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Above are the results of unscrambling poker. Using the word generator and word unscrambler for the letters P O K E R, we unscrambled the letters to create a list of all the words found in Scrabble, Words with Friends, and Text Twist. We found a total of 24 words by unscrambling the letters in poker.
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Racinos - Racetrack casinos.
Rack - A plastic container in which you can transport and count large-denominational coins, slot machine tokens, and casino plastic chips.
Rake - The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.
Rank - In poker, the worth of a set of cards.
Rapid Roulette - American style roulette table layout without the outside bets: red/black, low/high, odd/even, dozens and columns. You can only bet on numbers and neighbours. The purpose for this variation is to speed up the game.
Rated - Determination by the casino that a player's skill level is above average or on a professional level. A player's rating may be stored on computer and referred to the pit.
RFB - Comped with free Room, Food, and Beverages.
Riffling (Card Riffling) - A commonly used shuffling process. To accomplish a riffle, the deck is divided roughly in half and the two halves are interleaved by pulling the card corners up with the thumbs and letting the two halves 'riffle' together. Riffling is also sometimes called 'zipping' the cards. Like card Stripping (see below), the riffling process can span a range from a fine riffle to a coarse riffle.
River - In poker, the final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold‘em. In seven-card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river.
RNG - (Random Number Generator) A computer generated randomness that randomly assigns the outcome of a result such as a roulette spin, a keno game or a cards shuffle.
Rouletto - In Ireland roulette is called rouletto.
Roulight / Roulite - The most modern variety of Roulette. A table game that has been developed in the first instance by specialists at the Wiesbaden Casino, Wiesbaden, Germany. The game is dynamic and very fast. Players, who like to play sectors and neighbours love it. Bets can only be placed on full numbers (staight up), on two connected numbers (split), neighbours and sections of the wheel. No outside bets.
Round of Play - A round or hand of play can consist of a single wager or several wagers made during the time of a short wagering event. For example, in poker the round of play (wagering event) begins with the dealing of the cards and ends when the winning player takes the pot. In casino craps a round of play begins with the 'come out' roll and ends when the passline wagers are decided. This may take one or several rolls of the dice. In between, the player might have multiple wagers riding on several different numbers and other betting options. All wagers made between the time of the come out roll and the decision roll are considered to be part of that round of play. In roulette each spin is counted as a round of play, no matter how many bets you place.
Royal Flush (Also, Royal Straight Flush or Royal) - An Ace-high straight flush (Ace, King, Queen, Jack and Ten, all of the same suit); the best possible poker hand.
RVP - Recreational Vehicle Parking.
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Sawdust Joint (US) - A term for a non-luxury gambling club.
Sawbuck - Ten dollars.
Scared Money - Money that you cannot afford to lose.
Schnaps - See 'Finale Schnaps'
Session - A period of play or a table sitting at any gambling game.
Set - In Pai-Gow poker, players set their seven cards into two separate hands of two and five cards each.
Seventh Street - In seven-card stud, the fifth and final round of betting is called seventh street because players have seven cards.
Shark - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game. See also 'Fish'.
Sharker, Sharper, or Cardsharp - A cheater.
Sharp - Astute bettor.
Shill - A person who actively plays in the game for the house, club, or casino. Usually seen at a Baccarat table to fill empty seats, until more real players join in.
Shiner - A tiny mirror or any reflecting device used by a cheater to see unexposed cards. A reflecting device used to try and glimpse the dealer's hole card.
Shoe - Device, usually a wooden box, used for holding and dispensing playing cards to be dealt. Shoe games are typically composed of six or eight decks of cards.
Short Run - A short series of wagers or game events.
Showdown - In poker, after the last betting round, the players who remain in the pot must show their hands in the showdown to determine the winner.
Shuffle Tracking - A high level blackjack playing strategy used by card counters.
Shuffle Up - Premature shuffling of playing cards by the dealer.
Shuffling (Card Shuffling) - Is a generic term which encompasses all card mixing techniques used to prepare a deck or a shoe for continued play. All casino shuffling processes employ a combination of mixing techniques. These may include 'Stripping' or 'washing' the cards as well as 'riffling', 'boxing', 'plugging', 'cutting' and other off-spring techniques. All shuffling processes employ multiple riffles of 'clumps', 'picks', or 'grabs' to achieve some level of randomization. The shoe games, which use multiple decks of cards (4, 6, or 8 decks), will often employ the most intricate riffling patterns of all. In these, the picks are riffled together and then re-picked and re-riffled in complex symmetric patterns.
