cash

cash (usually uncountable, plural cashes)

→ Georgian: ქეში (keši)

→ Japanese: キャッシュ (kyasshu)

→ Korean: 캐시 (kaesi)

→ Punjabi: ਕੈਸ਼ (kaiś)

→ Russian: кэш (kɛš)

→ Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic script: ке̏ш

Latin script: kȅš

→ Swedish: cash

→ Wu: 開許 /开许 (¹khe-shiu)

From late Middle French caisse (“money-box”), itself borrowed from Occitan caissa, from Latin capsa (“box”), ultimately from capiō (“take, seize”), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂p- (“grasp”). Doublet of case, chase, and chasse. Compare Spanish caja (“box”).

In the WSOP, I have played around 150 tournaments with one final table, 11 cashes, and a -70 percent ROI.

2012, Jonathan Little, Secrets of Professional Tournament Poker, Volume 2:

(countable, gambling) An instance of winning a cash prize.


cash

en-verb

cash (third-person singular simple present cashes, present participle cashing, simple past and past participle cashed)

cashes (present singular third-person)
cashing (participle present)
cashed (participle past)
cashed (past)

(poker slang) To obtain a payout from a tournament.


Nassau

Borrowed from German Nassau, from German nass (“wet”). The Bahamian city is named after the German one.

(golf, gambling) A wager consisting essentially of three separate bets, for the best score on each of the front nine (holes 1–9), back nine (holes 10–18), and total 18 holes.


mast

masti (genitive)
masti (partitive)
mast (nominative singular)
mastid (nominative plural)
mast (accusative nominative singular)
mastid (accusative nominative plural)
masti (accusative genitive singular)
mastid (accusative genitive plural)
masti (genitive singular)
mastide (genitive plural)
masti (partitive singular)
maste (partitive plural)
mastisid (partitive plural)
masti (illative singular)
mastisse (illative singular)
mastidesse (illative plural)
mastesse (illative plural)
mastis (inessive singular)
mastides (inessive plural)
mastes (inessive plural)
mastist (elative singular)
mastidest (elative plural)
mastest (elative plural)
mastile (allative singular)
mastidele (allative plural)
mastele (allative plural)
mastil (adessive singular)
mastidel (adessive plural)
mastel (adessive plural)
mastilt (ablative singular)
mastidelt (ablative plural)
mastelt (ablative plural)
mastiks (singular translative)
mastideks (plural translative)
masteks (plural translative)
mastini (singular terminative)
mastideni (plural terminative)
mastina (essive singular)
mastidena (essive plural)
mastita (abessive singular)
mastideta (abessive plural)
mastiga (comitative singular)
mastidega (comitative plural)

→ Ingrian: mašti

From either Middle Low German mast or German Mast.


chop

en-noun

chop (countable and uncountable, plural chops)

→ Japanese: チョップ

From Middle English choppen, chappen (“to chop”), of uncertain origin, possibly onomatopoeic, or a variant of chap (“to become cracked”).
Cognate with Scots chap (“to chop”). Compare also Saterland Frisian kappe, kapje (“to hack; chop; lop off”), Dutch kappen (“to chop, cut, hew”), German Low German kappen (“to cut off; clip”), German kappen (“to cut; clip”), German dialectal chapfen, kchapfen (“to chop into small pieces”), Albanian copë (“piece, chunk”), Old English *ċippian (in forċippian (“to cut off”)). Perhaps related to chip.

cog

With both players having an ace-high straight, the pot was a chop.

(poker) A hand where two or more players have an equal-valued hand, resulting in the chips being shared equally between them.


chop

en-verb

chop (third-person singular simple present chops, present participle chopping, simple past and past participle chopped)

chops (present singular third-person)
chopping (participle present)
chopped (participle past)
chopped (past)

tàp

poker: to chop into small pieces with bigger tools like Dao or machete

(poker) To divide the pot (or tournament prize) between two or more players.


pair

en-noun

pair (plural pairs or (archaic or dialectal) pair)

pairs (plural)
pair (archaic dialectal plural)

→ Tokelauan: pea

From Middle English paire, from Old French paire, from Latin paria (“equals”), neuter plural of par (“pair”). Related to pār (“equal”, adj). Compare Saterland Frisian Poor (“pair”), West Frisian pear (“pair”), Dutch paar (“pair”), German Paar (“pair”), Italian paio (“pair”)

one hair of a woman can draw more than a hundred pair of oxen

a pair of scissors; two pairs of spectacles; several pairs of jeans

Used with binary nouns (often in the plural to indicate multiple instances, since such nouns are plural only, except in some technical contexts)

A pair is harder to drive than two mounts with separate riders.

A couple of working animals attached to work together, as by a yoke.

чифт

(card games) A poker hand that contains two cards of identical rank, which cannot also count as a better hand.

The Pirates took a pair from the Phillies.

(baseball, informal) A doubleheader, two games played on the same day between the same teams


pot

From Middle English pot, potte, from Old English pott (“pot”) and Old French pot (“pot”) (probably from Frankish *pott); both Old English and Frankish from Proto-Germanic *puttaz (“pot”), from Proto-Indo-European *budnós (“a type of vessel”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Pot (“pot”), Dutch pot (“pot”), German Low German Pott (“pot”), German Pott (“pot”), Swedish potta (“chamber pot”), Icelandic pottur (“tub, pot”), Old Armenian պոյտն (poytn, “pot, earthen pot”). Also, Old Norse pottr (“pot, tub, basin”).
The sense of ruin or deterioration was originally a general allusion to "being chopped up and tossed in a (normally fiery) pot, like a piece of meat" (i.e. to get wasted or done with (by someone)). The 'clean' slang term which was used in reference to toilet rooms and lavatories apparently derives from English chamberpots, although now usually encountered as potty in the context of children's toilet training.

pussitus

cue sports: act of causing a ball to fall into a pocket

not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of

No one's interested. You need to sweeten the pot.

(gambling, poker) The money available to be won in a hand of poker or a round of other games of chance; (figuratively) any sum of money being used as an enticement.


ship

en-verb

ship (third-person singular simple present ships, present participle shipping, simple past and past participle shipped)

ships (present singular third-person)
shipping (participle present)
shipped (participle past)
shipped (past)

From Middle English schippen, schipen, from Old English sċipian, from Proto-Germanic *skipōną, from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“ship”).

(poker slang, transitive, intransitive) To go all in.


tern

PIE word
 *tréyes
The noun is derived from Late Middle English terne (“throw of a die or dice showing the number three”), from Old French terne (“gathering of three people; trinity”) (modern French terne), from Latin ternās, the accusative feminine plural of ternī (“three each; three at a time”), from ter (“thrice”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes (“three”)) + -ī (from -us (suffix forming adjectives)).
The adjective is either derived from the noun, or directly from Latin ternī (“three each; three at a time”); see above.

der

And yet, now even, if Madonna willed, / She'd win a tern in Thursday's lottery, / And better all things.

1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, “Seventh Book”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC, page 319:

(dated or obsolete) A thing with three components; a set of three things.

(gambling, dated) A lottery prize resulting from the favourable combination of three numbers in the draw.


tap

en-verb

tap (third-person singular simple present taps, present participle tapping, simple past and past participle tapped)

taps (present singular third-person)
tapping (participle present)
tapped (participle past)
tapped (past)
tap (infinitive)

The noun is derived from Middle English tappe (“hollow device for controlling the flow of liquid from a hole, cock, faucet, spigot; hole through which the liquid flows; the liquid which thus flows”), from Old English tæppa, from Proto-West Germanic *tappō, from Proto-Germanic *tappô (“a plug, tap; peg; tapering stick”), from Proto-Indo-European *deh₂p- (“to lose; to sacrifice”).
The verb is derived from Middle English tappen (“to obtain (liquid, chiefly liquor) from a tap; to obtain and sell (liquor)”), from Old English tæppian (“to provide (a container) with a stopper; to obtain (liquid) from a tap”), and then either:
* from Old English tæppa (see above) + -ian (suffix forming verbs); or
* from Proto-Germanic *tappōną, from *tappô (noun) (see above).
Verb sense 1.3.5 (“to turn over (a playing card or playing piece) to remind players that it has already been used in that round”) alludes to the abilities or resources of the card or piece having been drawn on to the point of temporary exhaustion: see verb sense 1.3.2.

точа

to draw off (a liquid) from a container or other source; to draw off a liquid from (a container or other source)

I think there's an expression in poker. I'll tap you, Mr. Maverick.

1957 October 6, Roy Huggins, “According to Hoyle”, in Maverick, season 1, episode 3 (television series), spoken by Samantha Crawford (Diane Brewster), Burbank, Calif.: Warner Bros. Pictures, →OCLC:

(poker) To force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot (that is, to go all in) by wagering all of one's own chips.

to force (an opponent) to place all their poker chips in the pot by wagering all of one’s own chips


score

non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger

From Middle English score, skore, schore, from Old English scoru (“notch; tally; score”), from Old Norse skor, from Proto-Germanic *skurō (“incision; tear; rift”), which is related to *skeraną (“to cut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“cut”). Cognate with Icelandic skora, Swedish skåra, Danish skår. Related to shear.
For the sense “twenty”: The mark on a tally made by drovers for every twenty beasts passing through a tollgate.

der

Use a few “introductory plays” to become known to a casino before you go for a big score.

2013, Arnold Snyder, Big Book of Blackjack:

(gambling) An amount of money won in gambling; winnings.


score

en-verb

score (third-person singular simple present scores, present participle scoring, simple past and past participle scored)

scores (present singular third-person)
scoring (participle present)
scored (participle past)
scored (past)
score (infinitive)

→⇒ Irish: scóráil

[…] he scored big by hitting the jack pot at the Bellagio (he won $7,000). The next day, he won $15,000 on the nickel machines at the Palm Casino!

2005, Shannon Nash, For the Love of Money, page 215:

(transitive, intransitive) To obtain something desired.

To obtain something desired.
To win money by gambling.


heater

→ Japanese: ヒーター (hītā)

Emmy went on a heater in Las Vegas and came back six thousand dollars richer.

(gambling, slang) An extended winning streak.


rock

en-noun

rock (countable and uncountable, plural rocks)

From Middle English rocke, rokke (“rock formation”), from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, (compare Modern French roc, roche, rocher), from Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767), of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be of Celtic (in particular, perhaps Gaulish) origin (compare Breton roc'h). Related also to Middle Low German rocke (“rock ledge”). One suggestion is that it derives from Vulgar Latin *rupica, from rupes (compare rupico).

rockcress

Brassicaceae: Arabis, Arabidopsis, Boechera spp.

(US poker slang) An extremely conservative player who is willing to play only the very strongest hands.


jackass

From the phonetic similarity of "jack, ace" to "jackass".

(poker slang) A jack and an ace as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.


virtual

en-noun

virtual (countable and uncountable, plural virtuals)

/ˈvɜːt͡ʃʊəl/

/ˈvɜɹt͡ʃuəl/

/ˈvɵːt͡ʃuəl/

PIE word
 *wiHrós
The adjective is derived from Middle English vertual, virtual [and other forms], from Old French vertüal, vertüelle (modern French virtuel), or from their etymon Medieval Latin virtuālis (“of or pertaining to potency or power; having power to produce an effect, potent; morally virtuous”), from Latin virtūs (“goodness, virtue; manliness, virility”) (from vir (“adult male, man”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wiHrós (“man”), possibly from *weyh₁- (“to chase, hunt, pursue”)) + -tūs (suffix forming collective or abstract nouns)) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives of relationship), modelled after virtuōsus (“good, virtuous”).
Sense 4 (“pertaining to a theoretical infinitesimal velocity in a mechanical system that does not violate the system’s constraints”) is borrowed from French virtuel, from Middle French virtuel, from Old French vertüal, vertüelle: see above.
The noun is derived from the adjective.
cognates
* French virtuel
* Italian virtuale
* Spanish virtual

näennäinen

that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; an instance of this

(uncountable) Preceded by the: that which is imitated or simulated rather than existing in fact or reality; (countable) an instance of this.

