a camera that displays a player's face-down cards ("hole cards") to television viewers. Also "pocket cam".
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| sit and go | A poker tournament with no scheduled starting time that starts whenever the necessary players have put up their money. Single-table sit-and-goes, with nine or ten players, are the norm, but multi-table games are common as well. Also called sit n' gos and a variety of other similar spellings. | U |
| shorthanded | A poker game that is played with around six players or less, as opposed to a full ring game, which is usually nine or ten players. | U |
| top two | A split two pair, matching the highest-ranking two flop cards. | U |
| set | Three of a kind, esp. the situation where two of the cards are concealed in the player's hole cards. Compare to "trips". | U |
| kicker | See kicker (poker). | U |
| outs | See out (poker). | 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 |
| coffee housing | Talking in an attempt to mislead other players about the strength of a hand. For example a player holding A-A as their first two cards might say "lets gamble here", implying a much weaker holding. Coffee housing is considered bad etiquette in the UK, but not in the USA. This is also called speech play. | U |
| pat | Already complete. A hand is a pat hand when, for example, a flush comes on the first five cards dealt in Draw poker. Also see made hand. | 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 |