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Date Posted: 09:47:11 02/03/05 Thu
Author: partypoker
Subject: Re: Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary CONTINUED
In reply to: partypoker 's message, "Re: Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary CONTINUED" on 09:46:07 02/03/05 Thu

Main Pot
The center pot. Any other bets are placed in a side pot(s) and are contested among the remaining players. This occurs when a player(s) goes all-in.
Make
To make the deck is to shuffle the deck.
Maniac
A very aggressive player who plays a lot of hands.
Marked Cards
Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
Maverick
The name of a Queen and Jack in the pocket. Suited or otherwise.
Mechanic
A cheat who manipulates the deck. One who unfairly manipulates the cards, such as a cheat who deals cards from the bottom instead of from the top of the deck (where they should come from), or from the middle, or deals the second card from the top, or who falsely shuffles the cards so as to arrange them in a manner he has predetermined, or who palms cards, or uses any other of scores of cheating methods involving card manipulation or sleight of hand. Synonym - Artist.
Meet
To meet is to call.
Middle Pair
In flop games, when a player makes a pair with one of his/her down cards and the middle card on the flop.

Middle Position
Somewhere between the early and late positions on a round of betting (the fifth, sixth and seventh seats to the left of the button).
Minimum Buy-In
The least amount you can start a game with.
Miscall
An incorrect verbal declaration of the ranking of a hand.
Misdeal
A mistake on the dealing of a hand which causes the cards to be reshuffled and a new hand to be dealt.
Miss
The act of not being able to make a drawing hand when a player's final cards are dealt.
Missed Blind
A required bet that is not posted when it is your turn to do so.
Mites And Lice
A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
Mneumonics
Mental devices used to remember things. In Hold 'Em, often players have names for what pocket cards they have, like Big Slick or Maverick.
Monster
A very big hand. In a tournament, a player who begins to accumulate chips after having a small stack is considered to be a monster.
Muck
To discard or throw away your hand. It's also a pile of cards that are no longer in play.
Must-Move
In order to protect the main game, a situation where the players of a second game must move into the first game as openings occur.
Nailing
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Natural
A hand without wild cards.
Neocheater
A player who wins by Neocheating.
Neocheating
Simple, invisible, highly effective cheating techniques.
New Guinea Stud
Seven-card stud starting with four down cards, followed by turning up or rolling any two cards.
New York Stud
Five-card stud in which a four flush beats a pair.
New-Breed Player
An Advanced-Concept player in public or casino poker.
Nickel
Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
Nickel-Dime
A small-stake game.
Nigger Bet
An unusual bet such as a $9 bet instead of the normal $10 bet.
Nigger Mike
Six-card draw with a bet on each dealt card.
Nits and Lice
1) Two pair or a full house of deuces and threes (Mites and Lice). 2) Deuces and threes as wild cards.
No Limit
A game where players can bet as much as they like (as long as they have it in front of them) on any round of betting.
No Limit Hold'em Table St
At any time, any player can bet any or all of his or her chips.
Northern Flight
Seven-card stud with all hearts wild, unless a spade is in the hand.
Nucleus Players
The dependable, regular players.
Nursing
To play conservatively because one is losing and has only few chips left.
Nut
The winnings needed to survive as a professional.
Nut Flush
As far as 'nut' means the best possible hand, 'nut flush is the best flush available within each hand.
Nut Flush Draw
When one card will give you the best possible flush.
Nuts
The best possible hand at any point of the game. A hand that cannot be beat.
Odds
The probability of making a hand vs. the probability of not making a hand.
Odds Against
The number of failures per success.
Odds For
The number of attempts per success.
Odds On
Odds at less than even money.
Offsuit
Cards of a different suit.
Omaha
A game in which each player is dealt four down cards with five community cards. To make your hand, you must play two cards from your hand and three from the board.
On the Button
Being the last player to act in a betting round. Dealer's Position.
On The Come
A situation where the player does not yet have a complete hand.
On Tilt
Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
One-End
Or One-Way Straight. A four-card straight open only on one end, such as jack, queen, king, ace.
One-Gap
A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are two apart in rank. Examples: J9s, 64.
One-Way Straight
Or One-End. A four-card straight open only on one end, such as jack, queen, king, ace.
Open
To make the first bet.
Open at Both Ends
A four-card sequence that can be made a straight by two different value cards. Also Open End.
Open Card
A card that is dealt face-up.
Open End
A four-card sequence that can be made a straight by two different value cards.
Open Game
A game in which anyone can play.
Open Pair
A pair that has been dealt face-up.
Open Poker
Poker games that require some of the cards to be dealt face up.
Open Seat
A chair available for another player.
Open-ended Straight
Four consecutive cards whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either end to make a straight.
Open-Handed
A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
Opener
The player who made the first voluntary bet.
Opener Button
A button used to indicate who opened a particular pot in a draw game.
Openers
In jacks-or-better draw, the cards held by the player who opens the pot that show the hand qualifies to be opened. Example: You are first to bet and have a pair of kings; the kings are called your openers.
Option
An option is a Live Blind made in the dark before the cards are dealt. If no one raises, the "option" player may raise the pot.
Out Button
A disc placed in front of a player who wishes to sit out a hand(s) but remain in the game.
Out of Line
Or "of a bet". Made on a weak hand in an attempt to get other players to fold.
Outdraw
When one person beats his or her opponent by drawing a better hand.
Outs
The number of cards left in the deck that will improve your hand.
Over the top
When you re-raise another player’s raise, you are said to be “Going over the top of him”. In no limit games, if you throw all of your bankroll in after another player raises, you are going “All-in over the top”.
Overblind
Also called oversize blind. A blind used in some pots that is bigger than the regular big blind, and usually increases the stakes proportionally.
Overcall
To call a bet after one or more others players have already called.
Overcard
A card higher than any card on the board. For instance, if you have AQ and the flop comes J-7-3, you don't have a pair, but you have two overcards.
Overcards
Cards that rank higher than a pair.
Overpair
A pocket pair higher than any of the cards on the board.
Paint Cards
King, Queen and Jack; face cards; court cards; picture cards.
Paints
Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King).
Pair
Two cards of the same face or number value.
Pass
To fold.
Passive
Checking and calling hands rather betting and raising hands.
Pat
Not drawing any cards in a draw game.
Pay Off
To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand.
Pay Station
A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses.
Peg
Mark the fronts of cards with a pin, thumbtack, ring, etc., in such a way that the thief making such marks can later tell by feel the ranks of the cards. Such marks are applied to the surface of cards and do not tear the cards, merely add indentations that can be felt from the back, as opposed to nailing (see nail), which puts marks in the edges of cards. Also called punch or blister. This is the opposite of prick, in which the thief marks the backs of cards.
Pegging
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Penny Ante
A very low-stake game.
Picked Off
To get called when you are bluffing.
Picture Cards
Face cards (Jack, Queen and King).
Pigeon
An easy player.
Pineapple Hold'em
A hold'em variation involving three hole cards and discarding one.
Pips
The spots or marks on the face of a card.
Play Back
To raise or re-raise another player's bet.
Play Behind
Have chips in play that are not in front of you (allowed only when waiting for chips that are already purchased). This differs from table stakes.
Play Fast
To bet aggressively on a hand.
Play Over
To play in a seat when the occupant is absent.
Play the Board
To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make a hand any better than is shown on the board. For instance, if you have 22, and the board is 4-4-9-9-A (no flush possible), then you must "play the board" - the best possible hand you can make doesn't use any of your cards. Note that if you play the board, the best you can do is to split the pot with all remaining players.
Played Card
A card dealt to a hand.
Playing the Board
In flop games when your best five card hand is all five of the community cards.
Playover Box
A clear plastic box used to cover and protect the chips of an absent player when someone plays over that seat.
Pocket
The down cards or hole cards.
Pocket Rockets
A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole.
PocketCards
The two cards dealt to you at the beginning of a Hold 'Em hand that no one else is entitled to see.
Point
The value of a card.
Poker
A money-management game that uses cards for manipulation and deception for winning.
Poker Face
A face not showing any emotion or change in expression.
Poker network
The group of several poker rooms owned by the same company.