(uncountable) That which is simulated in a computer and/or online; virtual reality; (countable) an instance of this; specifically (gambling), a computer simulation of a real-world sport such as horse racing.

lumetodellisuus

that which is simulated in a computer and/or online; an instance of this — see also virtual reality


check

en-verb

check (third-person singular simple present checks, present participle checking, simple past and past participle checked)

checks (present singular third-person)
checking (participle present)
checked (participle past)
checked (past)

→ Brazilian Portuguese: checar

→ Cantonese: check

→ Finnish: tsekata

→ German: checken

→ Gulf Arabic: چيك (čayyak)

→ Hijazi Arabic: شَيَّك (šayyak)

→ Hungarian: csekkol

→ Russian: че́кать (čékatʹ)

→ Russian: че́кнуть (čéknutʹ)

→ Russian: проче́кать (pročékatʹ)

→ Spanish: chequear, checar (Mexico)

From Middle English chekken, partly from Old French eschequier and partly from the noun (see above).

check yourself before you wreck yourself

Tom didn't think he could win, so he checked.

(poker, transitive) To announce that one is remaining in a hand without betting.

пасувам

poker: to remain in the hand without betting


turn

→ Japanese: ターン (tān)

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin turnus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

պտույտ

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

360° turn

movement about an axis returning to the original orientation

the first turn of the screw pays all debts

(poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.

turn

poker: fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em

(poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.


turn

turn (nominative singular)
turnit (nominative plural)
turn (accusative nominative singular)
turnit (accusative nominative plural)
turnin (accusative genitive singular)
turnit (accusative genitive plural)
turnin (genitive singular)
turnien (genitive plural)
turnia (partitive singular)
turneja (partitive plural)
turnissa (inessive singular)
turneissa (inessive plural)
turnista (elative singular)
turneista (elative plural)
turniin (illative singular)
turneihin (illative plural)
turnilla (adessive singular)
turneilla (adessive plural)
turnilta (ablative singular)
turneilta (ablative plural)
turnille (allative singular)
turneille (allative plural)
turnina (essive singular)
turneina (essive plural)
turniksi (singular translative)
turneiksi (plural translative)
turnitta (abessive singular)
turneitta (abessive plural)
turnein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
turnini (nominative singular)
turnini (nominative plural)
turnini (accusative nominative singular)
turnini (accusative nominative plural)
turnini (accusative genitive singular)
turnini (accusative genitive plural)
turnini (genitive singular)
turnieni (genitive plural)
turniani (partitive singular)
turnejani (partitive plural)
turnissani (inessive singular)
turneissani (inessive plural)
turnistani (elative singular)
turneistani (elative plural)
turniini (illative singular)
turneihini (illative plural)
turnillani (adessive singular)
turneillani (adessive plural)
turniltani (ablative singular)
turneiltani (ablative plural)
turnilleni (allative singular)
turneilleni (allative plural)
turninani (essive singular)
turneinani (essive plural)
turnikseni (singular translative)
turneikseni (plural translative)
turnittani (abessive singular)
turneittani (abessive plural)
turneineni (comitative plural)
turnisi (nominative singular)
turnisi (nominative plural)
turnisi (accusative nominative singular)
turnisi (accusative nominative plural)
turnisi (accusative genitive singular)
turnisi (accusative genitive plural)
turnisi (genitive singular)
turniesi (genitive plural)
turniasi (partitive singular)
turnejasi (partitive plural)
turnissasi (inessive singular)
turneissasi (inessive plural)
turnistasi (elative singular)
turneistasi (elative plural)
turniisi (illative singular)
turneihisi (illative plural)
turnillasi (adessive singular)
turneillasi (adessive plural)
turniltasi (ablative singular)
turneiltasi (ablative plural)
turnillesi (allative singular)
turneillesi (allative plural)
turninasi (essive singular)
turneinasi (essive plural)
turniksesi (singular translative)
turneiksesi (plural translative)
turnittasi (abessive singular)
turneittasi (abessive plural)
turneinesi (comitative plural)
turnimme (nominative singular)
turnimme (nominative plural)
turnimme (accusative nominative singular)
turnimme (accusative nominative plural)
turnimme (accusative genitive singular)
turnimme (accusative genitive plural)
turnimme (genitive singular)
turniemme (genitive plural)
turniamme (partitive singular)
turnejamme (partitive plural)
turnissamme (inessive singular)
turneissamme (inessive plural)
turnistamme (elative singular)
turneistamme (elative plural)
turniimme (illative singular)
turneihimme (illative plural)
turnillamme (adessive singular)
turneillamme (adessive plural)
turniltamme (ablative singular)
turneiltamme (ablative plural)
turnillemme (allative singular)
turneillemme (allative plural)
turninamme (essive singular)
turneinamme (essive plural)
turniksemme (singular translative)
turneiksemme (plural translative)
turnittamme (abessive singular)
turneittamme (abessive plural)
turneinemme (comitative plural)
turninne (nominative singular)
turninne (nominative plural)
turninne (accusative nominative singular)
turninne (accusative nominative plural)
turninne (accusative genitive singular)
turninne (accusative genitive plural)
turninne (genitive singular)
turnienne (genitive plural)
turnianne (partitive singular)
turnejanne (partitive plural)
turnissanne (inessive singular)
turneissanne (inessive plural)
turnistanne (elative singular)
turneistanne (elative plural)
turniinne (illative singular)
turneihinne (illative plural)
turnillanne (adessive singular)
turneillanne (adessive plural)
turniltanne (ablative singular)
turneiltanne (ablative plural)
turnillenne (allative singular)
turneillenne (allative plural)
turninanne (essive singular)
turneinanne (essive plural)
turniksenne (singular translative)
turneiksenne (plural translative)
turnittanne (abessive singular)
turneittanne (abessive plural)
turneinenne (comitative plural)
turninsa (nominative singular)
turninsa (nominative plural)
turninsa (accusative nominative singular)
turninsa (accusative nominative plural)
turninsa (accusative genitive singular)
turninsa (accusative genitive plural)
turninsa (genitive singular)
turniensa (genitive plural)
turniaan (partitive singular)
turniansa (partitive singular)
turnejaan (partitive plural)
turnejansa (partitive plural)
turnissaan (inessive singular)
turnissansa (inessive singular)
turneissaan (inessive plural)
turneissansa (inessive plural)
turnistaan (elative singular)
turnistansa (elative singular)
turneistaan (elative plural)
turneistansa (elative plural)
turniinsa (illative singular)
turneihinsa (illative plural)
turnillaan (adessive singular)
turnillansa (adessive singular)
turneillaan (adessive plural)
turneillansa (adessive plural)
turniltaan (ablative singular)
turniltansa (ablative singular)
turneiltaan (ablative plural)
turneiltansa (ablative plural)
turnilleen (allative singular)
turnillensa (allative singular)
turneilleen (allative plural)
turneillensa (allative plural)
turninaan (essive singular)
turninansa (essive singular)
turneinaan (essive plural)
turneinansa (essive plural)
turnikseen (singular translative)
turniksensa (singular translative)
turneikseen (plural translative)
turneiksensa (plural translative)
turnittaan (abessive singular)
turnittansa (abessive singular)
turneittaan (abessive plural)
turneittansa (abessive plural)
turneineen (comitative plural)
turneinensa (comitative plural)

(poker) turn (fourth communal card in Texas hold'em)


muck

en-noun

muck (usually uncountable, plural mucks)

From Middle English mok, muk, from Old Norse myki, mykr (“dung”) or less likely Old English *moc, *moce (in hlōsmoc (“pigsty dung”) and lustmoce (“lady's smock (Cardamine pratensis)”)) (compare Icelandic mykja and Danish møg ("dung")), from Proto-Germanic *mukį̄ (“dung; manure”), from Proto-Germanic *muk-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mewg-, *mewk- (“slick, slippery”) (compare Welsh mign (“swamp”), Latin mūcus (“snot”), mucere (“to be moldy or musty”), Latvian mukls (“swampy”), Albanian myk (“mould”), Ancient Greek μύξα (múxa, “mucus, lamp wick”), Ancient Greek μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”), German Mauke (“mud fever”)), from *(s)mewg, mewk 'to slip'. More at meek.


muck

en-verb

muck (third-person singular simple present mucks, present participle mucking, simple past and past participle mucked)

mucks (present singular third-person)
mucking (participle present)
mucked (participle past)
mucked (past)

(poker, colloquial) To pass, to fold without showing one's cards, often done when a better hand has already been revealed.


lock

Tok Pisin: lok

→ Hawaiian: laka

From Middle English lok, from Old English loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lok, from Proto-Germanic *luką from Proto-Indo-European *lewg- (“to bend; turn”). The verb is from Middle English locken, lokken, louken, from Old English lūcan, Proto-West Germanic *lūkan, from Proto-Germanic *lūkaną. Related to luxe via Latin.


poker

→ Armenian: պոկեր (poker)

→ Catalan: pòquer

→ Chinese: 撲克 /扑克 (pūkè; pok³ hak¹)

→ Czech: poker

→ Dutch: poker

→ Esperanto: pokero

→ Finnish: pokeri

→ French: poker

→ Georgian: პოკერი (ṗoḳeri)

→ German: Poker
→ Estonian: pokker

→ Greek: πόκερ (póker)

→ Hungarian: póker

→ Icelandic: póker

→ Italian: poker

→ Japanese: ポーカー (pokā)

→ Korean: 포커 (pokeo)

→ Luxembourgish: Poker

→ Macedonian: покер (poker)

→ Polish: poker

→ Portuguese: pôquer, póquer (Portugal)

→ Russian: покер (poker)

→ Serbo-Croatian: poker / покер

→ Slovene: poker

→ Spanish: póquer

→ Swedish: poker

→ Turkish: poker

American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.

Any of various card games in which, following each of one or more rounds of dealing or revealing cards, the players in sequence make tactical bets or drop out, the bets forming a pool to be taken either by the sole remaining player or, after all rounds and bets have been completed, by those remaining players who hold a superior hand according to a standard ranking of hand values for the game.

(poker) All the four cards of the same rank.


poker

poker (nominative singular)
pokera (genitive singular)
pokerowi (dative singular)
poker (accusative singular)
pokerem (instrumental singular)
pokerze (locative singular)
pokerze (singular vocative)

poker królewski


poker

head

poker (definite accusative pokeri, plural pokerler)

pokeri (accusative definite)
pokerler (plural)

From Ottoman Turkish پوكر (poker), from English poker.


wheel

we'll (one pronunciation along with the wine–whine merger)

From Middle English whel, from Old English hwēol, from Proto-West Germanic *hwehwl, from Proto-Germanic *hwehwlą, *hweulō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷlóm, *kʷékʷlos, *kʷékʷléh₂, reduplication of *kʷel- (“to turn”) and a suffix (literally "(the thing that) turns and turns"). See also West Frisian tsjil, Dutch wiel, Danish hjul; also Tocharian B kokale (“cart, wagon”), Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “cycle, wheel”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬑𐬭𐬀 (caxra), Sanskrit चक्र (cakrá); and Latin colō (“to till, cultivate”), Tocharian A and Tocharian B käl- (“to bear; bring”), Ancient Greek πέλω (pélō, “to come into existence, become”), Old Church Slavonic коло (kolo, “wheel”), Albanian sjell (“to bring, carry, turn around”), Avestan 𐬗𐬀𐬭𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (caraⁱti, “it circulates”), Sanskrit चरति (cárati, “it moves, wanders”). Doublet of chakra, chakram, charkha, chukker, cycle, and cyclus.

