In no-limit poker, to buy in to a game for considerably less money than the stated maximum buyin, or less than other players at the table have in play.
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| crying call | Calling when a player thinks he does not have the best hand. | U |
| multi-way pot | A pot where several players compete for it. Also known as a family pot. | 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 |
| stop and go | Stop and go or stop 'n' go is when a player bets into another player who has previously raised or otherwise shown aggression. Example: On the flop, Bill bets into Tom, Tom raises, and Bill just calls. On the turn, Bill bets into Tom again. Bill has just pulled a stop 'n' go play. | U |
| semi-bluff | When a player bluffs on one round of betting with an inferior or drawing hand that might improve in a later round. See semi-bluff. | U |
| jackpot | A 53rd card used mostly in draw games. The joker may usually be used as an Ace, or a card to complete a straight or flush, in high games, and as the lowest card not already present in a hand at low. See bug. A joker may give a player a great many outs. | U |
| dealer's choice | 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 |
| perfect | The best possible cards, in a lowball hand, after those already named. For example, 7-perfect would be 7-4-3-2-A, and 8-6-perfect would be 8-6-3-2-A. | U |
| deal | In a cash game, when two players are involved in a large pot and one is all-in, they might agree to deal the remaining cards twice. If one player wins both times he wins the whole pot, but if both players win one hand they split the pot. Also, "play twice". | U |
| chopping the blinds | See chopping the blinds. | U |