Shutter - A window covering a number on a reusable bingo card. The shutter can be pulled down to mark each number as it is called.
Silver Mining - Also called Slot Walking. The practice of looking for coins left in unattended slot machines.
Single - A Straight bet on one selection, also known as a straight-up bet.
Singleton - In poker, a card that is the only one of its rank.
Sixth Street - In seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting is called sixth street because players have six cards.
Skin - A dollar.
Skin Game - In poker, a game having two or more collusion cheaters.
Skinning the Hand - In poker, a cheater's technique to get rid of extra cards.
Skoon - A dollar.
Slot Club Member - Slot clubs were invented for slot fanatics. By becoming a member you are given a card (like a credit card). Using your card while playing the slots (also table games in some casinos) helps you earn free points / cash. The rules, number of points needed to achieve regular club status, and the benefits given to the player are different at every casino.
Slot Hall - See 'Videomat Casino' below
Slot Walking - Also called Silver Mining. The practice of looking for coins left in unattended slot machines.
Smart Cashiers - Automated cashier machines that allow players to cash out their winnings/credits from their Smart cards.
Snake Eyes - When you roll a two in craps, it is called 'Snake Eyes', eyes because they look like eyes, snake because they are bad news (for the shooter).
Soft Count - (To do with gaming machines). The count of the contents in a drop box, bill validator or video game receipt collection.
Soft Count Room - A room where the soft count is carried out.
Soft Hand - In blackjack, any hand that contains an ace counted as eleven is called a soft hand.
Spinner - A winning streak.
Spooking - Used in blackjack game. The act of standing behind the dealer to peak at the hole card and then secretly convey the information to a partner player sitting at the table. An illegal form of cheating.
Spot - Any number from 1 to 80 that a player selects on a keno ticket. It also refers to the number of numbers that are marked on a ticket.
Stack - A stack of chips, usually 20 chips in a column commonly used in Roulette.
Standing Hand - In blackjack, meaning a hand which hard-totals to 17 or more, which is very likely to bust if one more card is called and therefore the player is expected to stand.
Steaming - A blackjack term where a player has become frustrated with how badly the events of a session of play have turned out. 'Steaming' in blackjack has practically the same meaning as 'going on tilt' in poker. In either case the player has lost emotional control and is betting more aggressively and often recklessly in an attempt to turn things around.
Stiff (A Stiff Hand) - In blackjack, a hand that is not pat and that may bust if hit once. Stiffs include hard twelve through sixteen.
Straight Keno - The basic keno game, played by marking individual numbers on a keno ticket.
Streak Betting - Also known as 'Progressive Betting'. A system of raising or lowering the size of one's wager based on what happened on the previous round or rounds. There are basically two kinds of streak betting systems; negative and positive. In a positive streak betting or positive progression betting system the size of the player's wager is raised on the next round after a winning round. In a negative streak betting or negative progression betting system you do exactly the opposite by increasing the wager size on each subsequent loss. There is an almost endless number of variations of both negative and positive streak betting progressions, each one distinguished by when the progression is invoked, how much the wagers are raised or lowered, and when the progression is terminated.
Stripping (Card Stripping) - Is a shuffling technique which reverses the sequential order of the cards in the deck. For instance, imagine if a dealer took the first card off the top of a deck and placed it on the table and then took the second card off the top and placed it on top of the first card. If this process were continued until the 52nd card was placed on top, then the sequential ordering among the cards would have been completely reversed. This characterizes the basic process of striping. The process described above would be a very fine strip. Often the dealers will speed up the process by rapidly pulling small clumps of cards off the top of the deck rather than a single card at a time. The number of cards in the clumps determine how fine or coarse the striping process is.
Stud Poker - One of the two basic forms of poker game (the other is draw poker) and played with open or exposed cards (up cards) and with one or more concealed cards known as hole cards (down cards).
Suit - Any one of the four types of cards: clubs, diamonds, hearts or spades.
