To win a pot with a hand that would have folded to any bet. For example, two players enter a pot of draw poker, both drawing to flushes. Both miss, and check after the draw. The player with the ace-high draw "backs into" winning the pot against the player with only a king-high draw. Also to make a backdoor draw, for example, a player who starts a hand with three of a kind, but makes a runner-runner flush, can be said to back into the flush.
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| eight or better | A common qualifier in High-low split games that use Ace-5 ranking. Only hands where the highest card is an eight or smaller can win the low portion of the pot. | U |
| Acting Uninterested in a Hand While Still in It | This is usually a sign of a strong hand. The player is pretending that he’s not excited about his cards – but he is. | S |
| 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 |
| chip declare | A method of declaring intent to play high or low in a split-pot game with declaration. See declaration. | U |
| top two | A split two pair, matching the highest-ranking two flop cards. | U |
| drawing live | Not drawing dead; that is, drawing to a hand that will win if successful. | U |
| deal | In a cash game, when two players are involved in a large pot and one is all-in, they might agree to deal the remaining cards twice. If one player wins both times he wins the whole pot, but if both players win one hand they split the pot. Also, "play twice". | U |
| penny ante | Frivolous, low stakes, or "for fun" only; A game where no significant stake is likely to change hands. | U |
| big blind | See blind (poker). | U |
| cold deck | See cold deck. Also "stacked deck", "ice" or "cooler". | U |