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Ma Ferguson - Five-card stud with the low card on board and all like cards as wild.

Main Pot - The first pot apart from side pots.

Major Hand
- A straight or better.

Major-League Game
- The largest-stake game of several poker games.

Make - A hand that has a decent shot at winning the pot.

Make Good - To pay money owed to the pot.

Make the Pack - To shuffle and prepare the cards for dealing.

Maniac - A player who plays extremely loose and aggressive.

Marked Cards - Cards with inconspicuous markings that enable cheaters to read them from the back side.

Mark - A sucker.

Marker - (1) See Buck. (2) A promissory note.

Match It - Five-card stud with one's hole card becoming wild if matched by an up card.

Match the Pot
- To put in the pot an amount equal to that already there.

Matching Card - A card of the same value or suit as another card.

Mate - A card that matches or pairs another card.

Maximum-Win Approach - A playing strategy that directs all effort toward winning maximum money.

Mechanic - A dishonest dealer who cheats by manipulating the cards.

Mechanic's Grip - A special way to hold a deck for dishonest dealing.

Meet a Bet - To call the full bet.

Mexican Stud - Five-card stud in which cards are dealt down, and the player has an option to choose his hole card.

Mickey Mouse - A worthless hand.

Middle Dealer - A cheater who can deal cards from the middle of the deck.

Middle Man
- See In the Middle.

Milker
- A tight player.

Milking the Cards - See Fuzzing.

Milking the Game - The slow draining of money from the game by tight playing.

Minnie - The perfect low hand.

Minor-League Game - A smaller-stake game.

Misé,re - The English name for low.

Misdeal - A faulty deal resulting in a redeal.

Miss - The failure to draw a helpful card.

Mistigris - A wild joker.

Money Flow - The direction, amount, and pattern that money passes among players in a game. Measures the money that can be won or lost per unit of time.

Monkey Flush - A three-card flush.

Monster - An strong hand that is almost certain to win the pot.

Monte - A three-card poker game.

Moon - (1) To win both halves of a split-pot game. [2) To declare for both high and low.

Moon Hand - A hand of good high and low value.

Mortgage - Seven-card stud requiring a player to win twice before winning the pot.

Mouth Bet - A bet not backed by money.

Muck - A pile of discards in front of the dealer, or the act of putting cards in this pile.

Murder - A two-card or a six-card high-low game with several twists.

Mystical Attitude - An irrational, unreasoned attitude.

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