Sulky - (The Sulky) The modern harness racing vehicle (a driving rig) developed from a single-seat. Earlier racing had used carts. In its final form the sulky is little more than a U-shaped shaft mounted on two wheels with a seat at the end of the U.
Super Stud Poker - A five-card poker game known as Caribbean Stud Poker and Casino Stud Poker, but with a Progressive Jackpot. The 'Super' (used in UK casinos) is to say that the game runs a Progressive Jackpot. Tables of the same game are interconnected with other participating casinos, and any player that makes a Royal Flush wins the Jackpot. There are smaller prizes for the top hands such as 'four of a kind' and 'full house'.
Surrender - In blackjack, to give up half your bet for the privilege of not playing out a hand. In roulette, you effectively lose only half on an even-money bet when the ball lands on 0.
System - A method of betting, usually mathematically based, used by a punter or bettor to try to get an advantage. A prominent factor in most systems, is the criteria used to determine when the player's wagers should be raised or lowered. See Systems on this site.
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TAB - Totalisator Agency Board. The body appointed to regulate off-course betting (bets made by people who are not present at the race track).
Table Hold - The amount of money won by the casino table game from the players during an eight-hour work shift.
Table Stakes - In poker, stakes in which the betting and raising is limited to the amount of money a player has on the table in front of him.
Taking the Odds - There are two fundamental forms of wagering, 'taking the odds' and 'laying the odds'. In most casino games the player is 'taking the odds' by wagering an amount that is less than they will receive if they win, that is; if you wager $1 you would win more than $1. In most forms of sports betting, some odds are so high in favour of the likely winner that winning wagers get paid an amount less than the amount wagered by some percentage, and this is what is meant by 'laying the odds'.
Tapping Out - Losing one's entire gambling bankroll and thus having to stop playing.
Tell Play - Observing the dealer's body language and expressions to determine his hole card. In poker game 'tells' pertain to quirks or readable aspects of a players actions, verbal behavior, or body language that give away information about what cards they are holding.
Third Base - In blackjack, the spot nearest the dealer’s right hand, which will be played last before the dealer’s hand is played.
Third Street - In seven-card stud, the first round of betting is called third street because the players have three cards.
Three-Card Monte - A three-card game similar to Bragg.
Three of a Kind - In poker, three cards of the same rank.
Ticket - A card.
Time Cut (Also, Axe or Collection) - Money charged each player on a time basis by the casino or by the poker room owner. Charge is usually on a 3 minute or an hourly basis.
Toke - Toke is short for 'token'. A tip given to the dealer in the form of money or chips. Unlike tokens, tokes are more specifically the tips that the game dealers receive from the players. A player who is known to toke the dealer heavily is sometimes referred to as a 'George' or a 'Real George'.
Token - The casino own coins used to play slot machines instead of real coins.
Touch Wand - A pointing device used on some video keno machines to select numbers.
Tournament - Basically, a competition game between a group of players over a period of time. For example, in Poker tournaments a bunch of poker players sit down with the same number of chips, and eventually only one player has any chips left. In order to ensure that the event will finish in reasonable time, tournaments institute a schedule by which the blinds and/or antes increase. Tournaments are usually played with chips that have no value outside of the tournament. So a buy-in of $30 might get you $500 in tournament chips to play with, but you can't cash them out in the middle. The winner of a tournament (the last player to bust out) as well as several of the other top finishers are typically awarded prize money according to some predetermined schedule. Tournament details vary widely, but a typical arrangement might include an initial buy-in, a re-buy period during which a player who runs out of tournament chips may buy more, and an opportunity to add on to one's stack after the re-buys have ended. Other details about the structure can vary widely.
Trente et Quarante (Thirty and Forty) - Also called Rouge et Noir or Red and Black, is a game of French origin found in French and other European casinos played with cards and a special table. The game has many similarities to Baccarat. The name Trente et Quarante is derived from the fact that the winning point lies between thirty and forty. There are five possible outcomes: Rouge or Noir, known as the 'Grand Tableau', and Couleur or Inverse, known as the 'Petit Tableau', and a Refait (a tie). The house derives its edge (1.1%) in the event of a tie, when the house takes one half of all the stakes. There is also an insurance bet option against the 'tie' outcome.
Trips - Three cards of the same rank.
