Poker Glossary of Terms

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Scare Card - A card which may well turn the best hand into trash.

Second Pair - A pair with the second highest card on the flop.

Sell - As in "sell a hand". To bet less than the maximum when you have a very strong hand, hoping players will call whereas they would not have called a maximum bet.

Semi-bluff - Similar to bluffing, except that the bluffer could actually win a hand.

Set - Three or four of a kind.

Short Stack - A number of chips that is not very many compared to the other players at the table.

Showdown - The point at which all players remaining in the hand turn their cards over and determine who has the best hand.

Side Pot - A pot created in which a player has no interest because he has run out of chips.

Slow Play - To play a strong hand weakly so more players will stay in the pot.

Split Pot - A pot which is shared by two or more tied hands.

Spread Limit - Fixed minimum and maximum bet for every round.

Straddle - (1) A forced raise. (2) The right to buy the last-bettor position.

String Bet - A bet made in more than one motion without the declaration of a raise.

Stringer - A straight.

Structured - 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.

Suited - Cards are of the same suits.