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pl
(n) A chat term, pot-limit.
plo
(n) A chat term, pot-limit Omaha.
plo8
(n) A chat term, pot-limit Omaha/8.
pair
(n) Two cards of the same rank, either in a player's hand or on the board. Two aces in your hand constitute a pair of aces or, simply, a pair.
Player Note dialog
(n phrase) A dialog box into which you can enter player notes.
player notes
(n phrase) Information you can enter about a player into a dialog box. You can then see those notes by hovering your cursor over the player or by bringing up the Player Note dialog.
Players Window
(n phrase) The window in the lobby that shows information about the seated players in the game highlighted in the Games Window.
play money
(n phrase) Virtual money, as opposed to real money. Play money has no value. Play money games are places for players to practice their online skills before moving to real money games.
play money games
(n phrase) Online games that use play money.
plays for you
(v phrase) An expression that describes the chips of your blind. When you have a blind, you have an investment in the pot, and, when it is your turn to act, you have already contribute part or all of the bet. For example, in a $2/$4 hold'em game, if you have the big blind, you put $2 into the pot prior to receiving your cards. If anyone opens for the minimum, $2, when the action gets to you, you do not have to add anything to the pot unless you wish to raise. If the bet is $4 because there has been a raise, you can get in for $2 less because of that $2 you already have invested.
play the board
(v phrase) In determining the winning hand in hold’em, sometimes the board contains some combination better than any hand that can be made using any player’s hole cards. When players form their best hand using no hole cards, this is called playing the board. When all players play the board, the pot is split equally among all players remaining in the hand at that point. For example, with an ace-high straight of three different suits on the board, it would be impossible for any player to produce a five-card combination better than an ace-high straight. If three players remained, the software would split the pot equally among the three because they would all be playing the board. This situation also arises when no player can form a hand better than what is on the board, even if such a hand is possible. For example, if the board is As Ah Ks Kh Qd, and the two remaining players have 9s 9d and Ts Td, each would play the board, even though any player holding any ace, king, queen, or the hand J-10, would have them beat. Any of those hands would beat either player, but since none is out, the two players play the board and split the pot.
pocket
1. (n) The first two cards in hold'em, that is a player's "private cards" (as opposed to the community cards or flop );hole cards. "I had a king in the pocket." 2. The downcard or downcards in a stud game. 3. (adj) Pertaining to the first two cards in hold'em, usually a pair, as, for example, a pocket pair or pocket rockets.
pocket cards
(n phrase) Downcards;hole cards.
pocket rockets
(n phrase) A pair of aces as one's first two cards in hold'em.
pocket pair
(n phrase) A pair as one's first two cards in hold'em (and sometimes seven-card stud).
playing the board
(v phrase) See play the board.
poker room
(n phrase) A place where poker players play; cardroom.
poker site
(n phrase) Online cardroom
poker table
(n phrase) 1. A table used in brick and mortar cardrooms especially for the play of poker. Most poker tables have a felt cover. Poker tables for draw or stud games generally accommodate eight players, with an extra place for the house dealer, if there is one. Poker tables for hold’em games can accommodate as many as 12 or 13 players, although nine or 10 is more common. 2. In an online cardroom, the virtual representation of the preceding. 3. Any table on which to play poker. In home games, this can be the kitchen table, or a fancy table with seven or eight places having recessed chip racks and drink holders at each position. 4. A table in a casino devoted to poker (as opposed to, say, a blackjack table).
position
(n) 1. Where a player sits in relation to the others at the table. 2. Where a player sits in relation to the button, or, sometimes, in relation to the blinds. Position 1 is generally the position to the left of the button, although, in a blind game, position 1 could be the position to the left of the big blind, that is, position 1 is three positions to the left of the button. Also see early position, late position. 3. Where a player sits in relation to a particular player. Sitting to someone’s left is generally termed good position, and to his right bad position. 4. Good position with respect to the other players at the table. “You can open with a worse hand when you’ve got position.” 5. Sitting in good position with respect to a particular player, usually sitting one or two seats to the player’s left. “I had position on the live one all night, but I never held any hands.”
