Poker basic rules - Glossary of Poker Terms
Poker can be a confusing game, especially if you don't know your straights from your flushes!
Poker A-Z
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Sandbag - To check a strong hand with the intention of raising or re-raising; slow playing
Satellite - A small-stakes tournament with entry into into a larger tournament as the prize
Scare card - An up-card that looks as though it could have made a strong hand
School - Players in a regular game
Scoop - To win the whole pot
Second pair - In flop games pairing the second highest card on the board
See - Call; to call
Semi-bluff - To bet with a hand that probably isn't the best hand, but does have a chance of improving
Set - Nickname for Three of a kind
Set you in - To bet as much as an opponent has in front of them; to take an opponent all in
Seventh street - The final round of betting on the seventh card in seven card stud
Shootout - A tournament format in which a single player ends up with the whole prize money, or a tournament in which play continues on each table until there is only one player left on each table. Tables are then combined and the process repeats until there is a final winner
Short odds - The odds on an event that has a high chance of happening
Short-stacked - Not having very many chips left
Showdown - The point at the end of the final round of betting where all the remaining players cards are turned face up in order to determine the winner
Side card - An unmatched card which may determine the winner between two otherwise equal hands
Side pot - A separate pot created if play continues once one player is all-in
Sixth street - In seven card stud, the fourth round of betting on the sixth card
Slow play - Disguising the value of a strong hand by under betting or checking, to trick an opponent
Slow roll - To slowly expose your cards at showdown to maximize the drama
Small blind - The smaller of the two compulsory bets in flop games, made by the player in the first position to the dealer's left.
Smooth - The best possible low hand when you have a high card
Smooth call - To call rather than raise an opponents bet
Speed - The level of aggressiveness with which you play. Fast play is more aggressive, slow play is more passive
Split -A tie between two more players in a hand
Stack - The chips that a player has in front of him
Stand off - A tie between two players with the pot divided equally
Stay - To stay in a hand with a call not a raise
Steal - A bluff in late position to try and take the pot from a table of apparently weaker hands
Steel wheel - In Low, a straight flush, five high
Straight - Five consecutive cards of mixed suits
Straight flush - Five consecutive cards of the same suit
Stuck - Slang for loosing; example 'I got stuck for $500'
Stud - Any form of poker in which the first card or cards are dealt face down, followed by several face up cards.
Suck out - To win a hand by hitting a 'lucky' card or series of cards; to win with a hand that started with poor odds
Suited - Cards of the same suit
Sweeten the pot - Nickname for raising
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