See bug (poker). Compare to wild card (poker).
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| shootout | A poker tournament format where the last remaining player of a table goes on to play the remaining players of other tables. Each table plays independently of the others; that is, there is no balancing as players are eliminated. This format is particularly common in European televised poker programs, including Late Night Poker. | U |
| suited | Having the same suit. See card suits. | U |
| super satellite | A multi-table poker tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to a satellite tournament or a tournament in which all the top finishers gain entrance to a larger tournament. | U |
| one-eyed royals | See one-eyed royals. | U |
| break | A "blank", though more often used in the derogatory sense of a card that is undesirable rather than merely inconsequential, such as a card of high rank or one that makes a pair in a low-hand game. Also known as a bomb. Compare to "rags". | U |
| cash plays | An announcement, usually by a dealer, that a player requested to buy chips and can bet the cash he has on the table in lieu of chips until he receives his chips. | U |
| joker | A 53rd card used mostly in draw games. The joker may usually be used as an Ace, or a card to complete a straight or flush, in high games, and as the lowest card not already present in a hand at low. See bug. A joker may give a player a great many outs. | U |
| in the money | To place high enough in a poker tournament to get prize money. Also "ITM". | U |
| bankroll | The amount of money that a player has to wager for the duration of his or her poker career. | U |
| match the pot | To put in an amount equal to all the chips in the pot. | U |