Describing an action taken before receiving information to which the player would normally be entitled. I'm drawing three, and I check in the dark. Compare to "blind".
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| 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 |
| all in | Having bet all of your chips in the current hand. See all in. | U |
| chip | See casino token. | U |
| in the middle | To place high enough in a poker tournament to get prize money. Also "ITM". | U |
| final table | The last table in a multi-table poker tournament. The final table is set when a sufficient amount of people have been eliminated from the tournament leaving an exact amount of players to occupy one table (typically no more than ten players). | U |
| add-on | In a live game, to buy more chips before you have busted. In tournament play, a single rebuy for which all players are eligible regardless of their stack size. This is usually allowed only once, at the end of the rebuy period. The add-on often offers more chips per dollar invested than the buyin and rebuys. Compare with "rebuy". | U |
| buy short | To buy into a game for an amount smaller than the normal buy-in. Some casinos allow this under certain circumstances, such as after having lost a full buy-in, or if all players agree to allow it. | U |
| inside straight | See inside straight draw. Also "belly buster", "gutshot". Compare to outside straight draw. | U |
| rake | See rake (poker). Also "juice", "vig", "vigorish". | U |
| continuation bet | A bet made after the flop by the player who took the lead in betting before the flop (Texas hold 'em and Omaha hold 'em). Compare to "probe bet". | U |