The seat immediately to the right of the dealer button. In home games where the player on the button actually shuffles and deals the cards, the player in the cutoff seat cuts the deck (hence the name).
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| Holding Breath | Often, inexperienced players will hold their breath if they are bluffing. | W |
| dry ace | In Omaha hold 'em or Texas hold 'em, refers to an ace in one's hand without another card of the same suit. Used especially to describe the situation where the board presents a flush possibility, when the player does not in fact have a flush, but holding the ace presents some bluffing or semi-bluffing opportunity. Compare to "blocker". | U |
| broadway | A 10 through ace straight. | U |
| semi-bluff | When a player bluffs on one round of betting with an inferior or drawing hand that might improve in a later round. See semi-bluff. | U |
| option | See out (poker). | U |
| in the money | To place high enough in a poker tournament to get prize money. Also "ITM". | U |
| satellite | A tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament. | U |
| action only | In many cardrooms, with respect to an all-in bet, only a full (or half) bet can be reraised. Anything less than a full (or half) bet is considered to be action only, that is, other players can call the bet but not raise it. For example, Alice bets $100. Bob calls. Carol goes all in for $119. When the action returns to Alice and Bob, they may only call the extra $19; they cannot raise it. Carol's raise is called action only. Compare to "full bet rule", "half bet rule". | U |
| slow roll | To delay or avoid showing one's hand at showdown, forcing other players to expose their hands first. When done while holding a good hand likely to be the winner, it is considered poor etiquette, because it often gives other players "false hope" that their hands might win before the slow-roller's is exposed. | U |
| Body Posture and Attitude | Some players show obvious changes in their posture based on their attitude/hand strength. For instance, you may notice their shoulders drop/slump when they are not confident (weak hand). Conversely, you may notice the player is very attentive and sitting in an erect position when he has strength. You may also notice that a player who bluffs a lot, leans forward in a confrontational way... remember Strong is Weak! | U |