агьежь

a circular device facilitating movement or transportation

peix gros

person with a great deal of power or influence

(poker slang) The lowest straight in poker: ace-2-3-4-5.

(poker slang) The best low hand in Lowball or High-low split poker: either ace-2-3-4-5 or 2-3-4-5-7, depending on the variant.


main

→? English: main

→⇒ German: Lamäng

Haitian Creole: men

Louisiana Creole: men

⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame

Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano.


exotic

en-adj

exotic (comparative more exotic, superlative most exotic)

more exotic (comparative)
most exotic (superlative)

Borrowed from Middle French exotique, from Latin exōticus, from Ancient Greek ἐξωτικός (exōtikós, “foreign”, literally “from the outside”), from ἐξω- (exō-, “outside”), from ἐξ (ex, “out of”).

مجلوب

foreign, with the connotation of excitingly foreign

(gambling) Being or relating to various wagers, such as the trifecta, that involve betting on the finishing positions of multiple competitors across one or more races.


marriage

en-noun

marriage (countable and uncountable, plural marriages)

From Middle English mariage, from Old French mariage, from marier (“to marry”), from Latin marītō (“marry”, verb, literally “give in marriage”), from marītus (“lover”, “nuptial”), from mas (“male, masculine, of the male sex”). Equivalent to marry + -age. Doublet of maritage. Displaced native Old English sinsċipe.

der

marriage by cohabitation with habit and repute

You should enter marriage for love.

(card games) A king and a queen, when held as a hand in some versions of poker or melded in pinochle.

(card games) In solitaire or patience games, the placing a card of the same suit on the next one above or below it in value.


kip

Unknown. Perhaps related to Yorkshire and Lincolnshire dialect kep, to toss up into the air. Or else, perhaps related to German Kippe (“stub”).

Again Turk placed the pennies on the kip. He took his time, deliberate over the small action, held the kip for a long breathless moment, then jerked his wrist and the pennies were in the air.

1951, Jon Cleary, The Sundowners, published 1952, page 208:

Money was laid on the floor for bets on the heads or tails finish of two pennies tossed high into the air from a small wooden kip.

2003, Gilbert Buchanan, Malco Polia - Traveller, Warrior, page 52:

Jack discarded a length of wood, two twists of wire, his two-up kip and a spanner.

2010, Colin McLaren, Sunflower: A Tale of Love, War and Intrigue, page 101:

(Australia, games, two-up) A piece of flat wood used to throw the coins in a game of two-up.


hai

hai (nominative singular)
hait (nominative plural)
hai (accusative nominative singular)
hait (accusative nominative plural)
hain (accusative genitive singular)
hait (accusative genitive plural)
hain (genitive singular)
haiden (genitive plural)
haitten (genitive plural)
haita (partitive singular)
haita (partitive plural)
haissa (inessive singular)
haissa (inessive plural)
haista (elative singular)
haista (elative plural)
haihin (illative singular)
haihin (illative plural)
hailla (adessive singular)
hailla (adessive plural)
hailta (ablative singular)
hailta (ablative plural)
haille (allative singular)
haille (allative plural)
haina (essive singular)
haina (essive plural)
haiksi (singular translative)
haiksi (plural translative)
haitta (abessive singular)
haitta (abessive plural)
hain (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
haini (nominative singular)
haini (nominative plural)
haini (accusative nominative singular)
haini (accusative nominative plural)
haini (accusative genitive singular)
haini (accusative genitive plural)
haini (genitive singular)
haideni (genitive plural)
haitteni (genitive plural)
haitani (partitive singular)
haitani (partitive plural)
haissani (inessive singular)
haissani (inessive plural)
haistani (elative singular)
haistani (elative plural)
haihini (illative singular)
haihini (illative plural)
haillani (adessive singular)
haillani (adessive plural)
hailtani (ablative singular)
hailtani (ablative plural)
hailleni (allative singular)
hailleni (allative plural)
hainani (essive singular)
hainani (essive plural)
haikseni (singular translative)
haikseni (plural translative)
haittani (abessive singular)
haittani (abessive plural)
haineni (comitative plural)
haisi (nominative singular)
haisi (nominative plural)
haisi (accusative nominative singular)
haisi (accusative nominative plural)
haisi (accusative genitive singular)
haisi (accusative genitive plural)
haisi (genitive singular)
haidesi (genitive plural)
haittesi (genitive plural)
haitasi (partitive singular)
haitasi (partitive plural)
haissasi (inessive singular)
haissasi (inessive plural)
haistasi (elative singular)
haistasi (elative plural)
haihisi (illative singular)
haihisi (illative plural)
haillasi (adessive singular)
haillasi (adessive plural)
hailtasi (ablative singular)
hailtasi (ablative plural)
haillesi (allative singular)
haillesi (allative plural)
hainasi (essive singular)
hainasi (essive plural)
haiksesi (singular translative)
haiksesi (plural translative)
haittasi (abessive singular)
haittasi (abessive plural)
hainesi (comitative plural)
haimme (nominative singular)
haimme (nominative plural)
haimme (accusative nominative singular)
haimme (accusative nominative plural)
haimme (accusative genitive singular)
haimme (accusative genitive plural)
haimme (genitive singular)
haidemme (genitive plural)
haittemme (genitive plural)
haitamme (partitive singular)
haitamme (partitive plural)
haissamme (inessive singular)
haissamme (inessive plural)
haistamme (elative singular)
haistamme (elative plural)
haihimme (illative singular)
haihimme (illative plural)
haillamme (adessive singular)
haillamme (adessive plural)
hailtamme (ablative singular)
hailtamme (ablative plural)
haillemme (allative singular)
haillemme (allative plural)
hainamme (essive singular)
hainamme (essive plural)
haiksemme (singular translative)
haiksemme (plural translative)
haittamme (abessive singular)
haittamme (abessive plural)
hainemme (comitative plural)
hainne (nominative singular)
hainne (nominative plural)
hainne (accusative nominative singular)
hainne (accusative nominative plural)
hainne (accusative genitive singular)
hainne (accusative genitive plural)
hainne (genitive singular)
haidenne (genitive plural)
haittenne (genitive plural)
haitanne (partitive singular)
haitanne (partitive plural)
haissanne (inessive singular)
haissanne (inessive plural)
haistanne (elative singular)
haistanne (elative plural)
haihinne (illative singular)
haihinne (illative plural)
haillanne (adessive singular)
haillanne (adessive plural)
hailtanne (ablative singular)
hailtanne (ablative plural)
haillenne (allative singular)
haillenne (allative plural)
hainanne (essive singular)
hainanne (essive plural)
haiksenne (singular translative)
haiksenne (plural translative)
haittanne (abessive singular)
haittanne (abessive plural)
hainenne (comitative plural)
hainsa (nominative singular)
hainsa (nominative plural)
hainsa (accusative nominative singular)
hainsa (accusative nominative plural)
hainsa (accusative genitive singular)
hainsa (accusative genitive plural)
hainsa (genitive singular)
haidensa (genitive plural)
haittensa (genitive plural)
haitaan (partitive singular)
haitansa (partitive singular)
haitaan (partitive plural)
haitansa (partitive plural)
haissaan (inessive singular)
haissansa (inessive singular)
haissaan (inessive plural)
haissansa (inessive plural)
haistaan (elative singular)
haistansa (elative singular)
haistaan (elative plural)
haistansa (elative plural)
haihinsa (illative singular)
haihinsa (illative plural)
haillaan (adessive singular)
haillansa (adessive singular)
haillaan (adessive plural)
haillansa (adessive plural)
hailtaan (ablative singular)
hailtansa (ablative singular)
hailtaan (ablative plural)
hailtansa (ablative plural)
hailleen (allative singular)
haillensa (allative singular)
hailleen (allative plural)
haillensa (allative plural)
hainaan (essive singular)
hainansa (essive singular)
hainaan (essive plural)
hainansa (essive plural)
haikseen (singular translative)
haiksensa (singular translative)
haikseen (plural translative)
haiksensa (plural translative)
haittaan (abessive singular)
haittansa (abessive singular)
haittaan (abessive plural)
haittansa (abessive plural)
haineen (comitative plural)
hainensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from English high, from high card.


pea

From having the appearance of a pea (see English etymology 1), the edible seed of Pisum sativum, the pea plant.

(US, Indiana, gambling) Any of the small numbered balls used in a pea shake game.


table

→ Assamese: টেবুল (tebul)

→ Bengali: টেবিল (ṭebil)

→ Gujarati: ટેબલ (ṭebal)

→ Japanese: テーブル (tēburu)

→ Korean: 테이블 (teibeul)

→ Maori: tēpu

→ Nepali: टेबुल (ṭebul)

→ Odia: ଟେବଲ୍ (ṭebal)

→ Sylheti: ꠐꠦꠛꠥꠟ (ṭebul)

→ Telugu: టేబులు (ṭēbulu)

From Middle English table, tabel, tabil, tabul, from Old English tabele, tabul, tablu, tabule, tabula (“board”); also as tæfl, tæfel, an early Germanic borrowing of Latin tabula (“tablet, board, plank, chart”). The sense of “piece of furniture” is from Old French table, of same Latin origin; Old English used bēod or bord instead for this meaning: see board. Doublet of tabula and tavla.

That's the strongest table I've ever seen at a European Poker Tour event

A group of people at a table, for example, for a meal, meeting or game.

(poker, metonymically) The lineup of players at a given table.


table

en-verb

table (third-person singular simple present tables, present participle tabling, simple past and past participle tabled)

tables (present singular third-person)
tabling (participle present)
tabled (participle past)
tabled (past)

(poker, colloquial) To show one's cards face-up, especially during showdown.


agent

From Latin agēns, present active participle of agere (“to drive, lead, conduct, manage, perform, do”).

Nevada casinos are fleeced out of millions of dollars yearly by agents (cheats acting as players) in collusion with crooked Black Jack dealers and pit bosses.

