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| main pot |
| (n phrase) When there is a side pot , that part of the pot all of the players have action in. |
| misread |
| (v) Not realize the value of your hand, or overlook a possible winner. For example, in seven card stud, you may have been concentrating so hard on making a flush that you don't see that, while you missed the flush, you actually had a straight. You can also misread another player's hand. |
| miss the blinds |
| (v phrase) In a blind game, you must take both the big and small blind once every round. If you do not, you have missed the blinds and must either wait for the big blind to get back to your position, or, if you do not want to wait, post. |
| money tabs |
| (n phrase) The three tabs below the Games Window in the lobby that determine what games appear in the Games Window. You can choose ALL to see both play money and real money games, or PLAY MONEY or REAL MONEY. |
| muck |
| (v) Get rid of one's cards; fold. You can muck your cards when presented with an option of calling (or raising) a previous bet. You can also muck your cards in turn at the showdown (as opposed to electing to show your cards) if the software has determined that your hand is not eligible to receive any share of the pot. |
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| muted |
| (adj) At Full Tilt Poker, describing the situation in which comments made by a specific player are prevented from appearing in the chat box. When a player is muted, a strike-out symbol appears on the right side of that player's base. This facility is accessed by right-clicking a player in the table window and clicking Muted in the small menu that pops up. |
| n |
| (n) A chat term, "nice." |
| n1 |
| (n) A chat term, "nice one." |
| nc |
| (n) A chat term, "nice call." |
| nh |
| (n) A chat term, "nice hand." |
| nhs |
| (n) A chat term, "nice hands." |
| nhwps |
| (n) A chat term, "Nice hand, well played, sir." |
| nl |
| (n) A chat term, no-limit. |
| nlhe |
| (n) A chat term, no-limit hold'em. |
| no limit |
| (n phrase) No-limit game. "I played no limit today." |
| no-limit |
| (adj) Describing a game played for no limit, in such phrases as no-limit game, no-limit poker, no-limit hold'em, and so on. |
| no-limit game |
| (n phrase) The form of poker in which, on his turn, a player can bet any amount from the minimum to all of his chips (or of his opponent's, if the bettor has more), as opposed to a limit game, in which all bets and raises are in multiples of the betting limit. The only restriction on a raise is that it must either equal or exceed the previous bet or raise. The size of a no-limit game is usually expressed as two numbers that represent the sizes of the two blinds. For example, a $5/$10 no-limit game has a small blind of $5 and a big blind of $10. The first player to bet can open for the minimum, which is the size of the big blind (in this case, $10), or raise to any amount up to the size of his stack. Also called no-limit poker. |
| no-limit poker |
| (n phrase) No-limit game. |
| no pair |
| (n phrase) A poker hand lower than one pair, usually named by its high card, as, for example, ace high. |
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| nut low |
| (n phrase) The best possible low for a given situation. For example, if the flop in Omaha high-low is 8s 7h 6s Kh Ks and you have As 2s 4d 5d, you have the nut low. You also have the nut flush, but that is a hand that might easily get beaten, given the pair on the board. |
| nut flush |
| (n phrase) The best possible flush for a given situation. For example, if the flop in hold'em is 8s 7h 6s 5d Ks and you have As Js, you have the nut flush. |
| nut-nut |
| (n) In a high-low split game, having the best possible low and the best possible high in the same hand. For example, if the flop in Omaha high-low is 8s 7h 6s Qd Ks and you have As 2s 4d 5d, you have the nut low. Your ace-king flush is also the nut high hand. You will scoop this hand if no one else has an A-2. Even if someone does, you will get three-fourths of the pot. |
| nuts |
| (n) The best possible hand for a given situation. For example, if the flop in hold'em is 8s 7h 6s 5d Ks and you have As Js, your ace-king flush is the nuts. |
| nut straight |
| (n phrase) The best possible straight for a given situation. For example, if the flop in hold'em is 8s 7h 6s 5d Qd and you have 9-10 (any suits), you have the nut straight. |
