Often, inexperienced players will hold their breath if they are bluffing.
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| high, high hand | The best hand using traditional poker hand values, as opposed to lowball. Used especially in high-low split games. | U |
| cards speak | See cards speak (poker). | U |
| kitty | A pool of money built by collecting small amounts from certain pots, often used to buy refreshments, cards, and so on. The home-game equivalent of a rake. | U |
| tilt | See tilt (poker). Compare to "steam". | U |
| counterfeit | See counterfeit (poker). Also "duplicate". | U |
| rakeback | Rebate/repayment to a player of a portion of the rake paid by that player, normally from a non-cardroom, third-party source such as an affiliate. Rakeback is paid in many ways by online poker rooms, affiliates or brick and mortar rooms. Many use direct money payments for online poker play. Brick and Mortar rooms usually use rate cards to track and pay their rakeback. | U |
| tight | See tilt (poker). Compare to "steam". | U |
| short stack | A stack of chips that is relatively small for the stakes being played. | U |
| outside straight, outside straight draw | See outside straight draw. Also "two-way straight draw". | U |
| all in | Having bet all of your chips in the current hand. See all in. | U |