Tronc - A designated box for collecting the tips for the dealers given by players when they win.
True Odds - The real odds of something happening. Actual odds taking into account the casino edge. The ratio of the number of times one event will occur to the number of times that it will not. The odds posted in a casino are usually not the true odds.
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Underlay - A bad or unfavorable bet. An event that has more money bet on its happening than can be justified by the probability of it happening.
Unit (Betting Units) - Technical term used to express the smallest amount of money used in wagering without specifying the actual Dollar or other currency amount. The player's actual 'chip' bet may be $1, $5, $25, $100 or other value. However, for purposes of simplifying gambling related calculations, the wager is specified as simply one betting unit or one chip.
Up Card (Upcard) - The face up card of the dealer's initial hand in blackjack. Standard casino rules require the dealers to deal their own opening hands with one card face-up and one card face-down. The card that is dealt face-up is the dealers 'up card'. The card the is dealt face-down is said to be the dealers 'hole card'.
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Videomat Casino - Is a casino that offers automatic games only, that do not require a dealer or a croupier, such as slot machines and electronic touch-bet roulette. They are normally open 24 hours or from 10am daily, and there is usually an in-house bar or snack bar.
Vig., Vigorish - The casino edge, fee or commission taken by the house.
Viking Poker - A poker name commonly used in some European casinos, is the equivalent of Caribbean Stud Poker.
VIP - A Very Important Person. Usually a big bettor or a high roller.
VLT - Video Lottery Terminal
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Wager - Any Bet.
Washing - To show that they are not taking any chips with them, croupiers always rub their hands over, known as 'washing', before leaving the table. See also 'Card Washing'
Web Wallet - A secure and convenient software tool for managing your online transactions, such as depositing money with online casinos or making a withdrawal from your balance.
Whale - A player who makes extremely large wagers. Unlike high rollers who consistently wager $100 or more per round, whales are typically those who make wagers amounting to thousands if not tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per round.
White meat - Profit.
Wild Card - A joker or other card that can be used as any other card to complete your hand in card games.
Wild Royal Flush - A Royal Flush that makes use of a wild card.
Wired cards (also, Back-to-Back) - In poker, a pair, trips, or four of a kind dealt consecutively or back-to-back in a hand, usually in a stud hand starting with the first card.
Withdrawal - A request you make to receive money from your account.
Wong, Wonging, Wonger - (named after Stanford Wong) In Blackjack, to count the cards dealt at a particular table and to then join play only when the count indicates the game has swung to the player's advantage. The term has been expanded to include playing in favorable situations in a number of other games.
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Sailboats
The nickname Sailboats was given to the Hold'em hand 44, a reference to how the number 4 looks like the profile of a boat. (read more)
Sam 'Ace' Rothstein
Sam 'Ace' Rothstein is the character in the film Casino who portrays real-life sports handicapper and Las Vegas casino executive Frank 'Lefty' Rosenthal. (read more)
Sample Size
Sample size is the concept that takes into account the volume of poker that has been played in trying to determine the significance of a set of results. (read more)
Sandbagging
Sandbagging refers to when a player makes a call with a very good hand to disguise its strength to keep the opponent betting. (read more)
Sandia Casino
Sandia Casino is one of the premier places to play poker in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It has evolved from a tent in the desert to a full-blown hotel and casino. (read more)
Satellite
A satellite is a low-cost method for players to enter poker tournaments. Satellites exist into brick and mortar tournaments as well as online poker tournaments. (read more)
Scare Card
A scare card is one that makes players involved in a hand feel as if they may no longer hold the best cards. Overcards and flush cards are scare cards. (read more)
Scoop
Scooping is the process of winning a pot in a poker game. A scoop more literally refers to winning both halves of the pot in a game of hi-lo split. (read more)
SCOOP
SCOOP stands for Spring Championship of Online Poker, the newest online poker championship series created by PokerStars in 2009 as a counterpart to the WCOOP. (read more)
Score
