7-4-3-2-A, and 8-6-perfect would be 8-6-3-2-A.
Picked Off : To get called when bluffing.
Pick-up : When the house picks up cash from
the dealer after a player buys chips.
Picture : Card A face, or court card.
Pig, Calling : The act of trying to win
both halves of the pot in a split-pot game. Used when players
must declare what half of the pot they are going for (either
high or low in High/ Low games; either spade or best hand
in Chicago games) and a player decides to try both. A player
who calls pig must win both halves of the pot or wins nothing
at all.
Pile : A stack of chips.
Pip : The symbols on a non-face card which
indicate it's rank.
Play Back : To re-raise.
Playing Behind : In certain games a player
can declare (before the start of the hand) that he is playing
more money than he has on the table, that player is deemed
to be playing behind.
Playing Over : A player may need to leave
his or her seat for a number of reasons and another player
may play in that seat (not with the original players chips)
until the player returns (only relevant on a cash game.)
Play the board : In games such as Texas
hold 'em, where 5 community cards are dealt, if your best
hand is on the board and you go to the showdown you are said
to "play the board".
Players Speak : The House Rule that each
individual player is responsible for identifying his or her
hand. What the player calls must indeed be in that player’s
hand for the call to count. A player that ’under calls’ his
or her hand has identified that hand as worse than it really
is. See Cards Speak.
Pocket : Another term for hole cards.
Pocket Pair : Two hole cards of the same
rank.
Poker : Ladbrokes Poker.
Poker Face : Adopted by more seasoned players,
the ability to hide the strength or weakness of one’s hand
based on one’s ability to retain composure. A player has no
poker face if that player's hand can be read by other players.
Position : A player's proximity to the dealer.
A player immediately to the left of the dealer is said to
be in early position, while the dealer is considered to be
in last position. Late position is generally advantageous
as it allows a player to see how everybody else has bet before
making a decision. See Position Bet.
Position bet : A bet based on that player’s
position at the table, as opposed to betting solely on the
strength of one’s hand. For example, betting in late position
on an earlier betting round to discourage players from betting
against you on later betting rounds.
Post Oak Bluff : A Very small bet into a
large pot in the hope that others will have nothing and fold.
Pot : The accumulated amount of money in
the centre of the table; awarded to the winner of the game.
Pot-committed : More often in the context
of a no limit game; the situation where you can no longer
fold because the size of the pot is so large compared to the
size of your stack.
Pot Limit : A game in which the maximum bet
is equal to the size of the pot.
Pot Odds : A means to assess the value of
an investment into a hand. Pot odds calculate the amount of
money in the pot against the player's chances of winning the
hand.
Pregnant Threes : An overdone Draw game where
Threes, Sixes, and Nines are all wild.
Pre-flop : On flop games refers to the time
when players already have their pocket cards but no flop has
been dealt yet. It's also the first round of bets.
Probe bet : A bet after the flop by a player
who did not take the lead in betting before the flop (and
when the player that did take the lead in betting before the
flop declined to act). Compare to "continuation bet".
Prom Night : Pocket cards 6 9 suited.
Proposition player, Prop : A player that
gets paid an hourly rate to start poker games or to help them
stay active. Prop players play with their own money, which
distinguishes them from shills, who play with the casino's
money.
Protect Your Cards : To protect your cards
is to place a chip or some other small object on top of them
so that they don't accidentally get mucked by the dealer,
mixed with another player's discards, or otherwise become
dead when you'd like to play them.
Put Down : To fold.
Put on : To put someone on a hand
is to deduce what hand they have based on their actions and
your knowledge of their gameplay.
Q
Quads : A Four-of-a-Kind.
Qualifier : In Draw, a given criteria that
must be met by a player in order to either open the first
betting round or win the pot. It is usually a specific ranked
hand; i.e. in the game ’Jacks or Better, Trips to Win’, a
pair of Jacks is the qualifier to open the first betting round,
and a Three-of-a-Kind is the qualifier to win the pot.
Quarter, to be quartered : To win a quarter
of a pot, usually by tying the low or high hand of a high-low
split game. Generally, this is an unwanted outcome, as a player
is often putting in a third of the pot in the hope of winning
a quarter of the pot back.
Quarter Chip : A $25 casino chip.
R
Rabbit hunt : After a hand is over, a rabbit hunt means to reveal the last card that would have come up in a community card game with a fixed number of cards. Such activity is usually prohibited in casinos. Also "fox hunt".
