A hand with three cards of one rank and two of a second rank. Also "boat", "tight". See rank of hands (poker).
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| drawing thin | Not drawing completely dead, but chasing a draw in the face of poor odds. Example: a player who will only win by catching 1 or 2 specific cards is said to be drawing thin. | U |
| micro-limit | Internet poker games with stakes so small that real cardrooms couldn't possibly profit from them, are said to be at the "micro-limit" level (e.g. 25¢-50¢). | U |
| stud | Having the same suit. See card suits. | U |
| 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 |
| trey | A 3-spot card. Casino personnel refer to the 3♣ as the "trey of clubs". | U |
| ring game | See ring game. | U |
| pot-committed | More often in the context of a no limit game; the situation where you can no longer fold because the size of the pot is so large compared to the size of your stack. | U |
| up the ante | Increase the stake. Also commonly used outside the context of poker. | U |
| cap game | Similar to "cap" above, but used to describe a no-limit or pot limit game with a cap on the amount that a player can bet during the course of a hand. Once the cap is reached, all players remaining in the hand are considered all-in. For example, a no limit game could have a betting cap of 30 times the big blind.[1] | U |
| poker face | A blank expression that does not reveal anything about the cards being held. Often used outside the world of poker. | U |