Score refers to a windfall in a poker tournament or any large amount of money or prizes that is obtained within a brief period of time. (read more)
Scott Montgomery
Scott Montgomery took fifth place in the 2008 World Series of Poker main event that concluded in November. He earned $3M for this. (read more)
Scotty Nguyen
Scotty Nguyen is one of the most accomplished tournament professionals in history with 5 WSOP bracelets and 1 WPT title equaling over $10,300,000. (read more)
Screen Name
A screen name is an online alias used by poker players to identify themselves at a poker site. (read more)
Second Pair
The term second pair means that a player has the second biggest pair possible given the board. (read more)
Selective Memory
A poker player has selective memory when he picks and chooses specific hands to remember in order to prove a point, ignoring all other hands which disprove it. (read more)
Semi-Bluff
A semi-bluff is when a player bets hard with a draw, making players believe that he may have a stronger hand, but still holding a draw. (read more)
Sesh
Oftentimes poker players will use the word sesh to abbreviate the word session or poker session. (read more)
Session
The term session refers to the duration of time a player begins and ends playing poker. (read more)
Set
A set is poker slang for three of a kind. It's also sometimes called trips. A set is a dominant poker hand and will be the winner in many cases. (read more)
Set Under Set
The term set under set refers to when two players show their hands in a Hold'em or Omaha game and one has a higher set than the other. (read more)
Setmine
Setmining refers to the act of playing a pocket pair with the singular intention of flopping a set or else planning to ditch the hand in most other instances. (read more)
Sexy
Sexy is a slang way of referring to a move in poker that is suave, slick, unconventional, cunning, or otherwise attractive and unique. (read more)
Shallow Tables
Shallow Tables were introduced in January of 2010 at Full Tilt Poker to give the shortstackers a place to play as they allow buyins ranging from 20 to 40 BBs. (read more)
Shannon Shorr
Shannon Shorr is a poker player from Tuscaloosa, Alabama whose first major win was at the 2006 Bellagio Cup . He has cashed for over $3M in poker tournaments. (read more)
Shark
A shark is an expert poker player. Sharks prey on amateur players, often called fish or newbies. Sharks exist in poker tournaments and cash games. (read more)
Sharks with Lasers
At one point in the chat box on Full Tilt Poker, grimstarr expressed that he wish sharks with lasers would go after stevesbets. It didn't happen. (read more)
Sharkscope
Sharkscope is a popular website for tracking results of online poker tournaments, particularly sit-and-gos on Pokerstars and Full Tilt. (read more)
Shaun Deeb
Shaun Deeb is well known for his ability to play an unheard-of volume of online poker tournaments. He won the yearly TLB on Pokerstars in 2007 and 2008. (read more)
Shawn Buchanan
Shawn Buchanan is a highly accomplished poker player from Vancouver, British Columbia who won the WPT Mandalay Bay Poker Championship in 2007. (read more)
Shill
A shill is a casino employee who plays on house money and helps to start and fill games. (read more)
Words Starting With Letter A
Ship It
Ship it is an expression said by poker players after they have won a pot as a way of saying 'send the money in the pot my way.' (read more)
Shooting Stars
Shooting Stars is a poker tournament held each spring at the Bay 101 casino in San Jose, California. One unique aspect of the event is 'pro bounties.' (read more)
Shootout
A shootout tournament is a larger poker tournament comprised of many smaller, single-table tournaments in which only the winners advance to (read more)
Short Buyin
A short buyin is a buy-in that is less than the minimum or standard amount for a given game. In live poker games, this is often a one-time option. (read more)
Short Stack
A short stack is a position in poker such that a player's chip stack is often smaller than his opponents' are. Being short on chips necessitates pushing all in. (read more)
Shorthanded
Shorthanded games are usually between 3-handed and 5-handed, although the term can be applied to any game that is playing with fewer players than the maximum. (read more)
Shortstacker
A shortstacker is poker player that buys into a cash game at the minimum buyin. (read more)
Shot Taker
Shot takers are those who play in games that they are either under-rolled for, or in games that present a very long shot of winning. (read more)
Showdown
Showdown occurs when players remaining in a hand turn over their cards to see who wons. This can occur with two ore more players remaining. (read more)
Shrew
Shrew is an adjective to describe an annoying and nitty gambler. (read more)
Shuffle
To shuffle is to mix playing cards in such a way that the deck is ordered randomly. It is a necessary procedure before the dealing of the cards takes place. (read more)
