Some players can control the shakes, but it's harder to control the automatic heart-racing that comes when you see pocket aces or hit the flop really hard. If you can see a player's chest visibly rising and falling, they have an excellent hand
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| deuce | A method of evaluating low hands. See Deuce-to-seven low. | U |
| pay off | To call a bet when you are most likely drawing dead because the pot odds justify the call. | U |
| gap hand | In Texas hold 'em, a gap hand is a starting hand with at least one rank separating the two cards. Usually referred to in context of one-gap and two-gap hands. | U |
| expectation, expected value, EV | See expected value. Often used in poker to mean "profitability in the long run". | U |
| five of a kind | A hand possible only in games with wild cards, or a game with more than one deck, defeating all other hands, comprising five cards of equal rank. | U |
| blocker | In community card poker, refers to holding one of the opponent's outs, typically when the board threatens a straight or straight draw. The board was A23 but with my pair of fives I held two blockers to the straight. Compare to "dry ace". | U |
| toke | In a brick and mortar casino, a toke is a "tip" given to the dealer by the winner of the pot. Tokes often represent a large percentage of a dealer's income. | U |
| river | See river (poker). | U |
| cold deck | See cold deck. Also "stacked deck", "ice" or "cooler". | U |
| irregularity | Any of a number of abnormal conditions in play, such as unexpectedly exposed cards, that may call for corrective action. See Public cardroom rules (poker). | U |