POKER SUPPLIES

WINNING SUPPLIES

Glossary of poker terms - L to Z

• Ladies
  A starting hand of two Queens.

• Late position
  One of the last players to act in a round of betting.

• Limit
  A fixed limit game (as opposed to no limit).

• Monster
  A very strong hand.

• Muck
  To discard your hand.

• No Limit
  The maximum bet or raise any player can make is for all of their chips they have on the table during the hand.

• Nuts
  The best possible hand at any given time.

• Off suit
  Starting hand with cards of different suits. eg. 8 of hearts and 7 of diamonds

• Omaha
  A variation of poker where players receive 4 hole cards with 5 community cards. Final hand must include 2 hole and 3 board cards

• Outs
  Any cards that could improve a hand to become the winning hand.

• Pair
  Two cards of the same rank. eg. 7-7 - a pair of sevens.

• Pass
  Another word for FOLD.

• Pocket Rockets
  A starting hand of two Aces.

• Quads
  Four of a kind.

• Rag
  A seemingly worthless card.

• Rainbow
  A flop with cards of three different suits.

• Shark
  A very good poker player.

• Showdown
  When betting is complete and the remaining players turn their cards face up to reveal the winner.

• Slowplay
  To play a strong hand weakly in order to deceive opponents.

• Suited
  A starting hand of two cards from the same suit.

• Tell
  A gesture which gives away the relative strength of a players hand.

• Trips
  Three of a kind.

• Under the gun
  The first player to act in a round of betting.

• Wired Pair
  Two hole cards of the same rank.

For more poker terms and terminology our glossary continues - poker glossary A-K.

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