| o |
| (n) 1. A chat term, offsuit, as in KQo. 2. Shorthand, particularly in e-mail and Internet postings, for offsuit. For example, specifying a hold’em hand as KQo means king-queen offsuit, or, frequently, king-queen off. |
| observer |
| (n) A nonparticipant in a game, that is, someone who has a table window open but is not seated. |
| observer chat |
| (n phrase) Comments, which appear in the chat box, from observers. |
| o8 |
| (n) A chat term, Omaha/8. |
| odd chip |
| (n phrase) When splitting a pot, either among tied hands or between the high half and the low half in high-low split games, sometimes a chip is left over, usually of the smallest denomination for the game. That chip is called the odd chip, and various rules come into play to determine which player gets the chip. At Full Tilt Poker, in a high-only game, the pot is split down to the smallest unit in play for that game, and any odd chip goes to the hand closest to the left of the button. For example, the smallest chip in play at a $1/$2 game is a quarter. If two players have identical hands at the showdown in a $10.25 pot, the player closest to the left of the button gets $5.25 and the other player gets $5. In split pot games, when splitting the high half and the low half, the odd chip goes to the high hand. If there are ties in either the high half or the low half, then any odd chip goes to the hand closest to the left of the button. |
| offsuit |
| (adj) In hold'em or seven-card stud, descriptive of the first two cards being of different suits, as opposed to suited. Sometimes shortened to just off. |
| omg |
| (n) A chat term, "Oh my God!" |
| one-ended straight |
| (n phrase) See inside straight. |
| Omaha |
| (n) A variant of hold'em in which each player starts with four hole cards. The difference between Omaha and hold'em is that each player forms a five-card hand by using only two (no more, no less, but they can be any two) of his hole cards together with only three (no more, no less, but they can be any three) of the five community cards. At the showdown on the end, the player holding the best five-card combination that adheres to the preceding restrictions wins the pot. |
| Omaha high-low |
| (n phrase) A variant of Omaha in which the pot is split between the holder of the highest hand and the holder of the lowest hand if that low hand is topped by no worse than an 8. See qualifier. The game is also called Omaha hi/lo, Omaha 8-or-better, Omaha split, or Omaha/8 (and indicated on the lobby tab as Omaha H/L). |
| Omaha/8 |
| (n phrase) Another name for Omaha high-low. |
| Omaha 8-or-better |
| (n phrase) Another name for Omaha high-low. |
| Omaha hi/lo |
| (n phrase) Another name for Omaha high-low. |
| Omaha H/L |
| (n phrase) A short name for Omaha high-low. |
| Omaha split |
| (n phrase)Another name for Omaha high-low. |
| Omaholic |
| (n) Someone who loves to play Omaha |
| one pair |
| (n phrase)A poker hand containing one pair, plus three other unmatched cards. In high games, this is the second-lowest rank of hand, ranking above no pair and below two pair. |
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| online cardroom |
| (n phrase) A cardroom that exists only on the Internet, as opposed to a brick and mortar cardroom. |
| online game |
| (n phrase)A game played in an online cardroom. |
| open-ended straight |
| (n phrase) Four cards to a straight with no "holes" and with "room" at both ends, such that it can be made by eight cards, as 2-3-4-5 or 7-8-9-10 of mixed suits; the first can be made by any ace or 6 and the second by any 6 or jack. Compare with inside straight. |
| option |
| (n) If there have been no raises when the bets gets to the big blind in a blind game, that player has what is called the option. He can opt to raise, in which case each active player in turn is offered a choice of calling the raise or reraising—or folding. The big blind can also choose not to raise, which stops the betting for that round. The big blind in this option situation is known in poker parlance as a live blind. |
| Over and Out |
| (n phrase) Hold'em starting hand nickname: 10-4. Comes from the police "10-code", and signifies affirmation or confirmation, which, in this case, would be associated with the end of a conversation, in the expression "10-4, over and out". |
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