A pot where several players compete for it. Also known as a family pot.
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| quads | Four of a kind. | U |
| cow | A player with whom one is sharing a buy-in, with the intent to split the result after play. To "go cow" is to make such an arrangement. | U |
| lead | The player who makes the last bet or raise in a round of betting is said to have the lead at the start of the next round. Can also be used as a verb meaning to bet out into the pot, "to lead into the pot." | U |
| bluff | See bluff (poker). | U |
| all in | Having bet all of your chips in the current hand. See all in. | U |
| rolled-up trips | In seven-card stud, three of a kind dealt in the first three cards. | U |
| live cards | In stud poker games, cards that will improve your hand that have not been seen among anyone's upcards, and are therefore presumably still available. In games such as Texas hold 'em, a player's hand is said to contain "live" cards if matching either of them on the board would give that player the lead over his opponent. Typically used to describe a hand that is weak, but not dominated. | U |
| deuce | A method of evaluating low hands. See Deuce-to-seven low. | U |
| scoop | In high-low split games, to win both the high and the low half of the pot. | U |
| fourth street | A card dealt to one's hand (or to the board of community cards) after a betting round in which no player opened. One is thereby being given a chance to improve one's hand without having to pay anything. I wasn't sure my hand was good, but I bet so I wouldn't give a free card to Bill's flush draw. | U |