post
(n)1. In a game with blinds, to get dealt in immediately when you first sit down and you are not in the big blind position, put in a blind the same size as the big blind. 2. If you miss the blinds and do not wait for the big blind to get to you to get back into play, put in an amount equivalent to both missed blinds. For example, in a $2/$4 limit hold’em game, if you miss the blinds and do not wait for the big blind to get to you to get back into play, you would put $3 into the pot, of which $2 would be considered part of your bet when it is your turn to act on the first round, and $1 would belong to the pot—to be won by the eventual winner of the pot.
pot
(n)1. The chips in play on a particular hand. "They both had straight flushes and the pot was over $1000." 2. The interval of time from the deal of cards until the showdown. "I was able to play in only three pots all night, and both of those were small." (Also see hand, definition 2.)
pot limit
(n phrase) Pot-limit game. "I played pot limit today."
pot-limit
(adj) Describing a game played for pot limit, in such phrases as pot-limit game, pot-limit poker, pot-limit hold’em, and so on.
pot-limit game
(n phrase) The form of poker in which, on his turn, a player can bet any amount from the minimum to the size of the pot. The only restriction on a raise is that it must either equal or exceed the previous bet or raise. The size of a pot-limit game is usually expressed as two numbers that represent the sizes of the two blinds. For example, a $5/$10 pot-limit game has a small blind of $5 and a big blind of $10. The first player to bet can open for the minimum, which is the size of the big blind (in this case, $10), or raise to any amount up to the size of the pot. After calling the $10 blind, the pot contains $25. The maximum raise would then be $25, so, including that $10 call, the first player could put in up to $35. The maximum bet made by the player who comes in first into a pot-limit game in which the big blind is double the size of the small blind is always seven times the size of the small blind. The minimum raise for the opening bet is always equal to the size of the big blind. The other restriction on a raise is that it must either equal or exceed the previous bet or raise. Also called pot-limit poker.
pot-limit poker
(n phrase) Pot-limit game.
presto
(n) 1. In hold'em, two fives as one's first two cards. 2. Two fives in any game.
price of poker
(n phrase) What it costs to play, usually with reference to the increase of blinds in a tournament, sometimes as a remark accompanying a raise. When the blinds increase (usually only at a point that their size is significant compared to the stacks of most players), someone providing running commentary on the tournament might say, "The price of poker just went up". When someone makes a significant raise in a big-bet game, you might also hear that comment.
private game
(n phrase) A poker game played elsewhere than in a public cardroom. Also called home game. Sometimes private game has a wider application, because a private game could be played in other than someone’s home (for example, in a hotel room). Compare with public game.
Professor, The
(n phrase) Nickname of Howard Lederer.
public cardroom
(n phrase) A cardroom that has public games.
public game
(n phrase) A game played in a poker room, one that is open to anyone who wishes to play. Compare with private game. Also see club poker.
Put Me Here
(n) When you are in a game at Full Tilt Poker, you can move your position by right–clicking on the seat that is at the position you want and then clicking the Put Me Here option. The table and players rotate such that you end up in the desired position. (This is not the same as changing seats.)
quads
(n) Four of a kind.
qualifier
(n) In a high-low split game, a particular holding (or better) that a player must have to win the low half or high half of a pot, as, for example, 8-or-better. Online games have qualifiers only for low.
qualify
(v) Be eligible to win the low half of the pot in a high-low split game due to having a qualifier for low.
quartered
(adv) Describing the situation in which a player wins one-fourth of a pot, usually due to splitting the low half of the pot in a high-low split game with someone who holds the same hand. For example, most Omaha high-low players stay to the showdown with any A-2 combination, and often more than one player has those cards at the end. If two players hold those cards, those players each get half of the low half of the pot. Players can also get quartered for the high half of a pot, but that is less common than for the low half. It is entirely possible also to get sixthed.
