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R  R.O.E A game or tournament format in which three forms of poker are played in rotation, usually either half an hour of each or one round of each. The games are razz, Omaha/8, and seven-card stud high-low.    Rabbit 1) A weak player. 2) Short for after the rabbit or follow the rabbit. A form of draw, usually lowball, in which a player gets a bonus from the other players for winning two pots in a row. For example, in a $4-to-go no-limit lowball game, each player puts up $20, which goes into a kitty. Whoever wins the two pots in a row gets the kitty. This tends to stimulate action, because when a player wins a pot, she is likely to loosen her requirements for the next pot to try to get the kitty. She may kill the next pot to try to increase her chances of winning the next pot and to keep out the two-card draws.    Rabbithunt After the deal is over, search through the un-dealt cards to see what you would have made if you had stayed in the pot. Not permitted in most establishments, and frowned on in the rest.    Rabbithunting After the deal is over, search through the un-dealt cards to see what you would have made if you had stayed in the pot. Not permitted in most establishments, and frowned on in the rest.    Race In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower- denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips    Race for the Odd Chips In tournaments it is sometimes convenient to remove all lower- denomination chips from play, as the remaining players' stacks tend to grow. Small chips are converted to larger chips and any odd chips are "raced off" in the following way: each player with odd chips places them in front of his stack and is dealt one card for each chip. Highest card (rank and suit) takes all the small chips and converts them to higher-denomination chips    Raced Off Dumped out of a tournament due to having lost one's remaining small denomination chips during a race.    Raced Out Dumped out of a tournament due to having lost one's remaining small denomination chips during a race.    Racehorse Blind Stud. A home game, also called Mike or racehorse, played as five-, six-, or seven-card stud, with the exception that all cards are dealt face down. For example, in the seven-card stud variant, each player receives three cards face down, followed by a round of betting, another card face down, another round of betting, a fifth card face down, another round of betting, a sixth card face down, another round of betting, and a final card face down, with a final round of betting. The game generates a lot of action, but is more of a gamble--and thus presents less opportunity to the skillful, analytical player--than the "normal" stud versions with their several rounds of face-up cards.    Rachel The queen of diamonds. Probably comes from the Bible    Rack 1) A plastic tray which holds 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20. 2) 100 chips. "I'm stuck three racks." 3) Place chips in a rack. 4) Win; usually followed by up. "He's been racking up the game" means he's been winning a lot. Comes from meaning 3.    Rag A card, usually a low card, that, when it appears, has no apparent impact on the hand. A flop of 7 4 2 is a rag flop - few playable hands match the flop well. If the table shows QJT9, all of spades, a 2h on the river is a rag.    Rag Off To get a card on the river that doesn't help you.    Ragged A flop (or board) that doesn't appear to help anybody very much. A flop that came down Jd-6h-2c would look ragged.    Ragged Flop Flop cards that are of no use to any player's hand.    Rags Worthless cards; blanks.    Rail A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.    Railbird Someone watching a game from the rail, often used to describe a broke ex-player.    Railroad Hand 1) The two pair hand jacks and 6s. (Say it rhythmically with this emphasis: jacks and sixes, jacks and sixes, jacks and sixes. Sounds a bit like a train, doesn't it?) 2) In hold 'em, J-6 as one's first two cards.    Rainbow Three or four cards of different suits, for example on a flop. (Two cards of different suits are unsuited and five is impossible.)    Rainbow Hand A hand containing cards from each of the four suits.    Raise Placing a higher wager into the pot. All other players must call that bet--or raise it--in order to remain in the game.    Raise Back Re-raise.    Raise Blind Raise without having seen your cards.    Raise Out Drive someone out of a pot by betting more than he is willing to call. In a no-limit lowball game you might hear, "I had a bicycle with the joker to draw to, but he raised me out when he put his whole stack in."    Raised Pot A pot in which there has been a raise.    Raiser One who raises.    Raisin Bread. I'm raising.    Rake Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.    Rake Game A game in which the house makes its money by raking, as opposed to taking time. Sometimes called snatch game    Rakeoff Game A game in which the house makes its money by raking, as opposed to taking time. Sometimes called snatch game    Rakes Cards trimmed or shaved slightly so that they can be detected by feel.    Ram and Jam Bet and raise frequently and aggressively.    Rammer-Jammer Fast-action player, one who bets and raises frequently and aggressively.    Ramming and Jamming Betting and raising frequently and aggressively; describing a lively game. "You oughta get in the 3-6; they're rammin' and jammin'."    Ranch All one's chips; usually preceded by bet the. When a player goes all in, someone may say, "He's betting the ranch." Also, the farm.    