1978, John Scarne, Scarne's guide to casino gambling, page 108:

en:cheater with insider help in gambling

(gambling) A cheat who is assisted by dishonest casino staff.


presto

(poker slang) A pair of fives as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.


walk

From Middle English walk, walke, walc, from Old English *wealc (as in Old English wealcspinl) and ġewealc (“a rolling motion, attack”), from Proto-Germanic *walką. Cognate with Icelandic válk (“a rolling around, a tossing to and fro, trouble, distress”).

cog

(poker) A situation where all players fold to the big blind, as their first action (instead of calling or raising), once they get their cards.


chip

→ Catalan: xip

→ Greek: τσιπ (tsip)

→ Italian: chip

→ Korean: 칩 (chip)

desc

→ Hebrew: צִ׳יפְּס, צִ׳יפּ

→ Hebrew: צִ׳יפְּס, צִ׳יפּ (chips, chip)

→ Hungarian: csip, csipsz

→ Turkish: cips, çip

→ Yiddish: טשיפּל (tshipl)

→ Welsh: tsip

Noun from Middle English chip, chippe, from Old English ċipp (“chip; small piece of wood, shaving”), from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) –, from Proto-West Germanic *kippōn (“to cut; carve; hack; chop”), from Proto-Germanic *kippōną (“to chip, chop”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyb- (“to split; divide; germinate; sprout”). Related to Dutch kip, keep (“notch; nick; score”), Dutch kippen (“to hatch”), German Low German kippen (“to cut; clip; trim; shorten”), German kipfen (“to chop off the tip; snip”), Old Swedish kippa (“to chop”). Compare also chop.
The formally similar Old English ċipp, ċypp, ċyp (“a beam; log; stock; post”), from Proto-Germanic *kippaz (“log; beam”) (whence Old Saxon kip (“post”), Old High German kipfa, chipfa (“axle, stave”), Old Norse keppr (“cudgel, club”)) is a different, unrelated word either borrowed from Latin cippus (“stake; pale; post”) or borrowed from the same source language as the Latin.
Verb from Middle English chippen, from Old English *ċippian (“to cut; hew”) – attested in Old English forċippian (“to cut off”) – see above.

cog

If the second player does raise three chips, and all the other players drop, the player who opened may stay in by putting three more chips in the pot, for then he will have put in precisely as many chips as the second player.

2002, Albert H. Moorehead, Hoyle′s Rules of Games, page 46:

(games, gambling) A token used in place of cash.


katsoa

katson (first-person indicative present singular)
en katso (first-person indicative negative present singular)
olen katsonut (first-person indicative perfect singular)
en ole katsonut (first-person indicative negative perfect singular)
katsot (indicative present second-person singular)
et katso (indicative negative present second-person singular)
olet katsonut (indicative perfect second-person singular)
et ole katsonut (indicative negative perfect second-person singular)
katsoo (indicative present singular third-person)
ei katso (indicative negative present singular third-person)
on katsonut (indicative perfect singular third-person)
ei ole katsonut (indicative negative perfect singular third-person)
katsomme (first-person indicative plural present)
emme katso (first-person indicative negative plural present)
olemme katsoneet (first-person indicative perfect plural)
emme ole katsoneet (first-person indicative negative perfect plural)
katsotte (indicative plural present second-person)
ette katso (indicative negative plural present second-person)
olette katsoneet (indicative perfect plural second-person)
ette ole katsoneet (indicative negative perfect plural second-person)
katsovat (indicative plural present third-person)
eivät katso (indicative negative plural present third-person)
ovat katsoneet (indicative perfect plural third-person)
eivät ole katsoneet (indicative negative perfect plural third-person)
katsotaan (indicative passive present)
ei katsota (indicative negative passive present)
on katsottu (indicative passive perfect)
ei ole katsottu (indicative negative passive perfect)
katsoin (first-person indicative past singular)
en katsonut (first-person indicative negative past singular)
olin katsonut (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
en ollut katsonut (first-person indicative negative pluperfect singular)
katsoit (indicative past second-person singular)
et katsonut (indicative negative past second-person singular)
olit katsonut (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
et ollut katsonut (indicative negative pluperfect second-person singular)
katsoi (indicative past singular third-person)
ei katsonut (indicative negative past singular third-person)
oli katsonut (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
ei ollut katsonut (indicative negative pluperfect singular third-person)
katsoimme (first-person indicative past plural)
emme katsoneet (first-person indicative negative past plural)
olimme katsoneet (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
emme olleet katsoneet (first-person indicative negative pluperfect plural)
katsoitte (indicative past plural second-person)
ette katsoneet (indicative negative past plural second-person)
olitte katsoneet (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
ette olleet katsoneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural second-person)
katsoivat (indicative past plural third-person)
eivät katsoneet (indicative negative past plural third-person)
olivat katsoneet (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
eivät olleet katsoneet (indicative negative pluperfect plural third-person)
katsottiin (indicative passive past)
ei katsottu (indicative negative passive past)
oli katsottu (indicative passive pluperfect)
ei ollut katsottu (indicative negative passive pluperfect)
katsoisin (conditional first-person present singular)
en katsoisi (conditional first-person negative present singular)
olisin katsonut (conditional first-person perfect singular)
en olisi katsonut (conditional first-person negative perfect singular)
katsoisit (conditional present second-person singular)
et katsoisi (conditional negative present second-person singular)
olisit katsonut (conditional perfect second-person singular)
et olisi katsonut (conditional negative perfect second-person singular)
katsoisi (conditional present singular third-person)
ei katsoisi (conditional negative present singular third-person)
olisi katsonut (conditional perfect singular third-person)
ei olisi katsonut (conditional negative perfect singular third-person)
katsoisimme (conditional first-person plural present)
emme katsoisi (conditional first-person negative plural present)
olisimme katsoneet (conditional first-person perfect plural)
emme olisi katsoneet (conditional first-person negative perfect plural)
katsoisitte (conditional plural present second-person)
ette katsoisi (conditional negative plural present second-person)
olisitte katsoneet (conditional perfect plural second-person)
ette olisi katsoneet (conditional negative perfect plural second-person)
katsoisivat (conditional plural present third-person)
eivät katsoisi (conditional negative plural present third-person)
olisivat katsoneet (conditional perfect plural third-person)
eivät olisi katsoneet (conditional negative perfect plural third-person)
katsottaisiin (conditional passive present)
ei katsottaisi (conditional negative passive present)
olisi katsottu (conditional passive perfect)
ei olisi katsottu (conditional negative passive perfect)
katso (imperative present second-person singular)
älä katso (imperative negative present second-person singular)
katsokoon (imperative present singular third-person)
älköön katsoko (imperative negative present singular third-person)
olkoon katsonut (imperative perfect singular third-person)
älköön olko katsonut (imperative negative perfect singular third-person)
katsokaamme (first-person imperative plural present)
älkäämme katsoko (first-person imperative negative plural present)
katsokaa (imperative plural present second-person)
älkää katsoko (imperative negative plural present second-person)
katsokoot (imperative plural present third-person)
älkööt katsoko (imperative negative plural present third-person)
olkoot katsoneet (imperative perfect plural third-person)
älkööt olko katsoneet (imperative negative perfect plural third-person)
katsottakoon (imperative passive present)
älköön katsottako (imperative negative passive present)
olkoon katsottu (imperative passive perfect)
älköön olko katsottu (imperative negative passive perfect)
katsonen (first-person potential present singular)
en katsone (first-person negative potential present singular)
lienen katsonut (first-person perfect potential singular)
en liene katsonut (first-person negative perfect potential singular)
katsonet (potential present second-person singular)
et katsone (negative potential present second-person singular)
lienet katsonut (perfect potential second-person singular)
et liene katsonut (negative perfect potential second-person singular)
katsonee (potential present singular third-person)
ei katsone (negative potential present singular third-person)
lienee katsonut (perfect potential singular third-person)
ei liene katsonut (negative perfect potential singular third-person)
katsonemme (first-person plural potential present)
emme katsone (first-person negative plural potential present)
lienemme katsoneet (first-person perfect plural potential)
emme liene katsoneet (first-person negative perfect plural potential)
katsonette (plural potential present second-person)
ette katsone (negative plural potential present second-person)
lienette katsoneet (perfect plural potential second-person)
ette liene katsoneet (negative perfect plural potential second-person)
katsonevat (plural potential present third-person)
eivät katsone (negative plural potential present third-person)
lienevät katsoneet (perfect plural potential third-person)
eivät liene katsoneet (negative perfect plural potential third-person)
katsottaneen (passive potential present)
ei katsottane (negative passive potential present)
lienee katsottu (passive perfect potential)
ei liene katsottu (negative passive perfect potential)
katsoa (infinitive infinitive-i)
katsova (active participle present)
katsottava (participle passive present)
katsoakseni (first-person possessive singular)
katsoaksemme (first-person plural possessive)
katsoaksesi (possessive second-person singular)
katsoaksenne (plural possessive second-person)
katsoakseen (possessive third-person)
katsoaksensa (possessive third-person)
katsonut (infinitive-i-long past)
katsottu (infinitive-i-long past)
katsoessa (inessive second-person)
katsottaessa (inessive second-person)
katsoma (agent)
katsoessani (first-person possessive singular)
katsoessamme (first-person plural possessive)
katsoessasi (possessive second-person singular)
katsoessanne (plural possessive second-person)
katsoessaan (possessive third-person)
katsoessansa (possessive third-person)
katsomaton (inessive negative second-person)
katsoen (instructive second-person)
katsomassa (inessive third-person)
katsomasta (elative third-person)
katsomaan (illative third-person)
katsomalla (adessive third-person)
katsomatta (abessive third-person)
katsoman (instructive third-person)
katsottaman (instructive third-person)
katsominen (fourth-person noun-from-verb)
katsomaisillani (first-person possessive singular)
katsomaisillamme (first-person plural possessive)
katsomaisillasi (possessive second-person singular)
katsomaisillanne (plural possessive second-person)
katsomaisillaan (possessive third-person)
katsomaisillansa (possessive third-person)

[ˈkɑ̝ts̠o̞ɑ̝(ʔ)]

From Proto-Finnic *kaccodak. Cognate to Estonian katsuma.
* (to regard, deem): Semantic loan, ultimately from Latin videō.

(gambling, transitive) to see; to call (to match another player's bet)


ante

Learned borrowing from Latin ante (“before”).

lbor

(poker) In poker and other games, the contribution made by all players to the pot before dealing the cards.


whale

From Middle English whale, from Old English hwæl (“whale”), from Proto-West Germanic *hwal, from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (“whale”) (compare German Wal, Swedish val, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål hval, Norwegian Nynorsk kval; compare also Dutch walvis, West Frisian walfisk, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kʷálos (“sheatfish”) (compare German Wels, Latin squalus (“big sea fish”), Old Prussian kalis, Ancient Greek ἄσπαλος (áspalos), Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬭𐬀 (kara, “kind of fish”)).

These are often no-limit games as maximum bets cramp a whale’s style.

2003, Jeff Wuorio, How to Buy and Sell (Just About) Everything:

A handful of the richest whales routinely play for $200,000 a hand. Australian media mogul Kerry Packer not only regularly bets that much, but has plunked down $200,000 bets for the dealer as a form of a tip.

2004, Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential: Norm! Sin City's Ace Insider 1,000 Naked Truths, Hot Spots and Cool Stuff:

The high roller who had the most ferocious reputation for trying to run the business of the casinos where he played, before he died on December 26, 2006, was Kerry Packer. In the casino world, Packer was the Prince of Whales.

2008, Deke Castleman, Whale Hunt in the Desert:

(gambling, figuratively) A gambler who routinely wagers large amounts of money.


out

→ Greek: άουτ (áout)

→ Japanese: アウト (auto)

→ Korean: 아웃 (aut)

→ Spanish: out

From Middle English out, oute, from a combination of Old English ūt (“out”, preposition & adverb), from Proto-West Germanic *ūt, from Proto-Germanic *ūt (“out”); and Old English ūte (“outside; without”, adverb), from Proto-Germanic *ūtai (“out; outside”); both from Proto-Indo-European *úd (“upwards, away”).
Cognate with Scots oot, out (“out”), Saterland Frisian uut, uute (“out”), West Frisian út (“out”), Dutch uit (“out”), German Low German ut (“out”), German aus (“out”), Norwegian/Swedish ut, ute (“out; outside”), Danish ud, ude (“out; outside”).

inh

As a beginner, when you are in a hand, you should practice counting your outs, or those live cards left in the deck that can improve your hand.

