rack

. A plastic tray used for storing a rack of chips.

rags

Worthless (or apparently worthless) cards. Most often refers to small cards in high-hand games, while high cards in low games are more often called “bricks” or “bombs”. Also “blank”.

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.

rainbow

Three or four cards of different suits, especially said of a flop.

rakeback

Rebate/repayment to a player of a portion the rake paid by the player, normally from a non-cardroom, third-party source such as an affiliate. Applies only to online poker.

ram and jam

To aggressively bet, raise, and reraise.

ratholing

To “go south”.

rebuy

An amount of chips purchased after the buy-in.

redeal

To deal a hand again, possibly after a misdeal.

redraw

1. 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..
2. Second or later draws in a draw game with multiple draws.

reraise

Raise after one has been raised. Also coming “over the top”.

river rat

A player whose hand was dominated from the start, but improves his hand on the river to win the pot.

rock

1. A very tight player (plays very few hands and only continues with strong hands).
2. A bundle of chips held together with a rubber band, or other token signifying an obligatory live straddle. If the player under the gun has the rock, he must use it to post a live straddle. The winner of the pot collects the rock and is obligated to use it in turn.

rolled-up trips

In seven-card stud, three of a kind dealt in the first three cards.

runner

A tournament entrant, a contestant.

runner-runner

A hand made by hitting two consecutive cards on the turn and river. Also “backdoor”.

rush

Winning streak. A player who has won several big pots recently is said to be on a rush.

paint

The face cards, Jacks, Queens, and Kings, in a deck. In Texas hold’em, a flop can be said to be “all paint” if it consists of only these cards.

passive

A style of play characterized by checking and calling.

pat

Already complete. A hand is a pat hand when, say, a straight comes on the first five cards in Texas hold’em.

pick-up

When the house picks up cash from the dealer after a player buys chips.

pigeon

A bad player. Also “donkey”, “fish”.

play twice

See “deal twice”.

pocket pair

In community card poker or stud poker, when two of a player’s private cards make a pair. Also “wired pair”.

poker face

A blank face that does not reveal anything about the cards being held. Often used metaphorically outside the world of poker.

position bet

A bet that is made more due to the strength of the bettor’s position than the strength of the bettor’s cards.

post

To make the required small or big blind bet in Texas Hold ‘em or other games played with blinds rather than antes

post dead

To post a bet amount equal to the small and the big blind combined (the amount of the large blind playing as a live blind, and the amount of the small blind as dead money). In games played with blinds, a player who steps away from the table and misses his turn for the blinds must either post dead or wait for the big blind to re-enter the game. Compare to “dead blind”.

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”.

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.

push

To put yourself all-in.

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open

To bet first.

open ended, open ended straight draw

An outside straight draw. Also “two-way 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.

option

1. 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.
2. The right to raise possessed by the big blind if there have been no raises.

out of pocket

A game which gives the players the ability to add more money to their stack in the middle of a hand.

outside straight, outside straight draw

“Two-way straight draw”.

overcall

To call a bet after others have called, esp. big bets. Jim bet, Alice called, then Ted overcalled.

overcard

1. A community card with a higher rank than a player’s pocket pair.
2. 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, a pocket pair with a higher rank than any community card.

over the top

To reraise. Ted raised $20, then Alice came over the top for $60 more.

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maniac

A loose and aggressive player. A player who bets constantly and plays many inferior hands.

match the pot

To put in an amount equal to all the chips in the pot.

misdeal

A deal which is ruined for some reason and must be redealt.

move in

In a no-limit game, to “move in” or to “go all in” means to bet one’s entire stake on the hand in play.

muck

1. To fold.
2. To discard one’s hand without revealing the cards. Often done after winning without a showdown or at a showdown when a better hand has already been revealed.
3. The discard pile.

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