Rangdoodles 1) In private or home games, a hand or round in which the stakes are temporarily increased, usually after a "big" hand is shown down. For example, in a $5-limit game, if aces full or better appears in a showdown, the next hand or the entire next round might be played at $10-limit. Also rangdoodles, wangdoodles. 2. Less commonly, progressive progressive.    Rank The numerical value of a card (as opposed to its suit). Example: "jack," "seven."    Rank Card Card with numbers, that is, 2 through 10.    Rank of Cards The hierarchy of cards, from high to low, or low to high, to determine what beats what, as (from high to low) A (ace), K (king), Q (queen), J (jack), T (10), 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, trey (3), deuce (2). In ace-to-five lowball (and many high-low split games), the list goes, from low to high, A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K.    Rank of Hands The hierarchy of cards, from high to low, or low to high, to determine what beats what, as (from high to low) A (ace), K (king), Q (queen), J (jack), T (10), 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, trey (3), deuce (2). In ace-to-five lowball (and many high-low split games), the list goes, from low to high, A, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, J, Q, K.    Rap 1) In draw poker, at the time to draw cards, indicate that one is pat. So called because a player, if he has a pat hand, often raps on the table with his knuckles when it is his turn to announce his draw. 2) In any form of poker, at the time for making a bet, indicate that one declines to bet; check. 3) In a game in which gypsy bets are permitted, when it is the blind's turn to act, decline to raise, indicated by rapping on the table with one's cards or knuckles. 4) In a game in which a player must post a blind to get a hand earlier than waiting for the blind to come around (which blind then acts as the player's opening bet), when it is that player's legal turn to act, decline to raise, indicated in similar fashion. 5) When one is offered the deck by the dealer, after shuffling, to cut, rap on the deck to indicate one is declining the option of cutting the cards. For definitions 1 and 2, also knuckle or knock. For 5, sometimes, tap. 6) Standing pat. "He gave it the rap" means he stood pat.    Rap Pat 1) Stand pat, that is, at the point when one is supposed to draw, tap the table with one's cards or rap on the table with one's knuckles as an indication that one will not draw any cards. 2) Extended figuratively, draw no cards (but without necessarily actually performing the act of tapping the table with one's cards or rapping with one's knuckles). "How many cards did John take, dealer?" "He rapped pat."    Raquel Welch In hold 'em, 3-8 as one's first two cards. Has something to do with certain measurements    Rathole During a playing session, surreptitiously remove chips from play. This is not strictly cheating, just not fair to the other players who do not have an opportunity to win as much as they might otherwise. It is not permitted in public card rooms to remove chips from the table without cashing out. Players rat hole chips because they don't want to chance losing them back, or because they want to hide their winnings from someone who has staked them or someone they owe money to.    Ratholer One who ratholes chips.    Razz Seven-card stud lowball.    Re-Buy To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in, usually after losing most or all of the previous buy-in.    Re-Buy Tournament A tournament in which players are permitted to re-buy, as opposed to a freeze-out tournament.    Re-Raise Any raise after the first raise in a round. Player A bets, player B raises, player C (or A) re-raises. See also cap and check-raise.    Re-Straddle Over blind. In a traveling blind game with four blinds, the re-straddle is put in by the player three positions to the left of the dealer.    Reach for One's Chips Make a move toward one's chips, presumably with the intention of betting. Usually said by someone about another betting in a situation in which the first has no intention of calling. For example, the first player passes, and before the second can bet, the first dumps his cards, saying, "All you had to do was reach for your chips." Also rattle one's chips.    Read In a stud game, make a conclusion about another player's holdings based on that player's exposed cards, or, in any game, make such a conclusion based on the player's actions, remarks, betting patterns, etc.    Read Someone's Mail Divine that someone is bluffing. After being caught bluffing, someone might say, "You've been reading my mail."    Reader 1) Marked cards, particularly those marked with special luminous ink that can be seen only by someone wearing special glasses or contact lenses sensitive to a particular portion of the spectrum. Also known as luminous readers. 2) Pink eye (Infrared (pink- or red-tinted) contact lenses worn by a thief to see the markings on luminous readers, cards marked with special luminous ink that can be seen only in infrared light.)    Readers 1) Marked cards, particularly those marked with special luminous ink that can be seen only by someone wearing special glasses or contact lenses sensitive to a particular portion of the spectrum. Also known as luminous readers. 2) Pink eye (Infrared (pink- or red-tinted) contact lenses worn by a thief to see the markings on luminous readers, cards marked with special luminous ink that can be seen only in infrared light.)    Ready Up Prepare for a cheating move.    Red Red is the most common color for $5 chips. If someone bets a stack of red, it means they're betting a bunch of $5 chips, probably 20 of them.    