2005, Alison M. Pendergast, Play Winning Poker in No Time, page 57:

If he did have a bigger ace, I still had at least six outs — the case ace, two nines, and three tens. I could also have more outs if he held anything less than A-K.

2006, David Apostolico, Lessons from the Professional Poker Tour, page 21:

(poker) A card which can make a hand a winner.


up

down

antonym(s) of “traveling towards a major terminus”

From Middle English up, from Old English upp, from Proto-Germanic *upp, see more there.

AAKK = aces up

QQ33 = queens up

(poker, postnominal) Said of the higher-ranking pair in a two pair.


Wheel of Fortune

/ˌwiːl‿əv ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːn/

-ɔː(ɹ)t͡ʃuːn

From wheel + of + Fortune (“the Roman goddess Fortuna”), a calque of Latin rota Fortūnae (literally “Fortuna’s wheel”), from rota (“wheel”) + Fortūnae (the genitive dative singular of Fortūna (“the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck”)).

calque

(gambling) Synonym of Big Six wheel (“a game of chance consisting of a vertically mounted wheel divided into equal marked sectors; the winning sector is the one indicated by a pointer when the wheel stops turning”)


runner

From Middle English rennere, rynner, urnare, equivalent to run + -er. Cognate with Old Norse rennari (“runner; messenger”). Displaced earlier Middle English runel (“runner”), from Old English rynel (“runner”; also “messenger, courier”).

махови́к

mechanical part intended to guide or aid something else to move

(poker slang) A competitor in a poker tournament.

Agent noun of run; one who runs.
A competitor in a poker tournament.


prop

proposition player
proposition player#English

(gambling, informal) Short for proposition player.


drop

From Late Middle English droppe, Middle English drope (“small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”) [and other forms], from Old English dropa (“a drop”), from Proto-West Germanic *dropō (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop (of liquid)”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to crumble, grind”).

nb...

dropan, droupe, (Northern England) droipe

afval

small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension

piisk

very small quantity of liquid, or of anything

piisk

that which hangs or resembles a liquid globule

pudotettu esine

(online gaming, video games) item dropped by a defeated enemy

langemine

decline in degree, quality, quantity, or rate

afgrond

distance through which something drops, or falls below a certain level

What the first column in the table shows you is how much the casinos won as a percentage of the drop. For example, on the roulette table for every $100 that went into the drop box the casino wonj $22.70 or 22.70%. […] In other words, the drop tells you how many chips were bought at that table, but it doesn't tell you how many bets were made with those chips.

1996, Steve Bourie, Anthony Curtis [et al.], American Casino Guide, Dania, Fla.: Casino Vacations, published 1997, →ISBN, page 12:

An act or instance of dropping (in all senses).

(gambling) The amount of money that a gambler exchanges for chips in a casino.


drop

en-verb

drop (third-person singular simple present drops, present participle dropping, simple past and past participle dropped or (archaic) dropt)

drops (present singular third-person)
dropping (participle present)
dropped (participle past)
dropped (past)
dropt (archaic participle past)
dropt (archaic past)

From Middle English droppen, dropen (“to fall in drops, drip or trickle down; to scatter, sprinkle; to be covered with a liquid; to give off moisture; of an object: to drop, fall; of a living being: to fall to the ground”) [and other forms], from Old English dropian, droppian (“to drop”), from dropa (“a drop”) (see further at etymology 1) + -ian (suffix forming verbs from adjectives and nouns).

спадам

to decrease, diminish, or lessen in condition, degree, value, etc.

laskea

to move to a lower position; to allow to hang downwards — see also lower

laskea

to lower (a sound, a voice, etc.) in pitch or volume

But more important, if I dropped, Marty would have won the hand automatically.

1990, Stewart Wolpin, The Rules of Neighborhood Poker According to Hoyle, page 219:

(intransitive, gambling) To drop out of the betting.


hero

en-noun

hero (plural heroes or (sandwich sense) heros)

→ Hindi: हीरो (hīro)

→ Japanese: ヒーロー (hīrō)

→ Korean: 히어로 (hieoro)

→ Thai: ฮีโร่ (hii-rôo)

[ˈhɪə.ɹəʊ~ˈçɪə.ɹəʊ]

From Middle English heroes, from Old French heroes, from Latin hērōs (“hero”), from Ancient Greek ἥρως (hḗrōs, “demi-god, hero”), from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to watch over, protect”). Related to Latin servo (“protect”). Displaced Middle English heleð, haleð, from Old English hæleþ, hæle.

der

Let's discuss how to play if the hero has KK, and there's an ace on board.

(poker) The current player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: villain (“any opponent player”). Not to be confused with hero call (“a weak call against a supposed bluff”).


over

From Middle English over, from Old English ofer, from Proto-West Germanic *obar, from Proto-Germanic *uber (“over”), from Proto-Indo-European *upér, a comparative form of *upo.
Akin to Dutch over, German ober, über, Danish over, Norwegian over, Swedish över, Icelandic yfir, Faroese yvir, Gothic 𐌿𐍆𐌰𐍂 (ufar), Latin super, Ancient Greek ὑπέρ (hupér), Albanian upri (“group of peasants”), Sanskrit उपरि (upári).
Doublet of uber, super, and hyper.

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such a points scored in a game, will be above a certain stated value.


over

عَبْرَ

physical positioning: across or spanning

9♦9♠9♣6♥6♠ = nines over sixes

(poker) Separates the three of a kind from the pair in a full house.


tong

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly either:
* 當 /当 (tong, “to bear; to take responsibility; to match equally”) as recorded in Barclay (1923) in Douglas (1873), where "the person who supplies a private gambling party with room, cards, and food, (customarily) receives a percentage of the winnings" as per Barclay (1923).
* 東 /东 (tong, “host”, literally “east”) according to Manuel (1948) as in 做東 /做东 (chòe-tong / chò-tong, “to act as a host”) or 作東 /作东 (chok-tong) as recorded in Douglas (1873), because it was customary in China for the host to sit on the east side of the room or table when receiving a guest, who usually stays on the west side, as per Manuel (1948).
Chan-Yap (1980) also records a ⟨“tôŋ”⟩ (POJ: tong), which she described as 'percentage cut of a gambling taken from winners', though she was not clear on which term in Hokkien that she meant by this.
Compare Ilocano tong (“bribe money”), agtong (“to give bribe money”).

(gambling) percentage cut or commission of the winnings taken from the winner/s for the banker/dealer or owner of the gambling house


under

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”).
Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

(gambling) A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.


blaze

From Middle English blase, from Old English blæse, blase (“firebrand, torch, lamp, flame”), from Proto-West Germanic *blasā, from Proto-Germanic *blasǭ (“torch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”).
Cognate with Low German blas (“burning candle, torch, fire”), Middle High German blas (“candle, torch, flame”).

cog

(poker) A hand consisting of five face cards.


raise

en-verb

raise (third-person singular simple present raises, present participle raising, simple past and past participle raised)

raises (present singular third-person)
raising (participle present)
raised (participle past)
raised (past)

From Middle English reysen, raisen, reisen, from Old Norse reisa (“to raise”), from Proto-Germanic *raisijaną, *raizijaną (“to raise”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to rise, arise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to stir, rise”).
Cognate with Old English rāsian (“to explore, examine, research”), Old English rīsan (“to seize, carry off”), Old English rǣran (“to raise”). Doublet of rear.

whakahī

Referring to lifting the pitch of a musical note

hāpai

Of lifting an object to a higher elevation

hī

Refers to raising an eyebrow in scepticism

aradan qaldırmaq

(military) to remove or break up (a blockade); to relinquish (a siege), or cause this to be done

raise oneself up by one's own bootstraps

John bet, and Julie raised, requiring John to put in more money.

(poker, intransitive) To respond to a bet by increasing the amount required to continue in the hand.


raise

(poker) A bet that increases the previous bet.


fold

en-verb

fold (third-person singular simple present folds, present participle folding, simple past folded, past participle folded or (obsolete) folden)

folds (present singular third-person)
folding (participle present)
folded (past)
folded (participle past)
folden (obsolete participle past)

⇒ Czech: foldovat

The verb is from Middle English folden, from Old English fealdan, from Proto-Germanic *falþaną (“to fold”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to fold”). The noun is from Middle English folde,falde, itself derived from the verb.

With no hearts in the river and no chance to hit his straight, he folded.

(intransitive, poker) To withdraw from betting.


position

From Middle English posicioun, from Old French posicion, from Latin positio (“a putting, position”), from ponere, past participle positus (“to put, place”); see ponent. Compare apposition, composition, deposition; see pose.

positio

finance: amount of financial instruments held by someone

emergency position indicating radio beacon

emergency position indicating radio-beacon

emergency position indicating radiobeacon

(poker) The order in which players are seated around the table.

järjestys

poker: order in which players are seated around the table


ladies

As a lavatory for women, via misspelling of ladies'. Compare gents.

(poker slang, Texas hold 'em) An initial hand consisting of a pair of queens.


press

en-noun

press (countable and uncountable, plural presses)

From Middle English presse (“throng, crowd, clothespress”), partially from Old English press (“clothespress”) (from Medieval Latin pressa) and from Old French presse (Modern French presse) from Old French presser (“to press”), from Latin pressāre, from pressus, past participle of premere (“to press”). Displaced native Middle English thring (“press, crowd, throng”) (from Old English þring (“a press, crowd, anything that presses or confines”)).

cog

He can even the match with a press.

The way a press works is, say you're two down after six holes; you can then start another bet (in effect another match) from the seventh hole, for the same amount, starting all square on the seventh tee.

When a side is two or more points down in the match, they may request a press.

2014, Nicolae Sfetcu, Sports Betting, page 181:

(countable, golf, gambling) An additional bet in a golf match that duplicates an existing (usually losing) wager in value, but begins even at the time of the bet.


fade

en-verb

fade (third-person singular simple present fades, present participle fading, simple past and past participle faded)

fades (present singular third-person)
fading (participle present)
faded (participle past)
faded (past)

From Middle English fade, vad, vade (“faded, pale, withered, weak”), from Middle Dutch vade (“weak, faint, limp”), from Old French fade (“weak, witless”), of obscure origin. Probably from Vulgar Latin *fatidus, from Latin fatuus (“insipid”).

I tried to get some bets that y'all were fixin' to get married but nobody would fade me.

2016, Johnny Hughes, A Texas Beauty, Smart and Strong:

(transitive, gambling) To bet against (someone).


zo

From French os (“bones”). In French, the plural form os is commonly preceded by a determiner- such as aux, les or mes- whose final s or x is pronounced /z/ before vowels (and is otherwise silent). As a result, os was reanalyzed in Haitian Creole as beginning with /z/.


mechanic

From Middle English mekanyk (“mechanical”), from Old French mecanique, from Latin mechanicus (“of or belonging to machines or mechanics, inventive”), from Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós, “pertaining to machines or contrivance, mechanic, ingenious, inventive”), from μηχανή (mēkhanḗ, “a machine, contrivance”); see machine.

der

I can do other things beside burglarizing. I'm a first-class crap dealer, I'm a pretty good card mechanic, pretty good dice mechanic.

