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an ace working
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An ace in hand.
ace; hand  
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angle
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Any technically legal but ethically dubious way to increase your expectation at a game; a trick.
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aces up
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Two pairs, one of which is aces.
Two; aces; pairs  
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add-on
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The opportunity to buy additional chips in some tournaments.
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aces full
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A full house with aces over any pair.
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All-in
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When a player bets all his or her remaining chips.
To run out of chips while betting or calling. In table stakes games, a player may not go into his pocket for more money during a hand. If he runs out, a side pot is created in which he has no interest. However, he can still win the pot for which he had th
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action
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The amount of money wagered. tn poker, the placing of money into the pot.
Opportunity to act. If a player appears not to realize it's his turn, the dealer will say "Your action, sir."
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advertise
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To make a bluff with the deliberate intention of being exposed as a loose player.
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active player
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A player still in the pot.
player; pot  
One who is still in the pot.
One; pot  
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action
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The betting.
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ante
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In poker, a small portion of the minimum bet that each player is required to put into the pot before a new hand starts.
A small portion of a bet contributed by each player to seed the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. Most hold'em games do not have an ante; they use "blinds" to get initial money into the pot.
A token bet required before the start of a hand.
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ace-high
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A five-card hand containing an ace but no pair; beats a king-high, but loses to any pair or above.
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blind bet
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A bet that certain poker players are required to make because of their betting positions.
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bet for value
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Betting in order to raise the amount in the pot, not to make your opponents fold.
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betting white
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Betting $1 amounts (white is a common color for $1 chips).
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basic strategy
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In blackjack, the set of plays that you should make to maximize your advantage.
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busted
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Broke, tapped.
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boat
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a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
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full house
Another name for full house.
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bubble
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(1) The point at which only one player must bust out before all others win some money. (2) The person who was unfortunate enough to finish in that position.
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bet
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Wager
Wager  
To voluntarily put money or chips into the pot.
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bug
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A Joker that can be used to make straights and flushes and can be paired with Aces, but not with any other cards.
German
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Wildcard
Swedish
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mörkt kort
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betting black
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Betting $100 amounts (black is a common color for $100 chips).
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blowback
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To lose back one's profits.
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blow back
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burn card
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In card games, the card temporarily removed from play. After a shuffle and cut, one card is placed on the bottom of the deck or in the discard tray, which is called burning the card.
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behind
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You're behind if you don't have the best hand before the last cards have been dealt.
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betting limits
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In a table game, the minimum and maximum amounts of money that you can wager on one bet. you cannot wager less than the minimum or more than the maximum amount posted.
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black leg
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Archaic term for crooked card-sharp.
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bust a player
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To deprive a player of all his chips; in tournament play, to eliminate a player.
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break-even point
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The break-even point is the point at which if you played forever, the bets you made would approximately equal the payoffs you'd receive.
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bankroll
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A player's total available gambling money.
The amount of money you have available to wager.
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bet into
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To bet before a stronger hand, or a player who bet strongly on the previous round.
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board
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In poker, the community cards dealt face-up in the center of the table are referred to as on the 'board.'
All the community cards in a hold'em game -- the flop, turn, and river cards together. Example:
In flop games, the five cards that are turned face up in the center of the table; in Seven-Card Stud, the four cards that are dealt face up to each player.
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bullets
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A pair of Aces.
Aces; pair  
Spanish
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viñetas
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big bet poker
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Another term for pot-limit and no-limit poker.
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betting interval
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The period during which each active player has the right to check, bet or raise; the round of betting. It ends when the last bet or raise has been called by all players still in the hand.
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bounty
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A small amount of cash awarded to a player when he knocks out another player in some tournaments.
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brick
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A blank.
blank  
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bump
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To raise
raise  
To raise.
raise  
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broadway
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An ace high straight.
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bluff
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To bet or raise with a hand that is unlikely to be the best hand.
bet; hand; raise  
In poker, players bluff when raising with a weak hand in hopes of driving out players with stronger hands.
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black
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The most common color used for $100 chips.
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brick & mortar
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A "real" casino or cardroom with a building, tables, dealers, etc. This is in contrast to an online poker site.
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betting red
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Betting $5 amounts (red is a common color for $5 chips).
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button
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In all flop games, a small disk used to signify the player in the last position if a house dealer is used; a buck.
A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example:
In poker, a small plastic disc used as a marker that is moved from player to player after each hand to designate the dealer position.
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bad beat
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To have a hand that is a large underdog beat a heavily favored hand. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot had no business being in the pot at all, and it was the wildest of luck that he managed to catch the one card in the deck that wo
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big slick
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A nickname for AK (suited or not). Its origins are unknown (to me, anyway).