raise
1. (v) Increase the bet. In a limit game, this means add a bet equal to the betting limit; in a no-limit game, this means increase by anything equal to or greater than the previous bet or raise. 2. (n) The act of increasing the bet. "Is that a raise?" 3. The money, in the form of chips, that constitutes this bet. "He put in a $100 raise."
rake
A rake is the percentage of the pot that the house collects as compensation for hosting the game. At Full Tilt Poker the maximum rake in ring games is $3, with a minimum pot size needed for any rake. Tournament style games do not have a rake, but have an entry fee.
rank
(n) The denomination of a card, as deuce or 10.
razz
A game similar to the seven card stud. In razz, however, your objective is to make the lowest possible hand. Each player that stays in for every round of betting ends up with seven cards – four face up and three face down. At the showdown, the player holding the best LOW hand using five of his seven cards wins the pot. Aces are always low, and flushes and straights have no effect on the value of a hand. The best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5.
real money
(n phrase) Actual cash, as opposed to play money. Real money is represented online with cyber-cash, but it has just as much value as the chips used in brick-and mortar cardrooms. In an online cardroom, a player has an account from which he moves chips to tables while playing and to which he deposits the cash represented by those chips when he leaves a game.
real money games
(n phrase) Online games that use real money.
rebuy
1. (v) Buy more chips in a rebuy tournament. 2. (n) The act of buying these chips. "I've had three rebuys so far." 3. The chips so bought. "The rebuy is $100."
rebuy tournament
(n phrase) A tournament in which players can buy more chips when they go broke. Usually the time during which players can buy more chips is limited to the first few levels and usually a player is permitted a rebuy only when his chips go below a certain level, generally equal to the buy-in amount. This time is called the rebuy period.
rebuy period
(n phrase) The period of time during a rebuy tournament in which players can buy more chips when they go broke.
reopen the betting
(v phrase) Make a raise that permits those who have already made bets or raises again to have the option of folding, calling, or raising, in a situation in which opting not to raise ends the betting for that round. Examples of ending the betting are not taking the option on the big blind and just calling a raise when you are the last to act. Here is an example showing how it works in a no-limit game. You opened for $100. Chloe raised to $500. Jean and Joan called the $500. The action now comes back to you. If you just call the $400, no more betting is permitted on this round, and the next card would be dealt, if there is one, or there would be a showdown if this is the last round. If, on the other hand, you reraised, that would reopen the betting, because Chloe would again have an opportunity to fold, call, or raise, as would Jean and Joan.
reverse bridge order
(n phrase) Clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades. This order comes into play when determining which player must make the bring-in in seven-card stud when two or more players have the same rank of upcard on the first round.
river
1. (n) River card. "I spiked an ace on the river." 2. (v) To have that card affect a particular player. For example, if you start with two hearts in the hole, the flop includes two hearts (and one non-heart), the turn a non-heart, and the river is a heart, you are said to have rivered a flush.
river card
(n phrase) In hold’em-type games, the fifth of the community cards (that is, the fifth card dealt to the center). Following this card is the third round of betting. This card is sometimes (rarely) called fifth street. 2. In seven-card stud, the last card, delivered on seventh street.
rocket
(n) ace; usually used in the plural. Often part of the phrase pocket rockets.
Roger That
(n phrase) Hold'em starting hand nickname: 10-4. Comes from the police "10-code", and signifies affirmation or confirmation.
rolled up
(adv phrase) Describing the situation in which you start a seven-card stud hand with three of a kind, that is, your first three cards are all of the same rank.
room
(n) Cardroom.
round
(n) 1. Betting round. 2. In a stud game, distribution of cards to each active player. The first round consists of three cards, and the next four rounds each consist of one card. Each of these rounds is followed by a round of betting.
round of betting
(n phrase) Betting round.
royal flush
(n phrase) A special name given a straight flush topped by an ace, that is, five cards in sequence, 10, J, Q, K, A, all in one suit. In the 52-card deck, when playing without wild cards, this is the highest-ranking poker hand. This hand ranks just above a king-high straight flush.