| Paints |
Face or picture cards (Jack,
Queen and King). |
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| Pair |
Two cards of the same face or number value. |
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| Pass |
To fold. |
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| Pay Off |
To call on the final round of betting when
you may or may not think you have the best
hand. |
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| Picture Cards |
Face cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
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| Play Back |
To raise or re-raise another player's bet. |
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| Playing the Board |
In flop games when your best five card hand
is all five of the community cards. |
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| Pocket |
The down cards or hole cards. |
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| Pocket Rockets |
A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole. |
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| Position |
Where a player is seated in relation to
the dealer, therefore establishing that player's
place in the betting order. |
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| Post |
When you post a bet, you place your chips
in the pot (You must post the Blinds). |
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| Pot |
The money or chips in the center of a table
that players try to win. |
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| Pot Limit |
This is a game where the maximum bet can
equal the pot. |
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| Prop |
A person hired by the cardroom to work as
a shill. |
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| Push |
.When the dealer pushes the chips to the
winning player at the end of a hand. It's
also when dealers rotate to other tables. |
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| Put Down |
To fold a hand. |
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