Rack : 1) A collection of 100 chips of the
same denomination, usually arranged in 5 stacks in a plastic
tray. 2) A plastic tray used for storing a rack of chips
Rag : In Stud poker, when a player is dealt
a card that does not help the hand at all. For example, being
one card away from a Flush and being dealt a card of a different
suit that does not even pair up with any cards currently held.
Rail : The rail is the sideline at a poker
table - the (often imaginary) rail separating spectators from
the field of play. Watching from the rail means watching a
poker game as a spectator. People on the rail are sometimes
called railbirds. "Going to the rail" usually means "Losing
all one's money".
Railbird : A one-time player, now a broke
spectator.
Railroad Bible : A deck of cards.
Rainbow : A hand containing at least one
card of all four suits. The nemesis of a Flush.
Raise (or Bump) : The act of matching all
of the bets that have been previously made, and then adding
yet another bet for all other players to have to match.
Rake : The commission on a pot taken by the
house.
Rake Race : A rake race
is a competition to generate more rake than any other players
in the same time period.
Rank : The number or hierarchy of a single
card. For example, in "Queen of Spades", ’Spades’ makes reference
to the suit, while ’Queen’ makes reference to the rank.
Rap : To knock the table to indicate a check.
Razz : 7 Card Stud low only.
Read : To read a player means to look for
physical tendencies or beyond their Poker Face to discern
whether their hand is true to what they are representing.
Re-Buy : To re-enter a tournament for an
additional entry fee.
Redeal : To deal a hand again, possibly
after a misdeal.
Redraw : To make one hand and have a draw
for a better hand. Ted made a straight on the turn with
a redraw for a flush on the river.. Second or later draws
in a draw game with multiple draws.
Red : The color of poker chip most often
used to represent the middle denomination of money, typically
two times the table’s ante and/or minimum bet.
Representing : Based on evidence that other
players can see (face-up cards in Stud, community cards in
Hold .Em), a player is said to .represent. a certain hand
based on the way he is betting. He may or may not actually
have the hand that he is representing.
Re-raise : The act of adding another raise
to an already raised bet.
Riffle : To shuffle one.s chips. River (i)
In Hold .Em, the last community card turned face-up; (ii)
more loosely in Stud, the last card dealt face-down to each
player.
Right Price : When you are getting exactly
the right pot odds on the money you have put in the pot or
exactly the right odds on the money you may have to invest.
River card : The last community card in
a flop game of fifth street in 5 card stud and seventh street
in 7 card stud.
Rivered, To be : A player who loses a hand
to another player who completed a better hand on the last
card of the round (the River) is said to have been "rivered".
Rock : An extremely tight player.
Roll : To turn a card face up.
Rolled-up trips : In seven-card stud, three
of a kind dealt in the first three cards.
Rounder : An expert player who travels around
to seek out high-stakes games
Royal cards : Royal card are also known
as face cards. These cards consist of the Jack, Queen, and
King of any suit.
Runner-runner : A hand made by hitting two
consecutive cards on the turn and river. Also "backdoor".
Compare to "bad beat" and "suck out".
Royal Flush : A-K-Q-J-10 of the same suit.
The best possible hand in all non-wild card games.
Run : 1) A straight. 2) A streak of good
cards.
Running Bad : On a losing streak
Running Good : On a winning streak.
Running Pair : When the last two cards on
the board come of the same rank.
Rush : A player who is playing against the
odds due to a streak of good cards is said to be "on a rush".
S
Sailboats : A Pair of fours in the hole.
Sandbag : To check a strong hand with the
intention of raising or re-raising any bets. See Check-raise.
San Francisco Busboy : Queen and a three
in a hole. Also known as The Brighton hand (U.K.)
Sandwich : Two players betting with another
player in the middle (can also be a method of cheating if
those two players are in collusion.)
Satellite : A tournament in which the prize
is an entrance(s) to another (larger) tournament.
Scare card : A card dealt face up (either
to a player in a game such as stud or to the board in a community
card game) that appears to create a strong hand for someone.
The Jack of spades on the turn was a scare card because
it put both flush and straight possibilities on the board.
School : A noun used to describe a group
of players in a regular game.
Scoop : In high-low split games, to win
both the high and the low half of the pot.
Second pair : In community card poker games,
a pair of cards of the second-top rank on the board.
See : To call.
Sell : In spread limit poker, to sell
a hand is to bet less than the maximum with a strong hand,
in the hope that more of your opponents will call the bet.
Semi-bluff : When a player bluffs on one
round of betting with an inferior or drawing hand that might
improve in a later round.
Set : Three of a kind, esp. the situation
where two of the cards are concealed in the player's hole
cards.
