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RACK: (1) A container in which chips are stored while being transported. (2) A tray in
front of the dealer, used to hold chips and cards.
RAISE: To increase the amount of a previous wager. This increase must meet certain
specifications, depending on the game, to reopen the betting and count toward a limit
on the number of raises allowed.
RERAISE: To raise someone’s raise.
SAVING BETS: Same as pushing bets.
SCOOP: To win both the high and the low portions of a pot in a split-pot game.
SCRAMBLE: A facedown mixing of the cards.
SETUP: Two suited decks, each with different colored backs, to replace the current
decks in a game.
SIDE POT: A separate pot formed when one or more players are all in.
SHORT BUY: A buy-in that is less than the required minimum buy-in.
SHOWDOWN: The final act of determining the winner of the pot after all betting has
been completed.
SHUFFLE: The act of mixing the cards before a hand.
SMALL BLIND: In a game with multiple blind bets, the smallest blind.
SPLIT POT: A pot that is divided among players, either because of a tie for the best
hand or by agreement prior to the showdown.
SPLITTING BLINDS: When no one else has entered the pot, an agreement between
the big blind and small blind to each take back their blind bets instead of playing the
deal (chopping).
SPLITTING OPENERS: In high draw jacks-or-better poker, dividing openers in hopes of making a different type of hand. Example: You open the pot with a pair of aces. One of
your aces is a spade, as are the three other cards in the hand. If you throw away the
non-spade ace to go for the flush, you announce to the table, “Splitting openers.”
STACK: Chips in front of a player.
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.
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.
TABLE STAKES: (1) The amount of money you have on the table. This is the
maximum amount that you can lose or that anyone can win from you on any one hand.
(2) 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.
“TIME”: An expression used to stop the action on a hand. Equivalent to “Hold it.”
TOURNAMENT: A poker competition, normally with an entry fee and prizes.
TURNCARD: The fourth street card in hold’em or Omaha.
UPCARDS: Cards that are dealt faceup for opponents to see in stud games.
WAGER: (1) To bet or raise. (2) The chips used for betting or raising.