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Date Posted: 09:50:58 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 09:49:47 02/03/05 Thu

Session
The period in which a poker game is held.
Set
Having a pocket pair that matches one of the cards on the board.
Set a Trap
To play in a manner that creates a false impression that can be used to win future hands.
Setup
Two suited decks, each with different colored backs, to replace the current decks in a game.
Seven-card Stud
A well-known poker game in which players get three down cards and four up cards. You play the best five of those seven cards. Click here for information on Seven-card Stud.
Seventh Street
This is the final round of betting in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better.
Shark
A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
Shills
Shills are paid props who help start and maintain poker games.
Shoot-out
A tournament with no rebuys. When you lose all your chips, you're out. More usually called a "freeze-out" or, in the case of a single table, a "sit-and-go".

Short Buying
Purchasing chips after your initial purchase. Usually the minimum for a short buy-in is less than the initial buy-in.
Short Stack
A number of chips that is not very many compared to the other players at the table. If you have $10 in front of you, and everybody else at the table has over $100, you are playing on a short stack.
Short-Handed
An adjective used to describe a game with few players.
Show
To expose one's cards.
Show Cards
The exposed cards in stud.
Showdown
At the end of the final betting round, it's when all active players turn their cards face-up to see who has won the pot.
Shuffle
The act of mixing the cards before a hand.
Side Bet
Any bet made outside the pot.
Side Pot
A separate pot(s) which is contested by remaining active players when one or more players are all-in.
Sitting Out
This is when you choose to leave a table for a few hands. If a Player sits out for more than fifteen minutes, or has missed two rounds of blinds, they are removed from the table.
Sixth Street
In Seven-card Stud, this is the fourth "up" card dealt to the player (their 6th card). It is also the 4th round of betting.
Slow Play
To play a strong hand weakly so more players will stay in the pot.
Slow Roll
Stalling before showing a winning hand to frustrate your opponent.
Small Blind
The amount put in the pot by the person immediately to the left of the dealer "button" prior to the cards being dealt.
Smooth Call
Making a call with a raising hand.
Snapped Off
To get a good hand beat.
Snow Job
A successful bluff.
Soft Seat
A seat or game, which is favorable because of the lack of skill at the table.
Solid
A fairly tight player (and reasonably good).
Speed Limit
A pair of fives.
Splash Around
The act of gambling more aggressive and imprudent then should be.
Split
Tie.
Split Pot
A pot which is shared by two or more players because they have equivalent hands.
Split Two Pair
A two pair hand in which one of each of your cards' ranks appears on the board as well. Example: you have T9, the flop is T-9-5, you have a split two pair. This is in comparison to two pair where there is a pair on the board. Example: you have T9, the flop is 9-5-5.
Splitting Blinds
When no one else has entered the pot, an agreement between the big blind and small blind to each take back their blind bets instead of playing the deal (chopping).
Splitting Openers
In high draw jacks-or-better poker, dividing openers in hopes of making a different type of hand. Example: You open the pot with a pair of aces. One of your aces is a spade, as are the three other cards in the hand. If you throw away the non-spade ace to go for the flush, you announce to the table, “Splitting openers.”
Spread Limit
A betting structure in which a player may bet any amount in a range on every betting round. A typical spread limit structure is $2-$6, where a player may bet as little as $2 or as much as $6 on every betting round.
Squared Deck
An evenly stacked deck ready for cutting or dealing.
Squeeze
To look at cards by slowly spreading them apart (Sweat).
Stack
A pile of chips.
Stacked Deck
A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage.
Stake
The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session.
Stand Off
To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
Stay
When a player remains in the game by calling rather than raising.
Steal
To steal the pot is raising in expectation that all other players will fold, if they fold the player has stolen the pot.
Steal Position
The next to last or last position.
Steal Raise
A raise by someone in late position in an attempt to reduce the number of players and/or steal the pot.
Steal the Antes
To win a small pot consisting only of antes by betting a weak hand and having the other players fold.
Steal the Blinds
To win a small pot consisiting of only blinds by betting a weak hand and having other players fold.
Steam
Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot.
Steamrolling
Re-raising to make a player(s) call two bets instead of one.
Steel The Blinds
Win just the blinds by bluffing; get the blinds to fold, usually by opening in late position, and thus win the blinds.
Steel Wheel
A five high straight (A-2-3-4-5) of the same suit.
Straddle
A straddle is a Blind bet which is usually double the size of the Big Blind (and that player may raise when the action gets to him).
Straight
Five consecutive cards of any suit.
Straight Flush
Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
Stranger
A new or unfamiliar card in a hand after the draw.
Strategic Bluff
A bluff made with a longer term goal; for example, to give the impression of a loose player.
Streak
A run of winning or losing hands.
Street
Cards dealt on a particular round in stud games. For instance, the fourth card in a player’s hand is often known as fourth street, the sixth card as sixth street, and so on.
String Bet
A bet (more typically a raise) in which a player doesn't get all the chips required for the raise into the pot in one motion. Unless he verbally declared the raise, he can be forced to withdraw it and just call. This prevents the unethical play of putting out enough chips to call, seeing what effect that had, and then possibly raising.
String Raise
A bet made in more than one motion, without the declaration of a raise (not allowed).
Strip poker
The game of poker which is based on removing clothes. It can be played online and at home. The game is five card draw. Every time one wins or loses a certain amount, there is an opportunity to remove an article of your opponent's clothing.
Structure
The limits put on the blinds/ante, bets, and raises in any particular game.
Stub
The portion of the deck which has not been dealt.
Stuck
A player who is losing in a game.
Stud Games
Games in which players get down cards and up cards.
Suicide King
King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
Suit
A characteristic of a playing card. The card being either of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, or Spades.
Suited Connectors
Two cards that are consecutive in rank and of the same suit.
Super-Bluff
To win a hand by bluffing against a player who has a very good hand.

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