Set-up : A deck that has been ordered, usually
King to Ace by suit (spades, hearts, clubs and diamonds).
In casinos, it is customary to use a set-up deck when introducing
a new deck to the table. The set-up is spread face up for
the players to demonstrate that all of the cards are present
before the first shuffle.
Sevens rule : A rule in many A-5 lowball
games that requires a player with a seven-low or better after
the draw to bet, rather than check or check-raise. In some
venues a violator loses any future interest in the pot; in
others he forfeits his interest entirely.
Shark : A professional player.
Shoe : A slanted container used to hold
the cards yet to be dealt, usually used by casinos or in professional
poker tournaments.
Shill : A casino employee who plays with
house money to make enough players to complete a game.
Ship it : Colloqualism used to instruct
the dealer where to send the chips following the conclusion
of a particularly large pot; so-called due to the potential
of needing a container ship to carry the chips.
Shootout : A poker tournament format where
the last remaining player of a table goes on to play the remaining
players of other tables. Each table plays independently of
the others; that is, there is no balancing as players are
eliminated. This format is particularly common in European
televised poker programs, including Ladbrokes Poker Million.
Short Buy : In no-limit poker, to buy in
to a game for considerably less money than the stated maximum
buyin, or less than other players at the table have in play.
Short Stack : A stack of chips that is
relatively small for the stakes being played.
Shorthanded : A poker game that is played
with around six players or less, as opposed to a full ring
game, which is usually nine or ten players.
Short Odds : The odds for something that
is likely to occur.
Showdown : The end of the hand, and point
where it is determined by players which of them wins the pot.
The showdown is the act of all players remaining in the game
showing their hands in full to the table.
Side Pot : A separate pot created to deal
with the situation of one player going "all in".
Siegfried and Roy : A pair of Queens in
the hole.
Sit and Go : A poker tournament with no
scheduled starting time that starts whenever the necessary
players have put up their money. Single-table sit-and-goes,
with nine or ten players, are the norm, but multi-table games
are common as well. Also called sit n' gos and a
variety of other similar spellings.
Skin : 1) To draw a card. 2) To cheat.
Slow Play : The act of under-betting a good
hand, as to not scare other players into folding early. It
is used to build the size of the pot without revealing too
much about one’s hand. It is the opposite of Bluffing, which
is over-betting a bad hand.
Slow Roll : To delay or avoid showing one's
hand at showdown, forcing other players to expose their hands
first. When done while holding a good hand likely to be the
winner, it is considered poor etiquette, because it often
gives other players "false hope" that their hands might win
before the slow-roller's is exposed.
Small Blind : The smaller of the two compulsory
antes.
Smooth Call : To call rather than raise
an opponent's bet.
Snake eyes : A pair of Aces.
Snow : To play a worthless hand misleadingly
in draw poker in order to bluff.
The worthless hand in question.
Snowmen : Pocket Eights.
Soft-Play : To intentionally go easy on
a player (e.g. not betting or raising against him when you
usually would).
Soixante-neuf : French for sixty-nine, an
expression for when a player’s two cards showing are a six
and a nine.
Splash The Pot : To throw one's chips in
the pot in a disorderly fashion. Not typically allowed, because
the dealer can't tell how much has been bet.
Split : (i) Any game where the pot is split
between more than one player; used in high/low games and Chicago
games; (ii) a pot that needs to be split two ways between
players who have two identical hands.
Split Two Pair : In community card poker,
a two pair hand, with each pair made of one of your hole cards,
and one community card.
Spread : The range between a table's minimum
and maximum bets.
Spread-Limit : A form of limit poker where
the bets and raises can be between a minimum and maximum value.
The spread may change between rounds.
Squeeze : To look slowly at ones hole cards
without removing them from the table. The common method by
which most players examine their cards in Hold 'em.
Squeeze Play : A more advanced play relying
on the loose or aggressive reputation of one player and another
player in between who knows this and is responding to the
first player. A third player then raises thus squeezing the
first player against the second and the second into an uncomfortable
situation where he isn’t strong enough to call the re raise
as his requirements often are lower against the original bettor
rather than the re raiser.
Stack : The total chips and currency that
a player has in play at a given moment.
A collection of 20 poker chips of the same denomination, usually
arranged in an orderly column.
Stacking the deck : Dealer purposely arranges
the cards in his favour while shuffling.
Stakes : The definition of the amount one
buys in for and can bet. For example, a "low stakes" game
might be a $10 buy-in with a $1 maximum raise.