1969, Bruce Jackson, A Thief's Primer, Macmillan, →ISBN, page 91:

It was so obvious. I mean, all of Nicky's half-assed mechanics, they were real signal happy.

1995, Nicholas Pileggi, Martin Scorsese, Casino, spoken by Ace (Robert De Niro):

(gambling) A cheat who manipulates the cards or dice.


equity

en-noun

equity (countable and uncountable, plural equities)

From Middle English equitee, equytee, from Old French equité, from Latin aequitās (“uniformity; impartiality; fairness”).

bonds

(in various financial and economic subsenses): debt; as stock in a company

(finance) Various senses related to net value

(poker) A player's expected share of the pot.

Various senses related to net value
A player's expected share of the pot.


par

is-noun

par n (genitive singular pars, nominative plural pör)

pars (genitive singular)
pör (nominative plural)
par (indefinite nominative singular)
parið (definite nominative singular)
pör (indefinite nominative plural)
pörin (definite nominative plural)
par (accusative indefinite singular)
parið (accusative definite singular)
pör (accusative indefinite plural)
pörin (accusative definite plural)
pari (dative indefinite singular)
parinu (dative definite singular)
pörum (dative indefinite plural)
pörunum (dative definite plural)
pars (genitive indefinite singular)
parsins (definite genitive singular)
para (genitive indefinite plural)
paranna (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from Middle Low German par, from Latin pār (“equal”).


par

pár (canonical inanimate masculine)
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pár (nominative singular)
pára (dual nominative)
pári (nominative plural)
pára (genitive singular)
párov (dual genitive)
párov (genitive plural)
páru (dative singular)
pároma (dative dual)
párom (dative plural)
pár (accusative singular)
pára (accusative dual)
páre (accusative plural)
páru (locative singular)
párih (dual locative)
párih (locative plural)
párom (instrumental singular)
pároma (dual instrumental)
pári (instrumental plural)


lottery

Borrowed from Italian lotteria, from the same root as Old English hlot (cognate with English lot). Compare French loterie (from Middle Dutch loterie). By surface analysis, lot + -ery.


väri

väri (nominative singular)
värit (nominative plural)
väri (accusative nominative singular)
värit (accusative nominative plural)
värin (accusative genitive singular)
värit (accusative genitive plural)
värin (genitive singular)
värien (genitive plural)
väriä (partitive singular)
värejä (partitive plural)
värissä (inessive singular)
väreissä (inessive plural)
väristä (elative singular)
väreistä (elative plural)
väriin (illative singular)
väreihin (illative plural)
värillä (adessive singular)
väreillä (adessive plural)
väriltä (ablative singular)
väreiltä (ablative plural)
värille (allative singular)
väreille (allative plural)
värinä (essive singular)
väreinä (essive plural)
väriksi (singular translative)
väreiksi (plural translative)
värittä (abessive singular)
väreittä (abessive plural)
värein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
värini (nominative singular)
värini (nominative plural)
värini (accusative nominative singular)
värini (accusative nominative plural)
värini (accusative genitive singular)
värini (accusative genitive plural)
värini (genitive singular)
värieni (genitive plural)
väriäni (partitive singular)
värejäni (partitive plural)
värissäni (inessive singular)
väreissäni (inessive plural)
väristäni (elative singular)
väreistäni (elative plural)
väriini (illative singular)
väreihini (illative plural)
värilläni (adessive singular)
väreilläni (adessive plural)
väriltäni (ablative singular)
väreiltäni (ablative plural)
värilleni (allative singular)
väreilleni (allative plural)
värinäni (essive singular)
väreinäni (essive plural)
värikseni (singular translative)
väreikseni (plural translative)
värittäni (abessive singular)
väreittäni (abessive plural)
väreineni (comitative plural)
värisi (nominative singular)
värisi (nominative plural)
värisi (accusative nominative singular)
värisi (accusative nominative plural)
värisi (accusative genitive singular)
värisi (accusative genitive plural)
värisi (genitive singular)
väriesi (genitive plural)
väriäsi (partitive singular)
värejäsi (partitive plural)
värissäsi (inessive singular)
väreissäsi (inessive plural)
väristäsi (elative singular)
väreistäsi (elative plural)
väriisi (illative singular)
väreihisi (illative plural)
värilläsi (adessive singular)
väreilläsi (adessive plural)
väriltäsi (ablative singular)
väreiltäsi (ablative plural)
värillesi (allative singular)
väreillesi (allative plural)
värinäsi (essive singular)
väreinäsi (essive plural)
väriksesi (singular translative)
väreiksesi (plural translative)
värittäsi (abessive singular)
väreittäsi (abessive plural)
väreinesi (comitative plural)
värimme (nominative singular)
värimme (nominative plural)
värimme (accusative nominative singular)
värimme (accusative nominative plural)
värimme (accusative genitive singular)
värimme (accusative genitive plural)
värimme (genitive singular)
väriemme (genitive plural)
väriämme (partitive singular)
värejämme (partitive plural)
värissämme (inessive singular)
väreissämme (inessive plural)
väristämme (elative singular)
väreistämme (elative plural)
väriimme (illative singular)
väreihimme (illative plural)
värillämme (adessive singular)
väreillämme (adessive plural)
väriltämme (ablative singular)
väreiltämme (ablative plural)
värillemme (allative singular)
väreillemme (allative plural)
värinämme (essive singular)
väreinämme (essive plural)
väriksemme (singular translative)
väreiksemme (plural translative)
värittämme (abessive singular)
väreittämme (abessive plural)
väreinemme (comitative plural)
värinne (nominative singular)
värinne (nominative plural)
värinne (accusative nominative singular)
värinne (accusative nominative plural)
värinne (accusative genitive singular)
värinne (accusative genitive plural)
värinne (genitive singular)
värienne (genitive plural)
väriänne (partitive singular)
värejänne (partitive plural)
värissänne (inessive singular)
väreissänne (inessive plural)
väristänne (elative singular)
väreistänne (elative plural)
väriinne (illative singular)
väreihinne (illative plural)
värillänne (adessive singular)
väreillänne (adessive plural)
väriltänne (ablative singular)
väreiltänne (ablative plural)
värillenne (allative singular)
väreillenne (allative plural)
värinänne (essive singular)
väreinänne (essive plural)
väriksenne (singular translative)
väreiksenne (plural translative)
värittänne (abessive singular)
väreittänne (abessive plural)
väreinenne (comitative plural)
värinsä (nominative singular)
värinsä (nominative plural)
värinsä (accusative nominative singular)
värinsä (accusative nominative plural)
värinsä (accusative genitive singular)
värinsä (accusative genitive plural)
värinsä (genitive singular)
väriensä (genitive plural)
väriään (partitive singular)
väriänsä (partitive singular)
värejään (partitive plural)
värejänsä (partitive plural)
värissään (inessive singular)
värissänsä (inessive singular)
väreissään (inessive plural)
väreissänsä (inessive plural)
väristään (elative singular)
väristänsä (elative singular)
väreistään (elative plural)
väreistänsä (elative plural)
väriinsä (illative singular)
väreihinsä (illative plural)
värillään (adessive singular)
värillänsä (adessive singular)
väreillään (adessive plural)
väreillänsä (adessive plural)
väriltään (ablative singular)
väriltänsä (ablative singular)
väreiltään (ablative plural)
väreiltänsä (ablative plural)
värilleen (allative singular)
värillensä (allative singular)
väreilleen (allative plural)
väreillensä (allative plural)
värinään (essive singular)
värinänsä (essive singular)
väreinään (essive plural)
väreinänsä (essive plural)
värikseen (singular translative)
väriksensä (singular translative)
väreikseen (plural translative)
väreiksensä (plural translative)
värittään (abessive singular)
värittänsä (abessive singular)
väreittään (abessive plural)
väreittänsä (abessive plural)
väreineen (comitative plural)
väreinensä (comitative plural)

color (spectral composition of visible light)

color (particular set of the visible spectrum)

(heraldry) color (any of the standard dark tinctures used in heraldry)


slot

From Middle English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”). As a gambling machine, via clipping of slot machine. Compare sleuth. The scheduling (calendar) sense is by a metaphor whereby the time span is equated with the segment of a page or part of a device that represents it.

I walked past the poker tables and went straight to the slots.

(gambling, informal, especially in the plural) Clipping of slot machine, a game of chance played for money using a coin slot.


slot

From English slot, from Old French esclot, likely from Old Norse slóð (“track”).

(gambling) Clipping of mesin slot (“slot, slot machine”)


crab

en-noun

crab (countable and uncountable, plural crabs)

From Middle English crabbe, from Old English crabba (“crab; crayfish; cancer”), from Proto-West Germanic *krabbō, from Proto-Germanic *krabbô, from *krabbōną (“to creep, crawl”), from Proto-Indo-European *grobʰeh₂yéti (“scratch, claw at”), a metathesised o-grade of *gerbʰ-. More at carve.
Cognates
See also Dutch krab, Low German Krabb, Danish krabbe, Swedish krabba.
Further cognates with frequentative-infix are Saterland Frisian krabbelje (“to creep, crawl”), Dutch krabbelen (“to scratch”) and German krabbeln (“to crawl”). Possibly related to English creep and Swedish krypa (“to creep, crawl”) etc.

cog

(poker slang) A playing card with the rank of three.


flop

en-verb

flop (third-person singular simple present flops, present participle flopping, simple past and past participle flopped)

flops (present singular third-person)
flopping (participle present)
flopped (participle past)
flopped (past)

Recorded since 1602, probably a variant of flap with a duller, heavier sound

Both players flopped sets! Cards dealt on the flop: Q95. Player A's hole cards: 55 (making three of a kind: 555). Player B's hole cards: QQ (making three of a kind: QQQ).

(poker, transitive) To have (a hand) using the community cards dealt on the flop.


flop

The flop didn't help you but probably did help the other hands.

1996, John Patrick, John Patrick's Casino Poker: Professional Gambler's Guide to Winning:

Here are six tips to help you play successfully on the flop (the first three communal cards).

2003, Lou Krieger, Internet Poker: How to Play and Beat Online Poker Games:

The strength of your hand now has nothing to do with how strong it may have been before the flop.

2005, Henry Stephenson, Real Poker Night: Taking Your Home Game to a New Level:

(poker) The first three cards turned face-up by the dealer in a community card poker game.

floppi

poker: the first three cards dealt face up


rack

From Middle English rakke, rekke, from Middle Dutch rac, recke, rec (Dutch rek), see rekken.

(gambling) A plastic tray used for holding and moving chips.


placer

a third-placer

(gambling, in combination) A horse, etc. that finishes in a particular place in a race.


tight

en-adj

tight (comparative tighter, superlative tightest)

tighter (comparative)
tightest (superlative)

baggy

firmly held together; of clothing or other material

slack

antonym(s) of “well-rehearsed and accurate”

From Middle English tight, tyght, tyȝt, tiht, variants of thight, thiht, from Old English *þiht, *þīht (attested in meteþiht), from Proto-West Germanic *þį̄ht(ī), from Proto-Germanic *þinhtaz, from Proto-Indo-European *tenkt- (“dense, thick, tight”), from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to stretch, pull”).
Cognate with Scots ticht, West Frisian ticht, Danish tæt, Icelandic þéttur (“dense”), Norwegian tett, Swedish tät, Dutch dicht (“dense”), German dicht (“dense”).
The current form with t- /t/ rather than etymologically-expected th- /θ/ arose in Middle English under the influence of the etymologically-unrelated verbs tighten and tight.

der

(poker) Of a player, who plays very few hands.

