To mix the deck by spreading the cards face down on the table and mixing them up. A dealer may wash the deck before shuffling.
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| chase | To fold, in turn, even though there is no bet facing the player. In some games this is considered a breach of etiquette equivalent to folding out of turn. In others it is permitted, but frowned upon. | U |
| connectors | Two or more cards of consecutive rank. | U |
| nuts, the | See nut hand. | U |
| add-on | In a live game, to buy more chips before you have busted. In tournament play, a single rebuy for which all players are eligible regardless of their stack size. This is usually allowed only once, at the end of the rebuy period. The add-on often offers more chips per dollar invested than the buyin and rebuys. Compare with "rebuy". | U |
| strategy card | A wallet sized card that is commonly used to help with poker strategies in online and casino games. | U |
| weak ace | An ace with a low kicker (e.g. four). Also "small ace," "soft ace," "ace-rag." | U |
| collusion | A form of cheating involving cooperation among two or more players. See cheating in poker. | U |
| snow | To intentionally go easy on a player (e.g. not betting or raising against him when you usually would). | U |
| The Whiner | Chatbox-whining players are different than the above. People who whine in public, to a group of strangers who couldn't care less, are very likely used to whining. In other words, a whiner is not likely to be on tilt when losing. A variation of The Whiner is he who whines "let's play head-up" any time someone beats him two hands in a row, or three of so ugly hands in an hour. Both these types are serious, long-term losers. | U |
| high, high hand | The best hand using traditional poker hand values, as opposed to lowball. Used especially in high-low split games. | U |