Red Dog An old card game whose name has been usurped as another name for acey-deucey.    Redeal 1) Deal again, usually as occasioned by a misdeal. 2) The situation in which the cards must be dealt. "Do I owe an ante?" "No, it's a re-deal."    Redraw A draw to an even better hand when you currently are holding the nuts.    Reentry Blind A blind that a player in a traveling blind game puts in to get a hand after missing the blinds in a game in which players must come in on the blind.    Reflector A cheating device, a mirror or other shiny object, such as a highly-polished cigaret lighter, placed apparently innocently on the table, used to read the reflected faces of the cards while they are being dealt. Also, gaper, glimmer, shiner    Refrigerator Where a cold deck (supposedly) comes from. "He brought one out from the refrigerator" means he brought in a cooler (cold deck).    Regular Habitual player in a home game, or frequent player in a particular card room.    Release Fold a hand, usually implying a good hand when you think it is beat. For example, in hold `em, you have three 7s, but after the fourth heart just appeared on the board, Transparent Tommy, who has been calling all the way, now bets out. You might say, "I knew he made the flush. I hated to do it, but I had to release a set."    Rembrandt 1) A form of draw poker, found only in home games, in which all face cards are wild. 2) Face card; so called because a face card is sometimes called a paint. This usage is usually restricted to lowball.    Repeat Bet the same amount as on the preceding round of betting.    Replacement 1) Twist. 2) In a draw game, a card substituted for a card in one's hand, that is, the draw card. "Dealer, I need a replacement."    Represent Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand    Reputation The conception players have of your play. For example, if you play conservatively, you may have a reputation as a tight player.    Reraise Blind 1) The term usually applies to a draw game, generally lowball, and is often shortened to OBRBRB. A game in which the first player to the dealer's left blinds the pot, the next player raises blind before getting his cards, and the next player raises before getting his cards. Since this puts six bets into the pot before the cards are dealt, the effect is to increase the action of the game. Often shortened to re-raise, and sometimes called raise blind. 2) This is usually part of a proposition. A player who asks another, "open blind, raise blind, re-raise blind?" is saying, "I will open the pot blind and re-raise you back blind if you promise to raise blind."    Rest Farm Where a player has to go after suffering a heavy loss.    Return The long-run advantage of a given situation, specifically without reference to any particular outcome. I.e., what you figure to win or lose on average after a large number of repetitions of the same situation.    Reverse Bridge Order Reverse suit order according to the game of bridge, that is, clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades. Reverse bridge order comes into play when breaking a tie for low card in determining who has the low-card forced bet in seven-card stud, or who starts the deal on the first hand at a lowball or razz table    Reverse Implied Odds The ratio of the amount of money now in the pot to the amount of money you will have to call to continue from the present round to the end of the hand.    Reverse Tell A tell, that means the opposite of what one might expect. A common tell is acting weak when holding a strong hand; a reverse tell might be acting strong when holding a strong hand.    Ribbon Clerk 1) Shoe clerk. "Let's raise and get the ribbon clerks out." 2) A small-stakes gambler.    Rich 1) Pertaining to a packet (portion of a deck) containing an overabundance of high cards, 10s and up. 2) When part of the phrase too rich for my blood, pertaining to a bet, expensive. The player who says this generally means, "I fold."    Rickey De Laet A variant of Mexican stud in which the rank of each player's hole card is wild for that player. The game probably gets its name because a player's wild card can change each round, along with the composition of the hand. The game is also called Rickey de Laet.    Ride To stay in a hand without being forced to bet.    Ride Along Get a free ride (To stay in a hand without being forced to bet.).    Rider Back A brand of playing cards that feature a bicycle rider on the back of the cards. Often used in home games.    Riffle 1) To shuffle. 2) To fidget with your chips.    Riffle Cull A method of stacking the deck by culling (selecting and pulling out) a few cards from the deck, arranging them in a desired sequence, and then keeping that sequence intact using a cheating riffle shuffle.    Riffle Shuffle A particular kind of shuffle, performed with the deck separated into two approximately equal packets, whose corners touch, the thumbs against the edges closest to the dealer, and then lifted against the edges, which separates the cards enough for them to interlace. This is how professional dealers shuffle; amateurs may use an overhand shuffle    Riffle Stack A method of stacking the deck using a riffle shuffle.    Rig 1) Any cheating method. 2) A cheating device, such as a holdout machine or a gaffed roulette wheel. 3) Prearrange the outcome of an event upon which people bet, such as stack a deck.    Right Joint An honest gambling establishment, particularly one in which thieves are not tolerated; the opposite of a flat shop.    