SANDBAG -. Playing a strong hand as if it were only a fair one.
SCOOP - To win all of the pot in a split pot game.
SEE - To call a bet, as in: "I'll see you".
SEMI-BLUFF n. To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
SET - Trips or Quads. In Holdem, a pair in your hand with one (or two) on the board.
SHARK n. A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
SHILL - An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is just to play and help keep enough players at a table. A shill is staked to the game by the house as his compensation.
SHORT-STACKED adv. Playing with a only a small amount of money.
SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
SIDE POT -. When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or Side Pot for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
SLOWPLAY - To play a hand unaggressively and risking as little as possible.
SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the Small Blind because it is usually one-half (or less) the amount of the big bland.
SNAPPED OFF - To get a good hand beat.
SOLID PLAYER - A strong, all around player.
SPLIT OPENERS - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush.
SPLIT PAIR - A pair in Stud with one card up and the other down.
SPLIT POT - A pot that is split between two or more hands.
SPREAD - For a casino to offer a particular game.
STACK - The amount of money (the stack of chips) a player has on the table.
STACKED DECK - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage.
STAKE - The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session.
STAND OFF - To call a raise. "Opener raises, I stand off".
STEAL - To win the pot by bluffing.
STEAL POSITION - The next to last or last position.
STEAM - Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot.
STREETS - Fourth Street, Fifth Street etc. In stud, the fourth card dealt to a player, the fifth card etc.
STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more.
STUCK adj. A significant amount of money lost.
STUD -. Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
SUICIDE KING n. King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
SUITED -. Two or more cards all the same suit.
TABLE CHARGE - A fee paid for playing.
TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table.
TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
TAPPED OUT - Out of money.
TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand.
THREE OF A KIND - Three cards all the same rank.
THREE FLUSH - Three cards of the same suit.
TIED ON - When your hand is good enough to play it to the end.
TIGHT - A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average.
TIGHT PLAYER - A person who plays on the premium hands.
TOKE - Gambling term for "tip". Comes from the term "Token of appreciation".
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
TOP TWO PAIR - In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
TREY - A three.
TRIPS - Three of a specific kind, as in "Trip sixes".
TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
TWO FLUSH - Two suited cards.
UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner.
UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
UPHILL - To chase or try to outdraw a better hand.
WALK - A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
WHEEL - A-2-3-4-5. The best possible low hand. Also called a "Bicycle".
WILD CARD - A joker or standard card that, by player agreement and/or dealer's choice, can be used to represent any card desired.
WIRED PAIR - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.
