Did
you know terms like “ace up
one's sleeve”, “beats
me”, “poker face”,
“wild card”, “ace
in the hole”, “pass
the buck”, “blue chip”,
“call one's bluff”,
“cash in”, “up
the ante” etc. that we use
without even giving them a thought,
really originated from poker?
Explore our
Poker Lingo Glossary and find out
which other words that you use come
from poker. |
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Dark: |
Refers to an action
that is taken before receiving information
to which the player would normally
be entitled. |
Dead
Blind: |
Is a blind that is
not "live". In this the
player posting it does not have
the option to raise if other players
just call. Usually refers to a small
blind posted by a player entering,
or returning to, a game (in a position
other than the big blind) that is
posted in addition to a live blind
equal to the big blind. |
Dead
Hand: |
A player's hand that
is not entitled to participate in
the deal for reasons like having
been fouled by touching another
player's cards, being found with
the wrong number of cards, being
dealt to a player who did not make
the appropriate forced bets, etc. |
Deadwood:
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The muck. |
Decloak: |
To raise after having
slow played for a while, making
it clear that you were, in fact,
slow playing. |
Deuce: |
This refers to a
2-spot card. Or to any of the various
related uses of the number two,
such as a $2 limit game, a $2 chip,
etc.
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Deuce-to-Seven:
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This
is a method of evaluating low hands. |
Discard: |
To take a previously
dealt card out of play. The set
of all discards for a deal is called
the "muck" or the "deadwood".
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Dog:
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I bet you can come
up with 10 different usages for
that word. Well, you are not far
behind here. It means an underdog
- a player with a smaller chance
to win than another specified player.
Frequently used when the exact odds
are expressed. |
Donation: |
A call made by a
player who only expects to lose,
either out of boredom or irrational
optimism. I guess then you must
be reaching new highs of boredom! |
| Donkey:: |
It is used to describe an inexperienced,
unskilled, or foolish poker player.
I played that hand like a donkey.
Also "fish". |
| Donk
(verb): |
To play a hand poorly. Do that
often and you’ll be the next
‘donkey’ in the line! |
| Door
card: |
It’s not a card that shows
you the exit door but quite oppositely,
it’s the first card dealt
face up to each Player in Seven
Card Stud. |
| Double-Board,
Double-Flop: |
Refers to any of the several
community card game variants (usually
Texas hold 'em) in which two separate
boards of community cards are dealt
simultaneously, with the pot split
between the winning hands using
each board. |
| Double-Draw: |
It refers to any of the several
Draw poker games in which the draw
phase and subsequent betting round
are repeated twice.
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| Double
Through, Double Up: |
In a big bet game, if you bet
all of your's chips on one hand
against a single opponent(who has
an equal or larger stack) and win,
thereby ‘doubling’ your
stack. |
| Downcard: |
A card that is dealt facedown.
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| Down
to the Felt: |
Refers to the green felt surface
of a poker table no longer obscured
by chips because wither you are
‘All in’ or have lost
all of your money. |
| Drag
Light: |
Believe me this has nothing to
do with smoking! It means to pull
chips away from the pot to indicate
that you don't have enough money
to cover the bet. If you win, the
amount is ignored. If you lose,
you must cover the amount from your
pocket. |
| Drawing
Dead: |
It is as dead as it reads. It
means having no possible cards that
can beat your opponent. |
| Drawing
live: |
Not drawing dead; that is, drawing
to a hand that will win if successful.
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| Drawing
thin: |
Not drawing completely dead,
but chasing a draw in the face of
poor odds. |
| Drop: |
To fold. Also, to lose a particular
amount of money. To drop ones cards
indicates that one is in or out
of a game.
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| Dry
pot: |
A side pot with no money. Created
when a player goes all in and is
called by more than one opponent,
but not raised. Bluffing into a
dry pot is a play that cannot possibly
earn a profit, so doing so is considered
foolish.
It may also be unethical, because
it serves to protect the all-in
player at the expense of the better
and the other players, and so is
a form of collusion.
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