The Ace-King card combination.
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back door straight
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When the last two cards make a player's hand, even though he or she played on the flop for some other reason.
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back door flush
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big blind
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The forced bet in second position before any cards are dealt. Usually this is a Live Blind, which means that the player in this position can raise if no one else has before the cards are dealt.
The larger of the two blinds typically used in a hold'em game. The big blind is a full first round bet. See also "blind" and
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blow back
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To lose back one's profits.
English
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blowback
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bingo marker
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A crayon or ink dauber that is used to cover the numbers on a bingo game card.
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bust
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In blackjack, to go over twenty-one. If you bust you lose
A worthless hand that has failed to improve as the player hoped; a busted hand.
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backdoor
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Catching both the turn and river card to make a drawing hand. For instance, suppose you have As-7s. The flop comes Ad-6c-4s. You bet and are called. The turn is the Ts, which everybody checks, and then the river is the Js. You've made a "backdoor" nut flu
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bot
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Short for "robot". In a poker context, a program that plays poker online with no (or minimal) human intervention.
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buy-in
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An amount of money you pay to enter a tournament. Often expressed as two numbers, such as $100+9, meaning that it costs $109 to enter the tournament; $100 goes into the prize fund and $9 goes to the house.
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bring it in
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To start the betting on the first round.
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bottom pair
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A pair with the lowest card on the flop. If you have As-6s, and the flop comes Kd-Th-6c, you have flopped bottom pair.
When you use the lowest card on the flop to make a pair.
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bicycle
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The lowest possible hand in lowball: Ace-2-3-4-5. Also called a wheel.
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belly buster
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A draw to fill an inside straight; a gut shot.
English
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gut shot
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buck
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A $100 wager
$100; wager  
In all flop games, a small disk used to indicate the dealer, or used to signify the player in the last position if a house dealer is used; a button.
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brush
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A cardroom employee responsible for managing the seating list.
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buy
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(1) As in "buy the pot." To bluff, hoping to "buy" the pot without being called. (2) As in "buy the button." To bet or raise, hoping to make players between you and the button fold, thus allowing you to act last on subsequent betting rounds.
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baby
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A small card.
card; small  
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banker
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In a card game, dealer or the players who books the action of the other bettors at the table.
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bet the pot
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To bet the total value of the pot.
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buried pair
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In stud games, a pair in the hole.
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back into a hand
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To draw into a hand different from the one you were originally trying to make.
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blank
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A board card that doesn't seem to affect the standings in the hand. If the flop is As-Jd-Ts, then a turn card of 2h would be considered a blank. On the other hand, the 2s would not be.
A card that is of no value to a player's hand.
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blind
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A forced bet (or partial bet) put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt. Typically, blinds are put in by players immediately to the left of the button. See also
A forced bet that one or more players to the dealer's left must make before any cards are dealt to start the action on the first round of betting.
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bullet
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An Ace.
Ace  
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back door flush
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When the last two cards make a player's hand, even though he or she played on the flop for some other reason.
English
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back door straight
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busted flush
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A hand with only four of five cards in a flush.
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betting green
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Betting $25 amounts (green is a common color for $25 chips).
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burn
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To discard the top card from the deck, face down. This is done between each betting round before putting out the next community card(s). It is security against any player recognizing or glimpsing the next card to be used on the board.
To deal off the top card, face down, before dealing out the cards (to prevent cheating); or to set aside a card which has been inadvertently revealed.
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bust out
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To be eliminated from a tournament by losing all your chips.
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bring-in
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In seven-card stud, the bring-in is a mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.
The forced bet made on the first betting round by the player dealt the lowest card showing in Seven-Card Stud and the highest card showing in razz.
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blind raise
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When a player raises without first looking at his or her cards.
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croupier
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someone who collects and pays bets at a gaming table
Chinese
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莊荷
Dutch
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croupier
German
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Croupier
Japanese
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ちょうもと
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帳元
Korean
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금전 책임자
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부사회자
Norwegian
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croupier
Russian
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крупье
Spanish
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croupier
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crupier
Swedish
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croupier
Uzbek
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qimorxona egasi yoki xizmatchisi; qimorga pul qo'ygan kishi
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deuce
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one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots
Slang
Swedish
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par i poker
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full house
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a poker hand with 3 of a kind and a pair
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boat
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gut shot
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A draw to fill an inside straight; a gut shot.
English
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belly buster
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high-low
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poker in which the high and low hands split the pot