(poker) Using a strategy which involves playing very few hands.


pocket

From Middle English pocket (“bag, sack”), from Anglo-Norman poket, Old Northern French poquet, poquete, diminutive of poque, poke (“bag, sack”) (compare modern Norman pouquette and modern French pochette from Old French pochete, from puche), from Frankish *pokā (“pouch”), from Proto-Germanic *pukkô, *pukô (“bag; pouch”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to blow, swell”). Doublet of pochette. Cognate with Middle Dutch poke, Alemannic German Pfoch (“purse, bag”), Old English pocca, pohha (“poke, pouch, pocket, bag”), Old Norse poki (“bag, pocket”). Compare the related poke (“sack or bag”). See also Modern French pochette and Latin bucca.

a pocket pair of kings

(Texas hold'em poker) Referring to the two initial hole cards.


defend

en-verb

defend (third-person singular simple present defends, present participle defending, simple past and past participle defended)

defends (present singular third-person)
defending (participle present)
defended (participle past)
defended (past)

From Middle English defenden, from Old French defendre, deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen-. Displaced native Old English bewerian.

(poker slang) To call a raise from the big blind.


limit

German: Limit

From Middle English limit, from Old French limit, from Latin līmes (“a cross-path or balk between fields, hence a boundary, boundary line or wall, any path or road, border, limit”). Displaced native Old English ġemǣre. Doublet of limes.


one-armed bandit

en-noun

one-armed bandit (plural one-armed bandits)

From one-armed (“having only one arm”) + bandit (“one who robs others in a lawless area, especially as part of a group; one who cheats others”), referring to the fact that the machine is operated by a single handle, and “steals” money from losing players.

compound

(originally US, gambling) A gaming machine having a long arm-like handle at one side that a player pulls down to make reels spin; the player wins money or tokens when certain combinations of symbols line up on these reels.


bong

Borrowed from French bon (“voucher, ticket, coupon”). First attested in the 1930s.
Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bong (“totalizator receipt”).

cog

(gambling) A betting slip, a betting ticket; a slip on which a wager is recorded.


hazard

hazard (nominative singular)
hazardy (nominative plural)
hazardu (genitive singular)
hazardów (genitive plural)
hazardowi (dative singular)
hazardom (dative plural)
hazard (accusative singular)
hazardy (accusative plural)
hazardem (instrumental singular)
hazardami (instrumental plural)
hazardzie (locative singular)
hazardach (locative plural)
hazardzie (singular vocative)
hazardy (plural vocative)

Borrowed from French hasard, from Old French hasart, from Arabic اَلزَّهْر (az-zahr, “the dice”).


nitty

en-adj

nitty (comparative nittier or more nitty, superlative nittiest or most nitty)

nittier (comparative)
more nitty (comparative)
nittiest (superlative)
most nitty (superlative)

Over the past year and a half Isildur1 has captivated the poker community with his overly aggressive play and mesmerizing swings in the highest cash games online. His most intriguing characteristic isn’t his combativeness or his disregard for money; however, it’s his anonymity. […] [Phil] Hellmuth is far too nitty to be the face behind an online maniac such as Isildur1, he’s already rumored to be "#1_Lucky_One" and he’s clearly not spending copious amounts of time grinding high stakes in Sweden.

2011 January 7, Rich Ryan, “PokerNews Top Five: Isildur1 Dream List”, in PokerNews, archived from the original on 2016-09-01:

I recently played the following hand in a $2–$5 game in Las Vegas. I had a $1,000 stack. A nitty regular player opened from under the gun for $20 with a $1,000 stack. Another nitty player directly to my right called. This player had about $350 behind.

2012 July 29, Ed Miller, “Poker Strategy With Ed Miller – Bet Sizing Tells: Knowing what to Look For”, in Card Player, archived from the original on 2016-09-12:

Good2cu figures he can budget $50,000—around 25 percent of his net worth—for a new set of wheels, although a nittier recess of his poker mind knows that buying new is for suckers. Cars lose a significant portion of their value the moment you drive them off the lot.

2013, Jonathan Grotenstein, Storms Reback, chapter 30, in Ship It Holla Ballas!: How a Bunch of 19-year-old College Dropouts Used the Internet to Become Poker’s LOUDEST, CRAZIEST, and RICHEST Crew, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN:

These days, even the nittiest regular players use continuation bets. But not every flop calls for a continuation bet from every hand.

2015 March 8, Ed Miller, “Poker Strategy With Ed Miller: Attacking Bad Continuation Bets: Miller Explains Why You Shouldn’t Continuation Bet Every Time”, in Card Player, archived from the original on 2017-04-01:

"Ladies Night" on Poker Night in America was far from nitty, so naturally the bets continued once the game wrapped up for the night.

2018 August 15, Pamela Maldonado, “Prop Bets: Lily Kiletto to Bench Press; Joey Ingram Makes Music Video”, in PokerNews, archived from the original on 2018-08-15:

(poker slang) Of a poker player: playing in an overly cautious and reactive manner.


punter

He had stolen 'trannies' (transistor radios) and hub caps from cars outside the main hotels in Glasgow, turning the collection into money through dealing with a 'punter' at Charing Cross.

2013, James Patrick, A Glasgow Gang Observed:

(Scotland) A person who trades with a gang but is not a gang member.


shill

Unknown; attested as verb 1914, as noun 1916. Perhaps an abbreviation of shillaber, attested 1913. The word entered English via carny, originally denoting a carnival worker who pretends to be a member of the audience in an attempt to elicit interest in an attraction.
Speculatively an extended form of German Schieber (“black marketeer, profiteer”) via *shi-la-ber.
There are some suggestions that it originates in the surname Shilaber or Shillibeer, especially George Shillibeer, but proposed origins are dubious as the word is first attested in North America in the 20th century, while proposed models are 19th century British.
American humorist Benjamin Penhallow Shillaber (1814–1890) was known to write under the name Mrs. Ruth Partington to lend credibility to some of his ideas. This is one more possible origin of the word, although there is no specific evidence supporting a connection.

der

There may even be a casino shill sitting adjacent to you. Normally, the casino shills are gorgeous women, and sometimes men, so enjoy the scenery.

2000, Dennis R. Harrison, Casino Gambling: Your Absolute, Quintessential, All You Wanted to Know ...:


skeet

en-noun

skeet (countable and uncountable, plural skeets)

Pseudo-archaic alteration of shoot, perhaps with reference to Old Norse skjóta; compare Scots skite (“to dart, to shoot”). The name for a form of trapshooting is attested from the 1920s, see quotations below. Senses related to ejaculation of semen likely derive from this, but compare also squirt, skite, or scoot. The word skeet is attested in reference to working class persons in US English from the 19th century, or the Newfoundland and Labrador regionalism may derive from other terms such as skite or skeeter; see quotation below.

(countable, poker) A hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9.


tat

(UK, gambling, slang, archaic) Alternative form of tatt (“a die, especially one that is loaded”)


tapis

→ Nafaanra: tapis

Inherited from Middle French tapiz, from Vulgar Latin *tappetium, from Latin tapētem or from Byzantine Greek ταπήτιον (tapḗtion), from Ancient Greek τάπης (tápēs), from an Iranian source.

(poker) all-in (an instance of betting all of one's chips)


dolly

Welsh: doli

From doll + -y, from the given name Dorothy, originally applied either to a woman or female pet or to a children's toy, and expanded to refer to various types of contrivances or devices. The Online Etymology Dictionary, while considering the reason for applying it to such devices unobvious, compares how the names jack, jenny and jimmy are also applied to devices.

rattaat

term not specific to bridge construction

(gambling) A marker placed on the winning number by the dealer at roulette.


bluff

bluff (countable and uncountable, plural bluffs)

→ Portuguese: bluff, blefe (Brazil)

Probably from Dutch bluffen (“to brag”), from Middle Dutch bluffen (“to make something swell; to bluff”); or from the Dutch noun bluf (“bragging”). Related to German verblüffen (“to stump, perplex”).

der

John’s bet was a bluff: he bet without even so much as a pair.

(poker, countable or uncountable) An attempt to represent oneself as holding a stronger hand than one actually does.

блъф

poker: attempt to represent yourself as holding a stronger hand than you do


bluff

en-verb

bluff (third-person singular simple present bluffs, present participle bluffing, simple past and past participle bluffed)

bluffs (present singular third-person)
bluffing (participle present)
bluffed (participle past)
bluffed (past)

John bluffed by betting without even a pair.

(poker) To make a bluff; to give the impression that one’s hand is stronger than it is.


bluff

Unadapted borrowing from English bluff. According to SO attested since 1903.


represent

represent (third-person singular simple present represents, present participle representing, simple past and past participle represented)

represents (present singular third-person)
representing (participle present)
represented (participle past)
represented (past)

/ˌɹɛp.ɹɪˈzɛnt/

From Old French représenter, from Latin repraesentō.

Richard was holding the nuts, but he was trying to represent two-pair to get the other players to bet.

(poker, transitive) To play as if holding (a set of cards); to play as if having made (a hand).


limp

limp (third-person singular simple present limps, present participle limping, simple past and past participle limped)

limps (present singular third-person)
limping (participle present)
limped (participle past)
limped (past)

From Middle English limpen (“to fall short”), from Old English limpan, from Proto-West Germanic *limpan, from Proto-Germanic *limpaną (“to hang down”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lemb-, *(s)lembʰ- (“to hang loosely, hang limply”).
Cognate with Low German lumpen (“to limp”), Middle High German limpfen (“to hobble, limp”), dialectal German lampen (“to hang down loosely”), Icelandic limpa (“limpness, weakness”).

cog

(poker slang, intransitive) To call, particularly in an unraised pot pre-flop.


blind

From Middle English blynd, from Old English blind, from Proto-West Germanic *blind, from Proto-Germanic *blindaz.

The blinds are $10 and $20, and the ante is $1.

(poker) A forced bet: the small blind or the big blind.

The blinds immediately folded when I reraised.

(poker) A player who is forced to pay such a bet.


blind

en-adv

blind (comparative more blind, superlative most blind)

more blind (comparative)
most blind (superlative)

(poker, three card brag) Without looking at the cards dealt.


player

From Middle English pleyer, playere, from Old English pleġere (“player, athlete, wrestler”), from Proto-West Germanic *plegārī. Equivalent to play + -er.


bettor

In fact, as Ambrose Hammer places the cage on our table and then sits down beside me, Mindy approaches us, and says to Ambrose: "Horse players, yes," Mindy says. "Wrong bettors, yes. Dogs and song writers and actors, yes. But parrots," Mindy says, "no. Take it away," he says.

1944, Damon Runyon, Runyon à la Carte:"So You Won't Talk!":

Still others, chasing the mirage of vast riches bettors think are there for the taking, seek information or tips from any and all, despite all omens, silent writing on the wall and dire predictions about their fates, like the title of Damon Runyon's book All Horse Players Die Broke.