Right Price Exactly the correct pot odds. For example, if the odds against your making a particular hand are 4-to-1, and the pot offers 4-to-1 on the current call you must make, you're getting the right price    Right Spot Good situation. "Been losing all day till I got into this game. Looks like I finally found the right spot."    Right to Bet A situation that pertains only in private or home games in which each player has the right to make at least one bet or raise per round no matter how many raises there have been during that round.    Ring Game A standard game where players can come and go as they choose.    Ring in To substitute a prearranged deck for the one that is supposed to be dealt.    Ring in a Cold Deck To substitute a prearranged deck for the one that is supposed to be dealt.    Ring in a Deck To substitute a prearranged deck for the one that is supposed to be dealt.    Ringer A player who purports to be a beginner, but in actuality is an expert. Such a player is sometimes brought into an established private game by one of the regulars for the purpose of taking off some of the money, which the ringer will later split with the regular.    Ripped Pertaining to a deck that was cut, then (dishonestly) replaced in the same order.    River The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.    River Card 1) The seventh card in seven-card stud; seventh street. 2) The fifth community card in hold 'em; fifth street    River Gambler Originally a gambler who plied his trade on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, usually playing poker and often cheating, and later extended to mean any card thief.    River Gambling Gambling that took place on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, in the mid-1800s, usually at poker and faro, and often involving cheating.    Riverboat Gambler Originally a gambler who plied his trade on steamboats up and down the Mississippi and its tributaries, usually playing poker and often cheating, and later extended to mean any card thief.    Rizlo In high poker, 2-4-6-8-10 of assorted suits. This is a random "garbage hand" having no value.    Robin Hood Cheat A thief who cheats for one or more other players, with no benefit to himself, sometimes robbing other thieves and returning their ill-gotten gains to the victims, but sometimes for the purpose of taking attention away from himself.    Rock A player who plays an extremely tight, patient game is a rock.    Rock Crusher The nuts (Best hand); usually preceded by a.    Rock Garden Describing a game full of rocks, that is, a tight game with little action. "Don't bother with the 20-40; it's all rocked up" means don't get into that game because it's very tight and no one is giving any money away.    Rocked Up Describing a game full of rocks, that is, a tight game with little action. "Don't bother with the 20-40; it's all rocked up" means don't get into that game because it's very tight and no one is giving any money away.    Rocket Ace; usually used in the plural. Often part of the phrase pocket rockets.    Rockets A pair of aces in the hole.    Rocky Tight. "Boy is this a rocky game!" "Watch out for Old Mike; he's the rockiest player in the joint."    Rocky. Name for a tight player.    Roll 1) Short for bankroll. 2) To turn a card face-up.    Roll the Deck Slip discards on top of the pack, a cheating move.    Roll your Own Expose one's cards in the manner described under roll-your-own.    Roll-your-Own Any of various stud games (such as Anaconda), in which players turn their face-down cards up, one at a time, after having prearranged them in the manner in which they wish the cards to appear, generally with a betting round following each exposure.    Rolled Up In Seven-Card Stud, three of a kind on third street (the first three cards).    Roodles In private or home games, a hand or round in which the stakes are temporarily increased, usually after a "big" hand is shown down. For example, in a $5-limit game, if aces full or better appears in a showdown, the next hand or the entire next round might be played at $10-limit. Also rangdoodles, or wangdoodles.    Roodles Hand The showdown hand that occasions a round or hand of roodles.    Rotating Bet A betting scheme in which each round of betting starts with the next player clockwise. Typically, the player to the left of the dealer starts the first betting round, the player to his left starts the second round, and so on.    Rotation The clockwise progression of betting, or of successive deals.    Rotation Game A game or tournament format in which several different games are played in rotation, usually either half an hour of each or one round of each. Examples include H.O.R.S.E and H.O.S.E.    Rouge Substance used for marking the backs of cards.    Rough A hand of a particular type that will not beat many other hands of that type. Often used in low games to indicate non-nut low hands with a particular high card. A rough 8 in ace to five lowball could be any eight high hand other than 8432A, although 8532A isn't too rough. Rough is the opposite of smooth.    Rough it Up Change the tempo or temperament of a game by increasing the stakes beyond what are customary.    Round The period during which each active player has the right to check, bet or raise. It ends when the last bet or raise has been called by all players still in the hand. A round can refer either to a round of betting or a round of hands.    Round of ... In a draw poker game, one round of a particular opening requirement, as a round of jacks, one round in which jacks or better is dealt. A round of queens, would be one round of queens or better, and so on.    Round of Betting 1) One opportunity to bet from each active player. If there are no raises, there is only one round of betting. If there are raises, there is more than one round of betting. 