Poker room
1) the unique poker software where players can win money. Advanced software has a connection to internet what gives the feature to play with other players online. 2) the facility in casino or at home where poker games are played at special table.
Poker Rules
A loose, flexible framework of traditions for playing poker.
Position
Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in the betting order.
Post
When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot. (You must post the Blinds.)
Pot
The money or chips in the center of a table that players try to win.
Pot Limit
This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot.
Pot Odds
The amount of money in the pot compared to the amount you must put in the pot to continue playing. For example, suppose there is $60 in the pot. Somebody bets $6, so the pot now contains $66. It costs you $6 to call, so your pot odds are 11:1. If your chance of having the best hand is at least one out of twelve, you should call. Pot odds also apply to draws. For instance, suppose you have a draw to the nut flush with one card left to come. In this case, you are about a 4:1 underdog to make your flush. If it costs you $8 to call the bet, then there must be about $32 in the pot (including the most recent bet) to make your call correct.
Potting Out
Agreeing with another player to take money out of a pot, often to buy food, cigarettes, or drinks, or to make side bets.
Preflop
Pertaining to the bet or situation before the flop.
Premium Hands
The best possible hands.
Price
The pot odds you are getting for a draw or call. Example: "The pot was laying me a high enough price, so I stayed in with my gutshot straight draw".
Pricking
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Prop
A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill.
Proposing Bets
Side bets between players that are not related to the outcome of the hand.
Proposition Player/Prop
An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is just to play and help keep enough players at a table. The prop player does not participate in wins or losses.
Protect
1. To keep your hand or a chip on your cards. This prevents them from being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally mucked by the dealer. 2. To invest more money in a pot so blind money that you've already put in isn't "wasted". Example: "He'll always protect his blinds, no matter how bad his cards are".
Public Poker
Poker played in gambling casinos or in public card clubs in which the pots are cut for profit.
Punctuating
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Puppy Feet/Pups
Club flush or just the suit of Clubs.
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.
Pushing Bets
The situation in which two or more players make an agreement to return bets to each other when one of them wins a pot in which the other or others play. Also called saving bets.
Put Down
To fold a hand.
Putting on the Heat
To pressure the other players by betting aggressively.

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