2003, Bert Sugar, Horse Sense: An Inside Look at the Sport of Kings, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

A person who makes a bet, such as a wager on the outcome of a game of chance or a sporting event.


suite

→ Belarusian: сюіта (sjuita)

→ Bulgarian: сюита (sjuita)

→ Catalan: suite

→ Czech: suita

→ Danish: suite

→ Dutch: suite

→ English: suite

→ Galician: suite

→ German: Suite

→ Greek: σουίτα (souíta)

→ Italian: suite

→ Norwegian Bokmål: suite

→ Norwegian Nynorsk: suite

→ Persian: سوئیت (su'it)

→ Polish: suita

→ Portuguese: suíte

→ Romanian: suită

→ Russian: сюи́та (sjuíta)

→ Spanish: suite

→ Swedish: svit

→ Ukrainian: сюї́та (sjujíta)

Inherited from Old French suite, from earlier siute, from Vulgar Latin *sequita, (instead of classical secūta), as the feminine past participle of *sequere, from Latin sequi.


wager

From Middle English wajour, wageour, wager, from Old Northern French wageure, from wagier (“to pledge”) (compare Old French guagier, whence modern French gager and contemporary Walloon wadjî), ultimately from Frankish *waddjōn (“to pledge”), from Frankish *wadi ~ *waddī (“pledge”). See also wage.

/ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

1842-43, Edgar Allan Poe, "The Mystery of Marie Roget"
“This thicket was a singular, an exceedingly singular one. It was unusually dense. Within its naturally walled enclosure were three extraordinary stones, forming a seat with a back and footstool.… , whose boys were in the habit of closely examining the shrubberies about them in search of the bark of the sassafras. Would it be a rash wager – a wager of one thousand to one – that a day never passed over the heads of these boys without finding at least one of them ensconced in the umbrageous hall, and enthroned upon its natural throne? Those who would hesitate at such a wager, have either never been boys themselves, or have forgotten the boyish nature."

evento su cui si scommette (see: scommettere)


wager

en-verb

wager (third-person singular simple present wagers, present participle wagering, simple past and past participle wagered)

wagers (present singular third-person)
wagering (participle present)
wagered (participle past)
wagered (past)

/ˈwæɪ.d͡ʒə(ɹ)/

I'd wager my boots on it.

(transitive) To bet something; to put it up as collateral.

I'll wager that Johnson knows something about all this.

(intransitive, figuratively) To suppose; to dare say.


stack

LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-stack.wav

From Middle English stack, stacke, stakke, stak, from Old Norse stakkr (“a barn; haystack; heap; pile”), from Proto-Germanic *stakkaz (“a barn; rick; haystack”).
The data structure sense is a calque of Dutch stapel, introduced by Edsger W. Dijkstra. Cognate with Icelandic stakkur (“stack”), Swedish stack (“stack”), Danish stak (“stack”), Norwegian stakk (“stack”). Related to stake and sauna.

der

(poker) The amount of money a player has on the table.


stack

en-verb

stack (third-person singular simple present stacks, present participle stacking, simple past and past participle stacked)

stacks (present singular third-person)
stacking (participle present)
stacked (participle past)
stacked (past)

натрупвам

To place objects or material in the form of a stack

I won Jill's last $100 this hand; I stacked her!

(transitive, poker) To take all the money another player currently has on the table.


bookie

(informal) A bookmaker, being a person who, or business which, takes bets from the general public on sporting events and similar.


rag

→ Kashubian: reksa (United States)

From Middle English ragge, from Old English ragg (suggested by derivative raggiġ (“shaggy; bristly; ragged”)), from Old Norse rǫgg (“tuft; shagginess”), from Proto-Germanic *rawwa-, probably related to *rūhaz. Cognate with Swedish ragg. Related to rug.

I have ace-four on my hand. In other words, I have ace-rag.


Katie

(poker slang) A king and a ten as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity with "K-T"


spik

From Old Norse spíkr, from Proto-Germanic *spīkaz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *spey- (“expand, extend, stretch”).

der

En spik i lopp 5.

(horse gambling) a straight bet; betting on only a single horse in a race


todo

Borrowed from Spanish todo. Doublet of todas.

(gambling) entirely put as bet in a single game


todo

(gambling) act of betting all one's money in a single game


trip

From Middle English trippen (“tread or step lightly and nimbly, skip, dance”), perhaps from Old French triper (“to hop or dance around, strike with the feet”), from a Frankish source; or alternatively from Middle Dutch trippen (“to skip, trip, hop, stamp, trample”) (> Modern Dutch trippelen (“to toddle, patter, trip”)). Akin to Middle Low German trippen ( > Danish trippe (“to trip”), Swedish trippa (“to mince, trip”)), West Frisian tripje (“to toddle, trip”), German trippeln (“to scurry”), Old English treppan (“to trample, tread”). Related also to trap, tramp.

cog

(poker slang) Of or relating to trips (three of a kind).


scalp

en-verb

scalp (third-person singular simple present scalps, present participle scalping, simple past and past participle scalped)

scalps (present singular third-person)
scalping (participle present)
scalped (participle past)
scalped (past)

From Middle English scalp, skalp, scalpe (“crown of the head; skull”). Originally a northern word, and therefore probably from a North Germanic source, although the sense-development is unclear; compare Sylt North Frisian Skolp (“dandruff”), Old Norse skálpr (“sheath”), Old Swedish skalp, Dutch schelp (“shell”).

The only sure thing about scalping the Series today is that the scalper is paying the bookie a greater profit because he is making a greater number of bets.

1961, John Scarne, Complete Guide to Gambling, page 102:

(gambling) To bet on opposing competitors so as to make a profit from the bookmaker.


hijack

Possibly from a blend of highway + jacker (“one who holds up”) (1915).

blend

(poker slang) Preflop, the position two before the dealer.


roi

Antillean Creole: wa

Guianese Creole: rwè

Haitian Creole: wa

(perhaps) ⇒ Haitian Creole: lwa
→ English: loa

Karipúna Creole French: hué

Louisiana Creole: rwa

Seychellois Creole: lerwa

Inherited from Middle French roy, from Old French roi, rei, from Latin rēgem.

au royaume des aveugles, les borgnes sont rois


concave

From Middle English concave, from Old French concave, from Latin concavus.

Coordinate term: convex

(gambling) A playing card made concave for use in cheating.


convex

Borrowed from Middle French convexe, from Latin convexus (“arched”).

Coordinate term: concave

(gambling) A playing card made convex for use in cheating.

Of all the devices for defrauding at poker, the “shiner,” or “convex” […] Modern convexes are also considerably larger than those of former days.

2019, John Philip Quinn, Fools of Fortune; or, Gambling and Gamblers:

(gambling) A small convex mirror used to cheat by observing other players' cards.


continue

en-verb

continue (third-person singular simple present continues, present participle continuing, simple past and past participle continued)

continues (present singular third-person)
continuing (participle present)
continued (participle past)
continued (past)

terminate

antonym(s) of “transitive, proceed with, to prolong”

From Middle English continuen, from Old French continuer, from Latin continuāre. Displaced native Old English þurhwunian.

(poker slang) To make a continuation bet.


kitty

(poker, slang) In a home game, a small, specified amount taken from each pot to pay the host's expenses.


gambling

en-noun

gambling (usually uncountable, plural gamblings)

An activity characterised by a balance between winning and losing that is governed by a mixture of skill and chance, usually with money wagered on the outcome.


villain

Probably from Middle English vilein, from Old French vilein (modern French vilain), in turn from Late Latin villanus, meaning serf or peasant, someone who is bound to the soil of a Latin villa, which is to say, worked on the equivalent of a plantation in late Antiquity, in Italy or Gaul. Doublet of villein.

Count Dracula
Darth Vader
Dracula
Harry Potter
Lady Macbeth
Macbeth
Macbeth (character)
Othello
Sauron
Star Wars
The BFG
The Hobbit
The Lord of the Rings
The Merchant of Venice

Let's discuss how to play if you are the chip leader (that is, if you have more chips than all the villains).

(poker) Any opponent player, especially a hypothetical player for example and didactic purposes. Compare: hero (“the current player”).


chemin de fer

/ʃəˌmæ̃ də ˈfɛə/

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-chemin de fer.wav

Borrowed from French chemin de fer (literally “railway”), from being a faster variant of baccarat.

bor

Bond had spent the last two afternoons and most of the nights at the Casino, playing complicated progression systems on the even chances at roulette. He made a high banco at chemin-de-fer whenever he heard one offered.

1953, Ian Fleming, chapter 4, in Casino Royale, page 23:

The person who left at 1:00 is either Alice or the woman who played chemin de fer (9), so in either case she is a woman.

2005, Mark Zegarelli, Poker Logic Puzzles, →ISBN, page 73:

“Come on,” Kit motioning her with his head over to a chemin-de-fer table

2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, pages 603–4:


busted flush

I thought I'd draw another spade, but I ended up with a busted flush.

(UK, poker) A potential flush which ultimately was not filled.


valet

→ Bulgarian: вале́ (valé)

→ Greek: βαλές (valés)

→ Portuguese: valete

desctree

→ Russian: вале́т (valét)
→ Ingrian: valetti

→ Turkish: vale

Inherited from Old French vaslet, from Medieval Latin *vassellittus, diminutive of Late Latin vassallus (“manservant, domestic, retainer”), from Latin vassus (“servant”), from Gaulish *wassos (“young man, squire”), from Proto-Celtic *wastos (“servant”) (compare Old Irish foss and Welsh gwas).

der

(history) officer belonging to the king's house or a princely house, also valet de chambre

a wooden stand on which to hold clothes and accessories in preparation for dressing, also valet de nuit

valet de menuisier
valet de menuisier#French

(especially in the form valet de menuisier) a holdfast (a hooked tool to hold a workpiece down to a workbench)


nuts

If the board is 237QA, all of spades, the nuts is 45 of spades.

If the board is 4444J, the nuts is any hand with an ace.

(poker) An unbeatable hand; the best poker hand available.


miss

en-verb

miss (third-person singular simple present misses, present participle missing, simple past and past participle missed)

misses (present singular third-person)
missing (participle present)
missed (participle past)
missed (past)

desc

→ Kashubian: zmisowac (Canada, United States)

From Middle English missen, from Old English missan (“to miss, escape the notice of a person”), from Proto-West Germanic *missijan, from Proto-Germanic *missijaną (“to miss, go wrong, fail”), from Proto-Indo-European *meytH- (“to change, exchange, trade”). Cognate with West Frisian misse (“to miss”), Dutch missen (“to miss”), German missen (“to miss”), Norwegian Bokmål and Danish miste (“to lose”), Swedish missa (“to miss”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Icelandic missa (“to lose”).

inh

you don't miss the water till the well runs dry

you miss 100% of the shots you don't take

you never miss the water till the well runs dry

you never miss the water until the well runs dry

Player A: J7. Player B: Q6. Table: 283. The flop missed both players!

(poker, said of a card) To fail to help the hand of a player.


maverick

Named after Texan lawyer and politician Samuel Maverick (1803–1870), who refused to brand his cattle. For probable origin and meaning, see Maverick.
The poker noun sense (“a queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em”) may be from the theme song of the US Western television series Maverick (1957–1962), which says of the eponymous protagonist that “[g]amblin’ is his game” and that he is “livin’ on jacks and queens”.

named-after

(poker slang) A queen and a jack as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em.


FPS

(poker) Initialism of fancy play syndrome, the act of playing in a reckless way.


make good

en-verb

make good (third-person singular simple present makes good, present participle making good, simple past and past participle made good)

makes good (present singular third-person)
making good (participle present)
made good (participle past)
made good (past)

After all the players who determine to go in have made good the bet of the player who opened the Jack Pot, and the hands have been filled […]

1885, William Brisbane Dick, The American Hoyle: Or, Gentleman's Hand-book of Games:

(gambling) To match the first player's bet with one's own, rather than dropping out.