2) One sequence of equalization of bets, that is, the period in which all bets and raises are accounted for; the point from the start of betting until all players have put the same amount into the pot (with the exception of anyone going all in, running out of chips before completing the betting). In draw games, there are two rounds (unless everyone but one bettor folds for a bet on the first round) of betting: one before the draw, and one after. In stud games, there is usually one betting round after the dealing of each up-card, plus a final round on the last card. Sometimes shortened to round.    Round Table Game Any game, particularly poker, in which gamblers wager among themselves (as opposed to betting against the house or any other banker).    Rounder A professional player who "makes the rounds" of the big poker games in the country.    Rounding Performing a cheating maneuver consisting of marking the back of a card with a fingernail or by bending a corner. Also known as denting.    Rounds A deck of cards marked on their backs, for easy detection, by feel, by a cheater.    Routine Straight flush.    Royal Royal flush. "I've got a royal."    Royal Brass Brazilians The nuts; usually preceded by the. This hand is considered by some to be slightly better than the Royal Brazilians or the Brass Brazilians.    Royal Brazilians The nuts; usually preceded by the    Royal Flush The best possible poker hand, consisting of the 10 through the Ace, all the same suit.    Royal Six In lowball, a 6-4.    Royal Straight Flush An ace high straight flush is a royal straight flush, or a royal flush, or just a royal. Some traditionalists dislike the phrase "royal flush" (preferring "ace high straight flush"), but no one dislikes the hand. It's the most powerful hand in casino poker.    Royalties A bonus or royalty paid by all players to the holder of a particular hand, or a very high hand. For example, in some private games, anyone holding aces full or better receives one or more chips at the showdown from all the players, in addition to winning the pot.    Royalty A bonus or royalty paid by all players to the holder of a particular hand, or a very high hand. For example, in some private games, anyone holding aces full or better receives one or more chips at the showdown from all the players, in addition to winning the pot.    Rug Joint A well-appointed casino or card room, as opposed to a sawdust joint.    Rule Book The written regulations (poker rules) of a particular card room on the conduct of a poker game. Poker rules are not standard, although most rule books contain many similar rules. Some rules, such as what hand beats what, are fairly standard, particularly in public card rooms, while others, such as what constitutes a legitimate bet or raise and the manner in which betting must be made, vary widely. The smart player familiarizes herself with the rule book of a particular establishment before first sitting down to play.    Rules of Poker Dictionary Regulations on the conduct of a poker game, such as what hand beats what, the manner in which bets are made, how each permitted game is played, and so on. Also known as the laws of poker. Compare with poker rules, which are the rules specific to a given card room, club, or casino    Rumble Catch a thief in the act of manipulating the cards.    Run A straight, or a series of good cards.    Run a Pot Make a planned bluff, usually one involving bets in several rounds.    Run in While shuffling, maintain the original order of the cards; that is, perform a false shuffle.    Run One Attempt a bluff. "I tried to run one, but the tightest player at the table got lucky and showed me the Royal Brass Brazilians    Run Over Playing aggressively in an attempt to control the other players.    Run Over the Game Bet aggressively, intimidating the other players.    Run Through Double a small stack by beating someone with a large stack; sometimes part of the phrase run a stack through. "Big John had $10,000 in front of him, and he was stuck about twice that much. Sally came in with $100, ran it through him three times, and then took the $800 to the window."    Run Up a Hand Perform a cheating maneuver in which one selects cards from the discards, and arranges these prior to some form of false shuffling such that they will be distributed where the thief wants them to go (usually with one good hand, sometimes more, the best of which will go to the dealer or his confederate).    Run `em. "Deal the cards." When the action in any but the last round gets to the player in last position, he might say this when choosing not to bet.    Runner Typically said "runner-runner" to describe a hand which was made only by catching the correct cards on both the turn and the river - "He made a runner-runner flush to beat my trips."    Runner-Runner A hand made on the last two cards. A player holding 55, with a board of AA455, in that order, makes runner-runner quads.    Running Two needed cards that come as the last two cards dealt.    Running Bad On a losing streak.    Running Good On a winning streak.    Running Pair In hold 'em or seven-card stud, a pair made by the appearance of two matching cards in a row that do not match any already on the board.    Runt A no-pair hand of mixed suits.    Rush Several winning hands in a short period of time. Some players feel superstitiously that a rush is an independent entity, and will "play their rush" or "bet their rush" after winning a few pots - play looser and more aggressively, or just be certain to play out each hand until the rush ends.