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(n) A chat term,"good one."

game tabs

(n phrase) At Full Tilt Poker, game tabs are the nine tabs above the Games Window in the lobby that correspond to the forms of poker you can play.

Games Window

(n phrase) The window in the lobby that shows a list of tables, depending on what game format you have selected.

(n) A chat term, "good call" or "good cards."

Get Chips dialog

(n phrase) At Full Tilt Poker, a dialog that appears when you when you wish to purchase more chips during play. It also provides information about maximum and minimum buy-ins, and the current state of your account. Its appearance is similar to that of the Buy-In dialog.

(n) A chat term,"good game."

(n) A chat term, "good luck."

Good Buddy

(n phrase) Hold'em starting hand nickname: 10-4. Comes from trucker's CB code, which came from the police "10-code," where it signifies affirmation or confirmation. Truckers say "10-4, good buddy.".

good position

(n phrase) See position.

gut shot

(n phrase) The card that makes an inside straight, or, more commonly, the making of a straight by catching a card inside. If you have 4-5-7-8 of mixed suits in a stud or hold'em game, and catch a 6, you have made a gut shot.

gutshot

(adj) Pertaining to an inside straight, usually part of the phrase gutshot straight. See gut shot.

hand

(n) 1. The cards in the possession of one player. For example, your two hole cards in hold'em constitute your hand. Similarly, your first three cards in seven-card stud constitute your hand, as well as all the cards up to any given point. That is, after the last card is dealt, your seven cards in seven-card stud constitute your hand. 2. One deal. "Who won the last hand?" (Also see pot, definition 3.) 3. A good hand. "I didn't put him on a hand." 4. The holder of a particular hand. "That hand never had to put in a raise because all of the other players kept raising for him.

hand history

(n phrase) In an online cardroom, a virtual replay of one or more previously played hands. At some cardrooms, a hand history appears as a textual summary of the hand, which can sometimes be viewed online while playing and sometimes is sent to you as an email message. At Full Tilt Poker, hand history is viewed by clicking the LAST HAND button in the table window to bring up the Last Hand History window.

Hand Statistics

(n phrase) At Full Tilt Poker, a dialog invoked from the table window that shows your playing statistics from the current game type, and with which you can also show statistics from any other game type you have played.

high

1. (n) The high hand, either in terms of the winner of the high half, as described in definition 2, or the highest board, as described in definition 4. 2. (adj) In a high-low split game, the hand that wins the high half, or is in contention for it. "I'm high." 3. Describing any game in which the highest hand wins the pot, that is, in a game without wild cards, in which the best hand is a royal flush, and the worst is no pair. "This is Omaha high." 4. In a stud game, describing the player whose board currently has the highest card combination, or the hand itself. "Jim is high." "Pair of aces is high."

higher limit

(n phrase) The size of bets in the later rounds of betting in a limit game. For example, in a $2-$4 limit game, the higher limit is $2.

high-low split

(n phrase) A split pot game. "We're playing high-low split."

high-low split game

(n phrase) Split pot game.

hold'em

(n phrase) A form of poker that originated in the Southwest, moved to Nevada casinos, and then expanded almost universally, with two cards dealt face down to each player, and five community cards dealt face up in the center of the table. These community cards are part of each player's hand, so each player has access to seven cards. The game has four betting rounds, one after the first two downcards, one after the first three of the community cards (called the flop) are simultaneously dealt, one after the next upcard (called the turn or fourth street), and one after the fifth (called the river or fifth street). At the showdown on the end, the player holding the best five-card combination among his hole cards and the community cards wins the pot. The "official" name of the game is Texas hold'em, but just hold'em is the more common name.

hole card

(n phrase) Any one of the private cards in a stud or hold'em-type game. Hole cards are dealt face down and can be seen only by the individual player. Seven-card stud starts with two hole cards and one upcard, continues with three more upcards, and ends with a third hole card, such that each player's final hand consists of three hole cards and four upcards. Also called downcard.

home game

(n phrase) A private game played at someone's home, often one regularly scheduled, perhaps weekly. Players might refer to such a game as "the Friday-night game."

house dealer

(n phrase) See dealer.

hover

(v) Holding your cursor over an object on your screen. At Full Tilt Poker, you can see a player's position, the size of the pot or a bet, notes about a player, and so on. When you position the cursor over the object for a few seconds, an information box soon appears displaying the information.