Shuffle Up and Deal
'Shuffle up and deal' is the self-explanatory phrase uttered--usually by a tournament director--before a poker tournament begins. (read more)
Sick
Sick is a slang term often used in poker in a variety of contexts both good and bad but typically express a form of shock or amazement. (read more)
Side Pot
A side pot is one formed when two or more players continue betting in a hand while one player is all in. It's the opposite of the main pot. (read more)
SilverStar
SilverStar is the 2rd Level of the PokerStars VIP Club and awards a 50% FPP multiplier and access to VIP tournaments and special store items. (read more)
Single Click Deposit
The term Single Click Deposit refers to a deposit method that is a way to fund your Full Tilt Poker account nearly instantly with a preset deposit method. (read more)
Sit and Go
Sit and Gos - or SNGs - are single table tournaments that begin when a fixed number of players register and usually end within an hour. (read more)
Sit and Go Madness
Sit and Go Madness is an occasional promotion at Full Tilt Poker where players compete in a leader board for Sit and Go tournaments for a weekend. (read more)
Sit n Go Strategy
Sit n Go Strategy is considered the best beginners guide to strategy for these games and is written by professional SNG player Collin Moshman. (read more)
Skin
A skin is one of several facades for an online poker room. Players at the skins sit at the same tables and use the same software. (read more)
Sklansky Bucks
Sklansky Bucks refers to the equity in a poker hand as opposed to the amount of actual money won. It is a way of analyzing EV as opposed to results. (read more)
Sleeper
Sleeper straddles are defined in contrast to 'live' straddles and can be placed from any position at the table, only becoming 'live' if the action is folded. (read more)
Slowplay
Slow play means that a person acts weak when they actually hold a strong hand. It has nothing to do with softplaying or with slowrolling. (read more)
Slowroll
To slow roll an opponent means to act weak while holding the nuts, taking time to reveal the hand with the express purpose of tilting or insulting an opponent. (read more)
Small Blind
The small blind is the smaller of two forced bets meant to ensure action in every hand. This small bet is often half the size of the big blind. (read more)
SMD
SMD means 'suck my dick,' often used in poker situations when someone wants to express bitterness or antipathy related to the outcome of a poker hand. (read more)
Smooth
Smooth is a term used to describe drawing to a good hand in a low-oriented game like 2-7 or having a fairly strong low hand in a stud game. (read more)
Smooth Call
A form of slow playing, smooth calling means just calling a bet with a dominant hand instead of raising. It's meant to trap your opponents. (read more)
Snapcall
Snapcall is usually meant as a metaphorical indication that the situation at hand is such an obvious call that it can be done quickly without further thought. (read more)
SNG
The acronym SNG is used in poker circles for Sit and Go, typically played as a freezeout tournament that usually is played on one single table. (read more)
Snowmen
The term Snowmen is slang for a specific hand for a hand in Hold'em when someone is dealt pocket eights, otherwise 88. (read more)
Soft
Soft is an adjective used to describe a poker game that is filled with weak competition and bad players--the opposite of a 'tough lineup.' (read more)
Softplaying
Softplaying refers to a form of cheating that involves playing a poker hand in a less profitbale manner than normal, usually for the benefit of an opponent. (read more)
Soul Read
The poker term soul read is often used to describe a crazy play that someone makes, purportedly because of a read they had on their opponent. (read more)
Sounds Rigged
Instead of saying 'that's too bad' many poker players will use the term 'sounds rigged' instead. (read more)
Speed Limit
The term Speed Limit is a nickname given to the starting hand of 55 in Hold'em, a reference to the speed limit on highways. (read more)
Speed Poker
Speed poker is a style of poker tournament that is rarely played. The main difference is that players have less time to act and make decisions (read more)
Spew
When poker players say spew, they are indicating that they feel like a certain play was not good and was spewing chips (or money). (read more)
Spewtard
A spewtard is a bad poker player that throws chips away recklessly. (read more)
Spite Call
Spite calls are made in thin or marginal situations in poker in an attempt to 'spite' the person whose bet you are calling. (read more)
Splash the Pot
To splash the pot is to haphazardly throw chips towards the main pot when you bet instead of stacking them in front of you for action. (read more)
Split Pair
Split pair is a seven card stud term that indicates one of the hidden downcards matches the exposed card on third street to make a pair. (read more)