Stand Pat : In draw poker, playing the original
hand using no draws, either as a bluff or in the belief it
is the best hand.
Starting Hand : The first cards dealt in
any poker game.
Steal : A bluff in late position, attempting
to steal the pot from a table of apparently weak hands.
Steam : On tilt.
Stop and Go : Stop and go or stop
'n' go is when a player bets into another player who
has previously raised or otherwise shown aggression. Example:
Preflop, Bill calls and Tom bets ,Bill just calls. On the
flop, Bill bets into Tom again. Bill has just pulled a stop
'n' go play.
Straddle Bet : Essentially a third ( or
more ) blind ( and a live one)that is usually posted from
UTG but can be posted from anywhere on the table ( missisippi
Straddle ).
Strategy card : A wallet sized card that
is commonly used to help with poker strategies in online and
casino games.
Streak : A run of particularly good cards.
Street : In Stud and Hold ’Em poker, a round
of one card dealt to each player. For example, the fifth card
dealt to each player is called Fifth Street.
String Bet : A call with one motion and
a later raise with another, or a reach for more chips without
stating the intended amount. String bets are prohibited in
public cardroom rules. A player can (and should) defend himself
against string bet complaints by declaring his intention before
moving any chips. Note that the "I call, and raise..." cliche
is a string bet.
Structured : A structured betting system
is one where the spread of the bets may change from round
to round.
Stuck : Losing.
Stud : A variant of poker.
Suicidal King : The King of Hearts, named
such as it appears he is piercing his own head with his sword.
Suited Cards : Cards of the same suit in
one hand. A player with enough suited cards is likely pursuing
a Flush.
Sweeten the pot : To raise.
Suited Connectors : Same Suit and conecting
pocket cards.
Super Satellite : A multi-table poker tournament
in which the prize is a free entrance to a satellite tournament
or a tournament in which all the top finishers gain entrance
to a larger tournament.
T
Tab : To go on, be on, or get credit.
Table : 1) The surface on which the game
is played. 2) The group of players at the table.
Table stakes : A player may bet no more
money than he or she had on the table at the beginning of
that hand and conesquently can not go back to their pocket
for more money once a hand is dealt. In between hands however,
a player is free to rebuy or addon so long as their entire
stack after the rebuy or addon does not exceed the maximum
buy-in.
Tapped, Tap City : To go broke.
Tell : A tell in poker is a detectable change
in a player's behavior or demeanor that gives clues to that
player's assessment of his hand. A player gains an advantage
if he observes and understands the meaning of another player's
tell, particularly if the tell is unconscious and reliable.
Sometimes a player may fake a tell, hoping to induce his opponents
to make poor judgments in response to the false tell.
Texas Holdem Poker : A form of poker in
which players use five community cards in combination with
their two hole cards to form the best five-card hand. Also
called hold 'em.
Third man walking : A player who gets up
from his seat in a cash game, after two other players are
already away from the table, is referred to as the "third
man walking". In a casino with a "third man walking rule",
this player may be required to return to his seat within 10
minutes, or one rotation of the deal around the table, or
else his seat in the game will be forfeited if there is a
waiting list for the game.
Third Pair : In comuinty card games, pairing
the third highest card on the board.
Three bet, Three betting : To be the first
player to put in a third unit of betting. For example, if
Bob opens for $10, and Mary raises to make the bet $20, if
Ted also raises to make the bet $30, this is to "three bet".
Three of a kind : Three Cards of the same
rank.
Three pair : In a seven card game, such
as seven-card stud or Texas hold 'em, it is possible for a
player to have 3 pairs, although a player can only play two
of them as part of a standard 5-card poker hand. This situation
may jokingly be referred to as a player having a hand of three
pair. Note that in Omaha hold 'em, it is possible to "have"
4 pair in the same manner.
Throwing A Party : When several loose
or amateur players are making significant monetary contributions
to the pot.
Ticket : Slang term for a card,’ give me
a ticket dealer’
Tight : A conservative player who is ‘tight’
with his chips and strating hand requirements.
Tilt : To be playing considerably below
ones normal level, this is generally for a reason rather than
coincidental. A bad beat or an uncomfortabel situation or
a bad play may instigate this trait.
To go : A term used to describe the amount
that a player is required to call in order to stay in the
hand, "Alice was deciding whether to call now it was $50
to go."
Toke : In a brick and mortar casino, a toke
is a "tip" given to the dealer by the winner of the pot. Tokes
often represent a large percentage of a dealer's income.
