Wednesday, October 28, 2009

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Aggressive Players

Paints - Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Pair - Two cards of the same face or number value.

Pass - To fold.

Pay Off - To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand.

Picture Cards - Face cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Play Back - To raise or re-raise another player's bet.

Playing the Board - In flop games when your best five card hand is all five of the community cards.

Pocket - The down cards or hole cards.

Pocket Rockets - A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole.

Position - Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in the betting order.

Post - When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot. (You must post the Blinds.)

Pot - The money or chips in the center of a table that players try to win.

Pot Limit - This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot.

Prop - A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill.

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.

Put Down - To fold a hand.

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