Split Pot
A split pot occurs when two players hold the exact same hand in poker. The pot is chopped equally between them and then play continues with the next hand. (read more)
Sports Stars Challenge
The Sports Stars Challenge on PartyPoker is a promotion that allows a player on the site to win their way to a live poker tournament featuring big name sports h (read more)
Spot
Spot can mean one of two things--the weak spot in a poker game or an advantage given by one opponent to another in order to level a perceived skill edge. (read more)
Spread
Spread is a term used to denote the fact that a particular type of poker game is being offered. It is also part of the shuffling procedure. (read more)
Spread Limit
Spread limit refers to an infrequently played version of poker that can be accurately thought of as a hybrid between limit and big bet poker. (read more)
Spring Cash Dash
The Spring Cash Dash was a promotion held in April of 2009 at Titan Poker for ring game players which are put into a leader board on a point system. (read more)
Squeeze
Squeeze, or a 'Squeeze Play' involves re-raising after an open-raise and a call. In his books, Dan Harrington has described squeezing in depth. (read more)
SSNL
SSNL is an acronym popular on poker forums on the internet meaning 'Small Stakes No Limit'. (read more)
Stable
An equine metaphor, 'stable' refers to a collection of stakehorses backed for poker tournaments by one backer or backing partnership. (read more)
Stack
The word 'stack' can mean two things in poker--as a noun, the physical block of chips a player holds; as a verb, the action of taking an opponent's chips. (read more)
Stack-Off
Stacking off is a term that means going allin on a poker hand. It may indicate that the player going allin does not have a quality hand. (read more)
Stakehorse
Horse is the figurative term for a player who is backed. It is derived from the same notion that someone might have a financial interest in a racing horse. (read more)
Stand Up
When an online poker player selects Stand Up, it allows them to leave their seat without closing the table window. (read more)
Standard
Standard is a curt way for poker players to indicate that a certain decision is easy and not worthy of too much thought or attention. (read more)
Steal
The term steal referrers to the action of a player raising with position for the sole purpose of winning the blinds and/or antes. (read more)
Steam
Steaming is often a byproduct of tilt, a style of playing poker characterized by frustration, over-aggressive tendencies and a lack of rationality. (read more)
Steamraise
Steamraise refers to a raise made when a player is 'steaming' and on tilt. It is a leak in a player's game if he plays differently when steaming. (read more)
Steel Wheel
Steel Wheel is the lowest possible straight flush, using cards ace through five. It is most commonly seen in HiLo Split Games. (read more)
Step
The word step refers to a specialized tournament that leads to another tournament in a specific series that ends in a large prize. (read more)
Steve Albini
Steve Albini is a legendary record producer as well as being a fairly serious seven-card stud player. He is based out of Chicago. (read more)
Steve Gross
Steve Gross is an online professional poker player who won the FTOPS XI Event 10 and is a PocketFives Triple Crown Winner. (read more)
Steve Sung
Steve Sung is a Korean-born poker player who now lives in Southern California. He is a highly accomplished young tournament player. (read more)
Steve Zolotow
Steve Zolotow is a live poker professional who has won 2 WSOP bracelets and is known for being a poker theorist. (read more)
Stevebets
Steven Jacobs is better known as stevebets and is a member of Team PokerStars Online. (read more)
Steven Begleiter
Steven Begleiter is an Investment Firm Manager who finished 6th in the 2009 WSOP. (read more)
STFU
STFU is an acronym that stands for 'shut the fuck up,' a curt, agressive and self-explanatory way of telling someone to be quiet. (read more)
Sticky
A sticky player is one that is usually passive who floats a lot of boards and never folds if he or she catches any part of the board. (read more)
Stop and Go
A stop and go in poker is when a player calls a raise out of position and then bets when the next card is dealt. The stop-and-go is an advanced poker strategy. (read more)
Stop Loss
A stop loss is when a player set a particular limit to the amount they will lose in a session and if they hit that limit will immediately quit playing. (read more)
Stox Poker
Stox Poker is a popular coaching website that offers videos in a vast library in exchange for a monthly subscription fee. (read more)
Straddle
A live straddle occurs when the player under the gun bets twice the big blind before any cards are dealt. All players must call this raise to play. (read more)
Straight
Straights are stronger than three-of-a-kind and weaker than flushes in the ranking of poker hands. (read more)