Top kicker : In community card poker games,
top kicker is the best possible kicker to some given
hand. Usually it would be an Ace, but with an Ace on the board
it would be a King or lower. Having "top pair, top kicker"
is frequently enough to win a Texas hold 'em hand.
Top pair : In community card poker games,
top pair is a pair comprising a pocket card and the
highest ranking card on the board. Compare second pair, bottom
pair.
Top two : A split two pair, matching the
highest-ranking two flop cards.
Trey : A 3-spot card. Casino personnel refer
to the 3 as the "trey of clubs".
Trips : When one of a players hole cards in Texas hold 'em
connects with two cards on the board to make three of a kind.
This differs from a set where three of a kind is made when
a pocket pair connects with one card on the flop to make three
of a kind. : Three of a kind. Compare to "set".
Tuna : Another term for a fish.
Turn : The Fourth card dealt in the couminty cards in games like Hold em and Omaha ( also fourth Street )
U
Under the gun : The playing position to
the direct left of the blinds in Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold
'em. The player who is under the gun must act first on the
first round of betting.
Under-Raise : To raise less than the previous
bet if a player is going all-in. This does not reopen the
betting to those who have already acted. A useful way of thinking
of an under-raise is to think of it as a call.
Underdog : An underdog or dog
is a player with a smaller chance to win than another specified
player. Frequently used when the exact odds are expressed.
Harry might have been bluffing, but if he really had the
king, my hand was a 4-to-1 dog, so I folded.
Up : When used with a card rank to describe
a poker hand, refers to two pair with the named card being
the higher pair. For example, a hand of QQ885 might be called
"queens up".
Upcard : a face up card ( generally refered
to in stud games but also relevant in flop games)
Unglued : On tilt.
Up the ante : Increase the stake. Also commonly
used outside the context of poker.
UpHill : To have the
owrst hand and try to improve against a stronger one.
V
Value bet : A bet made by a player who wants it to be called (as opposed to a bluff or protection bet). This is typically because he has a superior hand that he expects to win at showdown, or a very good draw for which he can increase his pot equity by more than the amount of his bet.
Vig, vigorish : Rake.
W
Wake up : To "wake up with a hand" means to discover a strong starting hand, often when there has already been action in front of the player.
Walk : A walk is the situation where all
players fold to the big blind.
Walking Sticks : A pair of sevens in the
hole.
Wash : To mix the deck by spreading the
cards face down on the table and mixing them up. A dealer
may wash the deck before shuffling. Also known as shimmy.
Washed (out) : A term used for when, after
a period of time a player breaks even.
Weak Ace : An ace with a low kicker (e.g.
four). Also "small ace," "soft ace," "ace-rag."
Whale : A poor player with a lot of money
to lose.
Wheel : A 5-high straight (A-2-3-4-5), with
the Ace playing low. In deuce-to-seven lowball, the nut low
hand (2-3-4-5-7).
Whipsawed (or Sandwiched) : Seated between
two players who are constantly raising and re- raising each
other’s bets. This places the player in the position of having
to choose whether or not to compete with the two players.
White : The color of poker chip most often
used to represent the smallest denomination of money, typically
the table’s ante and/or minimum bet. The logic behind this
is that store-bought poker chips typically contain more white
chips than red or blue.
Wild Card : A card Often the joker, that
can be used as any card in the deck.
Window Card : An upcard in stud poker. The
first window card in stud is called the "door card". In Texas
hold'em and Omaha, the window card is the first card shown
when the dealer puts out the three cards for the flop.
Wrap : In Omaha hold 'em, an open ended
straight draw comprising two board cards and three or four
cards from a player's hand. A player holding 345A with the
board 67K has a "wrap", as any 3, 4, or 5, or 8 will make
a straight. A hand of 4589 would also be a wrap draw, but
would often be referred to as a "big wrap" because it has
twenty outs rather than thirteen, and is not at the idiot
end.
W.S.O.P. : The World Series of Poker. Annual
series of poker tournaments held at The Rio Casino in Las
Vegas. The final event is a No Limit Texas Holdem tournament
with a buy in of $10,000.
X
Xylophone : 1) A straight from 2 to 6, so named due to the
escalating scale of the instrument. Coined by a player by
the name of Fraser to relate the power of the hand over a
wheel. Particulary strong in double flop Omaha high-low. 2)
The Omaha starting hand 3-4-5-6.
Y
Y.B.A. : You’ll Be Alright, an expression meaning that if you keep playing that way you’ll be ok. NOT! meaning you certainly will not end up ok.
Z
Zzzzzzzz : An expression generally typed into a chat box online to complain about a player playing slowly.
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