See made hand. Compare to a drawing hand.
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| passive | A style of play characterized by checking and calling. Compare to "aggressive", "loose", "tight". | U |
| dead button | See dead button rule. | U |
| under the gun | The playing position to the direct left of the blinds in Texas hold 'em or Omaha hold 'em. The player who is under the gun must act first on the first round of betting. | U |
| dealer | A version of poker in which the deal passes each game and each dealer can choose, or invent, a new poker game each hand or orbit. | U |
| fold equity | The extra value gained by forcing your opponents to fold, rather than seeing the showdown. See also equity. | U |
| steal | See steal (poker). | U |
| center pot | The main pot in a table stakes game where one or more players are all in. | U |
| double through, double up | In a big bet game, to bet all of one's chips on one hand against a single opponent (who has an equal or larger stack) and win, thereby doubling your stack. I was losing a bit, but then I doubled through Sarah to put me in good shape. | U |
| forced bet | See forced bets. | U |
| top kicker | In community card poker games, top kicker is the best possible kicker to some given hand. Usually it would be an Ace, but with an Ace on the board it would be a King or lower. Having "top pair, top kicker" is frequently enough to win a Texas hold 'em hand. | U |