Poker

Poker

Game of poker

Industry: Games

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Poker

A bluff reraise in no limit hold'em with less-than-premium cards, after another player or players have already called the original raise. The goal is to bluff everyone out of the hand and steal the ...

Spread

Games; Poker

The range between a table's minimum and maximum bets.

Split two pair

Games; Poker

In community card poker, a two pair hand, with each pair made of one of your hole cards, and one community card.

Splash the pot

Games; Poker

To throw one's chips in the pot in a disorderly fashion. Not typically allowed, because the dealer can't tell how much has been bet.

Protected pot

Games; Poker

A pot that seems impossible to bluff to win because too many players are active in it and the chances of another player either calling you to the end or raising beyond measure become an assurance.

Proposition player

Games; Poker

A player who 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.

Probe bet

Games; Poker

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 ...