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Poker Terms
At the online casinos, these terms are very important… so, before playing internet poker you should familiarized your self with them.
There are 163 entries in this glossary.
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| Late position |
Positions on a round of betting in which you act after most of the other players have acted.
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| Lay the odds |
To wager more money on a proposition than you hope to win.
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| Legitimate hand |
A hand with value; a hand that is not a bluffing hand.
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| Limit |
The amount a player may bet or raise on any round of betting.
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| Limit poker |
A poker games where the minimum and maximum amounts a player may bet or raise on any given round of betting are fixed.
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| Live card |
In stud games a card that has not yet been seen and is therefore presumed likely to be still in play.
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| Live one |
A loose, weak player with a lot of money to lose. A rich sucker. There is a story, perhaps apocryphal, about a poker games in Gardena in which one player had a heart attack and died. The player to his left shouted to the floor man, "Hey, Louie, bring us a live one."
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| Lock |
A cinch hand. A hand that cannot lose.
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| Long odds |
The odds for an event that has a relatively small chance of occurring.
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| Long shot |
An event that has little chance of occurring. Hence, in poker a hand that has little chance of being made.
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| Loose |
Playing more hands than the norm.
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| Lowball |
A variety of poker games in which the best low hand wins in the showdown.
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