To counterfeit, especially when the counterfeiting card matches one already present in the one's hand.
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| satellite | A tournament in which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament. | U |
| stud | Having the same suit. See card suits. | U |
| brick | 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 |
| deuce-to-seven | A method of evaluating low hands. See Deuce-to-seven low. | U |
| double-board, double-flop | Any of several community card game variants (usually Texas hold 'em) in which two separate boards of community cards are dealt simultaneously, with the pot split between the winning hands using each board. | U |
| box | The chip tray in front of a house dealer, and by extension, the house dealer's position at the table. You've been in the box for an hour now; don't you get a break? | U |
| snow | To intentionally go easy on a player (e.g. not betting or raising against him when you usually would). | U |
| up | When used with a card rank to describe a poker hand, refers to two pair with the named card being the higher pair. For example, a hand of QQ885 might be called "queens up". | U |
| call the clock | A method of discouraging players from taking an excessively long time to act. When someone calls the clock, the player has a set amount of time in which to make up his mind; if he fails to do so, his hand is immediately declared dead. In tournament play, a common rule is that if a player takes too long and no one calls the clock, the dealer or floor personnel will automatically do so. | U |
| openers | The cards held by a player in a game of "jackpots" entitling him to open the pot. "Splitting openers" refers to holding onto one of your openers after discarding it to prove you had the necessary cards to open should you win the pot. | U |