See pot (poker).
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| Weak is Strong or Strong is Weak | In its most simplistic form, this usually applies to novice players but frequently applies to pros as well. Basically, players like to be actors, and when they have a monster hand they tend to look disinterested. For example: "Oh, is it my turn to act" or "Oh I guess I will play these cards". Alternatively, a player increasing the level of his voice while raising the pot, and trying to look intimidating.. may be running a bluff. | 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 |
| cap | A limit on the number of raises allowed in a betting round. Typically three or four (in addition the opening bet). In most casinos, the cap is removed if there are only two players remaining either (1) at the beginning of the betting round, or (2) at the time that what would have otherwise been the last raise is made. | U |
| smooth call | See "flat call". | U |
| half bet rule | In some casinos, the rule that placing chips equal to or greater than half the normal bet amount beyond the amount required to call constitutes a commitment to raise the normal amount. For example, in a game with a $4 fixed limit, a player facing a $4 opening bet who places $6 in the pot is deemed to have raised, and must complete his bet to $8. Compare to "full bet rule". See Public cardroom rules (poker) and "all in" betting. | U |
| early position | See position (poker). | U |
| sell | In spread limit poker, to sell a hand is to bet less than the maximum with a strong hand, in the hope that more of your opponents will call the bet. | U |
| pay off | To call a bet when you are most likely drawing dead because the pot odds justify the call. | U |
| pocket pair | In community card poker or stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. Also "wired pair". | U |
| downcard | A card that is dealt facedown. | U |