Rack
A plastic tray which holds 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.
Rag Off
To get a card on the river that doesn't help you.
Ragged Flop
Flop cards that are of no use to any player's hand.
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.
Rags
Worthless cards; blanks.
Rail
The sideline at a poker table.
Railbird
Someone who hangs around a poker room who watches the games and/or is looking to get into action.
Rainbow
A flop that contains three different suits, thus no flush can be made on the turn. Can also mean a complete five card board that has no more than two of any suit, thus no flush is possible.
Raise
To increase the amount of the bet after the betting has already been opened in a round. For example, if the betting limit is $10 and player A bets $10, player B can fold, call the $10, or raise it to $20. Often, an inexperienced player will say 'bet'
Rake
The house cut of each pot. The rake amount and protocol changes from cardroom to cardroom. Some rake the big blind and put the small blind in a jackpot, while others use a time charge, and others yet do a percentage of the pot as the rake.
Rank
The numerical value of a card. Each card has a suit and a rank. The three of spades and the three of hearts have the same rank. A pair is two cards of the same rank.
Rap
When a player knocks on the table indicating that he/she has checked.
Razz
Seven Card Stud where the lowest five cards win the pot.
Read
To try and determine your opponent's cards or betting strategy.
Rebuy
To start again, for an additional entry fee, in tournament play (where permitted).
Re-buy
If you run out of chips in a tournament, and you wish to continue playing, you then re-buy, meaning, you buy more chips. This is only legal in re-buy tournaments. You can only re-buy up until a certain point.
Redraw
After you get your initial draw, picking up another draw. For example, if you hold 8h3h and the flop comes Th9h2s, you have a flush draw. If the turn is the 7h, you have made your flush and picked up a straight flush redraw.
Represent
To play as if you hold a certain hand. For instance, if you raised before the flop, and then raised again when the flop came ace high, you would be representing at least an ace with a good kicker.
Re-raise
A second raise after the initial raise in a round. This occurs when a player raises after a raise by another player.
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.
Riffle
To shuffle; or to fidget with your chips.
Ring Game
A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament. Also referred to as a 'live' game since actual money is in play instead of tournament chips.
River Card
The fifth and final community card, put out face up, by itself. Also known as 'fifth street'. Metaphors involving the river are some of poker's most treasured cliches - e.g. 'He drowned in the river.'
River
The fifth and final community card, put out face up, by itself. Also known as 'fifth street'. Metaphors involving the river are some of poker's most treasured cliches - e.g. 'He drowned in the river.'
Rock Garden
A table populated with rocks.
Rock
A player who plays very tight, not very creatively. He raises only with the best hands. A real rock is fairly predictable - if he raises you on the end, you can throw away just about anything but the nuts.
Roll
To turn a card face-up.
Rolled Up
In Seven-Card Stud, three of a kind on third street (the first three cards).
Rough
A lowball hand that is not perfect.
Round of Betting
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.
Round
A betting round begins after a card or several cards are dealt. Each player
is given a chance to act, and the round ends when everyone has either folded
to or called the last bet or raise. Each round of betting is followed either
by further dealing or
Rounders Guys
People who hustle for a living. This is also the name of a popular poker
movie starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton.
Royal Flush
The highest ranking hand in poker. Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten, all of the same suit.
Run Over
Playing aggressively in an attempt to control the other players.
Run
A straight, or a series of good cards.
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.' See also 'Backdoor.'
Runner-Runner
A hand made on the last two cards.
Running Bad
On a losing streak.
Running Good
On a winning streak.
Running Pair
When the last two cards on the board make a pair.
Running
Two needed cards that come as the last two cards dealt.
Rush
Several winning hands in a short period of time.
Rabbits: - Weak players.
Rag: - A card, usually a low card, that, when it appears, has
no apparent impact on the hand.
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.
Railroad bible: - Deck of cards.
Raise: - After someone has opened betting in a round, to increase
the amount of the bet is to raise.
Rake: - An amount of money taken out of every pot by the dealer
- this is the cardroom's income.
Rank: - The numerical value of a card. Each card has a suit
and a rank. The three of spades and the three of hearts have the same rank.
A pair is two cards of the same rank.
Re-buy: - If you run out of chips in a tournament, and you
wish to continue playing, you then re-buy, meaning, you buy more chips. This
is only legal in re-buy tournaments. You can only re-buy up until a certain
point.
Re-raise: - A second raise after the initial raise in a round.
This occurs when a player raises after a raise by another player.
Redraw: - After you get your initial draw, picking up another
draw. For example, if you hold 8h3h and the flop comes Th9h2s, you have a flush
draw. If the turn is the 7h, you have made your flush and picked up a straight
flush redraw.
Represent: - To play as if you hold a certain hand. For instance,
if you raised before the flop, and then raised again when the flop came ace
high, you would be representing at least an ace with a good kicker.
Ring Game: - A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament.
Also referred to as a "live" game since actual money is in play instead
of tournament chips.
River: - The fifth and final community card dealt in flop games,
or the last card dealt in non-flop games. Also called Fifth Street in Texas
Hold'em.
Road gang: - A confederacy of cheaters.
Rock Garden: - A game of extremely tight players.
Rock: - A player who plays very tight, not very creatively.
He raises only with the best hands. A real rock is fairly predictable - if he
raises you on the end, you can throw away just about anything but the nuts.
Rolled Up: - In Seven Card Stud, three of a kind on the first
three cards are called rolled up X's, where X is the rank of the cards.
Round: - A betting round begins after a card or several cards
are dealt. Each player is given a chance to act, and the round ends when everyone
has either folded to or called the last bet or raise. Each round of betting
is followed either by further dealing or by a showdown. In Texas Hold'em, there
are four betting rounds (pre-flop, post flop, after the turn, and after the
river). A round of hands is one full rotation around the table, so, each player
would hold the dealer button once, or be the dealer if no pitcher were present.
Rounder: - A player who knows all the angles and earns his
living at the poker table. The absolute opposite of a 'sucker.'
Royal Flush: - This is the highest possible ranked hand. To
achieve this hand you need an Ace, King, Queen, Jack, and 10 of the same suit.
Royal Straight Flush: - An ace high straight flush is a royal
straight flush, or a royal flush, or just a royal.
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." See
also "Backdoor." abbits: - Weak players. Similar
to Georges.
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