Straight Flush
Straight flushes consist of five consecutive cards of the same suit., It is the highest ranking hand in most forms of poker. (read more)
Street
Street is the term used to describe a round of action in a poker game, such as the flop, turn and river in games that use community cards. (read more)
String Bet
A player makes a string bet when he places chips in front of him to bet, but then reaches back for more chips. String betting is not allowed in poker. (read more)
Strip Poker
Strip poker is a game played with the purpose of getting your opponent(s) naked. (read more)
Strong
Strong usually indicates a powerful hand in a poker game, an innovative play during a poker hand, or a mighty force related to poker, like the rake. (read more)
Structure
Structures refer to the format for a poker tournament. The primary aspects of a tournament structure are time levels, blind jumps and starting chips. (read more)
STT
STT stands for 'single table tournament' and is a type of Sit-n-Go. Most commonly a six, nine or ten handed tournament. (read more)
Stu Ungar
Stu Ungar died at the age of 45 after a rocky but illustrious career in poker. He was known for his aptitude in the card games gin rummy and poker. (read more)
Stuck
Stuck is a common poker colloqialism to describe being at a deficit over any time-frame or to be in the midst a losing gambling session. (read more)
Stud
Stud is a classic form of poker in which opponents are dealt three downcards and four upcards and must make the best five card hand. (read more)
Suckout
A suckout is when a statistical underdog in a hand draws out in order to win, thus overcoming the odds against him. Also called sucking out. (read more)
Suggestion Bet
A suggestion bet is a completely transparent bet that is made with the purpose of telling your opponents what hole cards you have. (read more)
Suicide King
A Suicide King is the nickname for the King of Hearts which is depicted with a knife going through his own head. (read more)
Suited
Two cards are suited when they are of the same suit. Suited connectors are two cards of the same suit in sequential order. (read more)
Suited Deck
A suited deck is one that has been organized by suit and rank. One is customary when a new game starts at a casino. (read more)
Suited Gappers
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Suited Gappers are two cards that share the same suit but have a single gap in denomination between them, such as 7s 9s. (read more)
Sunday Lunch
The Sunday Lunch tournament is a big money event aimed at players in Australia and New Zealand. (read more)
Sunday Million
The Sunday Million is the largest weekly tournament in online poker. PokerStars hosts the event every Sunday, and it routinely draws a feild of 8,000 or more. (read more)
Sunday Warm-Up
The Sunday Warm-Up is a weekly online poker tournament on PokerStars that begins at 12:45 EST and usually pays around $100K to first place. (read more)
Super Satellite
Super Satellites are a mult-table tournament (MTT) form of satellite poker, usually giving away several seats to the target tournament as opposed to one. (read more)
Super System
Super System: A Course in Power Poker is a book compiled by Doyle Brunson, consisting of contributions by various poker players on different forms of poker. (read more)
Supernova
Supernova is the 5th Level of the PokerStars VIP Club and awards a 3.5x FPP multiplier and access to VIP tournaments and special store items. (read more)
Supernova Elite
The Supernova Elite level is the highest level of the PokerStars VIP Club and is worth over $114,000 in cash bonuses and promotions. (read more)
Superuser
Superusers are online players who are capable of seeing all the hole cards at a table. The discovery of superusers created a major scandal in online poker, (read more)
Surviving the Game
Surviving the Game is a major motion picture released in 1994 about bumhunters and bumhunting. It is about actually hunting bums, not in the poker sense. (read more)
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Sustainable Rate
The phrase 'sustainable rate' refers to the ability (or inability) of a player to maintain the current win-rate over a long period of time. (read more)
Sweat
Sweat can refer to a couple of things in poker--mostly it describes the act of watching poker action as an interested party. (read more)
Swings
Swings are the short term wins and losses that are intrinsic to the gambling experience. In poker, swings are also sometimes referred to as 'variance.' (read more)
Swongs
Swongs are one thing, but... This famous lilholdem954 quote arose from an instant message chat with Peter #1PEN Neff. (read more)
Synchronized Breaks
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When playing in more than one multi-table tournament simultaneously, synchronized breaks allow a player to take a break at all the tournaments at one time. (read more)