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Dead Money: Money contributed to a
pot by a player no longer in the pot.
A player in a tournament who has no realistic chance of
winning.
Dog:
Shortened form of "underdog" .
Dominated Hand:
A hand
that will almost always lose to a better hand that
people usually play.
Draw :To
play a hand that is not yet good, but could become so if
the right cards come.
Draw Dead: Trying to make a hand
that, even if made, will not win the pot. this is a bad
condition to be in.
Equity: Your "rightful" share of a
pot. If the pot contains $80, and you have a 50% chance
of winning it, you have $40 equity in the pot.
Expectation: The amount you expect
to gain on average if you make a certain play. For
instance, suppose you put $20 into a $100 pot to draw at
a hand that you will make 25% of the time, and it will
win every time you make it. Three out of four times, you
do not make your draw, and lose $20 each time for a
total of $60. The fourth time, you will make your draw,
winning $100. Your total gain over those four average
hands is $100-$60 = $40, an average of $10 per hand.
Thus calling the $20 has a positive expectation of $10.
(2) The amount you expect to make at the poker table in
a specific time period.
Extra Blind: A blind put in by a
player just entering the game, returning to the game, or
otherwise changing his position at the table. See also
"blind" and "post."
Family Pot: A pot in which all (or
almost all) of the players call before the flop.
Fast Play:
To play a hand aggressively,
betting and raising as much as possible.
Fifth Street:
The fifth community card in Hold'em or Omaha, also known
as the "river" . Also sometimes used to refer to the
fifth card received in 7 Card Stud.
Fish: A poor player, One who gives
his money away.
Flop: The first three community
cards, put out face up, all together.
Fold:
To drop out of a hand.
Fold Equity: The extra value you
get from a hand when you force an opponent to fold. That
is, if you don't have to see a showdown, your hand has
more value than if you do.
Foul: A hand that may not be
played for one reason or another. A player with a foul
hand may not make any claim on any portion of the pot.
Fourth Street:
The fourth community card in Hold'em or
Omaha also known as "the Turn Card". Also sometimes used
to refer to the fourth card received in 7 Card Stud.
Free Card: A turn or river card on
which you don't have to call a bet because of play
earlier in the hand (or because of your reputation with
your opponents). For instance, if you are on the button
and raise when you flop a flush draw, your opponents may
check to you on the turn. If you make your flush on the
turn, you can bet. If you don't get it on the turn, you
can check as well, seeing the river card for "free."
Free
Roll:
One player has a shot at winning an
entire pot when he is currently tied with another
player. For instance, suppose you have A-Q and your
opponent has A-Q. The flop is Q-5-T.You are tied with
your opponent right now, but are free rolling, because
you can win the whole pot and your opponent can't. If no
club comes, you split the pot with him; if it does come,
you win the whole thing.
Gap Hand: A starting hand with
cards more than one rank apart. For instance, T-9 is a
one-gap hand. 8-6 is a two-gap hand.
Gut-shot: Straight A straight
filled "inside." If you have 9-8, the flop comes
7-5-2dand the turn is the 6, you've made your gut-shot
straight.
Heads-Up: A pot that is being
contested by only two players. Example: "It was heads-up
by the turn."
Hit: As in "the flop hit me,"
meaning the flop contains cards that help your hand. If
you have AK, and the flop comes K-7-2, it hit you.
Hole
cards:
Cards
that are face down and cannot be seen by the other
players.
House: The establishment running
the game.
Implied Odds: Pot odds that do not
exist at the moment, but may be included in your
calculations because of bets you expect to win if you
hit your hand. For instance, you might call with a flush
draw on the turn even though the pot isn't offering you
quite 4:1 odds (your chance of making the flush) because
you're sure you can win a bet from your opponent on the
river if you make your flush.
Jackpot: A special bonus paid to
the loser of a hand if he gets a very good hand beaten.
In hold'em, the "loser" must typically get aces full or
better beaten. In some of the large southern California
card clubs, jackpots have gotten over $50,000. Of
course, the jackpot is funded with money removed from
the game as part of the rake.
Jam: To move all-in in a no-limit
(or pot-limit) game.
Kicker: An unpaired card used to
determine the better of two near-equivalent hands. For
instance, suppose you have A-K and your opponent has
A-Q. If the flop has an ace in it, you both have a pair
of aces, but you have a king kicker.
Leak: A weakness in your game that
causes you to win less money than you would otherwise.
Limp: To call, Generally the term
refers to pre-flop action.
Live Blind: A forced bet put in by
one or more players before any cards are dealt. The
"live" means those players still have the option of
raising when the action gets back around to them.
Live: Cards that are not
duplicated in an opponent's stronger hand. For example,
if you have A-9 and your opponent has A-J, then your ace
is not "live" because making a pair of aces won't do you
any good. The nine, however, is live; making a pair of
nines gives you the better hand.
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