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Stack: Chips in front of a
player. Steal:
To bet or raise causing an opponent to fold when you may not hold the best
hand, or bluffing.
Straddle:
An additional blind bet placed after the forced blinds, usually double the
big blind in size or in lowball, a multiple blind game.
Straight:
Five cards in consecutive rank.
Straight Flush:
Five cards in consecutive rank of the same suit.
Street:
Cards dealt on a particular round in stud games. For instance, the fourth
card in a player’s hand is often known as fourth street, the sixth card as
sixth street, and so on.
Stock
– To stack a deck or prearrange the cards for cheating purposes.
String Raise:
A bet made in more than one motion, without the declaration of a raise
(not allowed).
Stub:
The portion of the deck which has not been dealt.
Structured: Used to apply
to a certain betting structure in "flop" games such as
hold'em. The typical definition
of a structured game is a fixed amount for bets and raises before the flop
and on the flop, and then twice that amount on the turn and river.
Example: a $2-$4 structured
hold'em game - bets and raises of
$2 before the flop and on the flop; $4 bets and raises on the turn and
river.
Suited:
Cards are of the same suit.
Table Stakes:
The amount of money a player has on the table is the maximum amount that
anyone can win in one hand. Also refers to the requirement that
players can wager only the money in front of them at the start of a hand,
and can only buy more chips between hands.
Tell: A clue or hint that a
player unknowingly gives about the strength of his hand, his next action,
etc. May originally be from "telegraph" or the obvious use that he "tells"
you what he's going to do before he does it.
Tight:
Playing fewer hands than normal. Tight game - A game with less players
than normal in fewer hands.
Tilt: To play wildly or
recklessly. A player is said to be "on tilt" if he is not playing his
best, playing too many hands, trying wild bluffs, raising with bad hands,
etc.
Toke: A small amount of
money (typically $.50 or $1.00) given to the dealer by the winner of a
pot. Quite often, tokes represent the great majority of a dealer's income.
Top Pair: A pair with the
highest card on the flop. If you have As-Qs, and the flop comes Qd-Th-6c,
you have flopped top pair.
Trips: Three of a kind.
Turn:
The fourth card dealt on the board during community card games.
Turncard:
The fourth street card in
hold'em
or Omaha.
Under the Gun: The position
of the player who acts first on a betting round. For instance, if you are
one to the left of the big blind, you are under the gun before the flop.
Underdog: A person or hand
who is not mathematically favored to win a pot. For instance, if you flop
four cards to your flush, you are not quite a 2:1 underdog to make your
flush by the river (that is, you will make your flush about one in three
times).
Upcards:
Cards that are dealt faceup for opponents to see in stud games.
Value: As in "bet for
value." This means that you would actually like your opponents to call
your bet (as opposed to a bluff). Generally it's because you have the best
hand. However, it can also be a draw which, given enough callers, has a
positive expectation.
Variance: A measure of the
up and down swings your bankroll goes through. Variance is not necessarily
a measure of how well you play. However, the higher your variance, the
wider swings you'll see in your bankroll.
Wager:
To bet or raise, or the chips used for betting or raising.
Weak: One who folds too many
hands.
Updated September 2006
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