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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Rabbit
- A weak player.
Rabbit Hunting - Looking through the undealt deck of cards.
Rack - Card rooms usually supply plastic racks that hold
100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.
Ragged Flop - Flop cards that are of no use to any player's
hand.
Rags - Worthless cards.
Rail - The sideline at a poker table that separates spectators
from the play.
Railbird - Someone watching a game from the rail.
Rainbow - Three or four cards of different suits.
Raise - To increase the bet.
Raise Blind - (1) To raise without looking at one's cards. (2) A
forced raise.
Rake-Off - Money taken from the pot by the house or casino
(Rake).
Rangdoodles - A game in which the betting limit is increased
after a very good hand such as four of a kind.
Rank - The relative value of hands.
Rat Holer - A player who pockets his money or winnings during
the game.
Razz - (1) Seven-card lowball stud. (2) Draw poker in which
the winner of the previous pot bets last (Gardena Razz).
Re-buy - What you do when you buy more chips before you leave
the table.
Readable Pattern - A behavior pattern that reveals the value
of a player's hand.
Readers - Marked cards.
Red - The most common color for $5 chips.
Redeal - A new deal after a misdeal.
Redraw - A way to further improve your hand after hitting
a draw.
Redskin - A face card.
Rembrandt - Any game in which all face cards are wild.
Represent - To indicate that you have a certain hand by the
way you bet.
Reraise - A raise after having been raised.
Rest Farm - An expression for the whereabouts of a player
driven from a game because of heavy losses.
Restraddle - The third blind bet that is twice as much as
the straddle or the second blind bet.
Restricted Pot - A rule requiring a minimum-value hand to
win the pot (Qualifier).
Ribbon Clerk - (1) A player unwilling to play poker at higher
stakes or at a faster pace. (2) A small-time gambler.
Rickey de Laet - A form of Mexican Stud in which the player's
hole cards and all like them are wild for him.
Ride Along - To remain in a hand because no bets are made.
Ride the Pot - To go light.
Riffle - To flip with the thumb through the edge of a deck.
Riffle Cull - A technique for arranging cards in preparation
for stacking the deck.
Riffle Shuffle - To shuffle by riffling the cards together.
Riffle Stack - A technique for stacking the deck.
Right to Bet - A rule allowing every player the right to
bet or raise at least once per round regardless of the number of raises during
that round.
Ring Game - A full game.
Ring In - Slipping an unfair or stacked deck into play.
River - Sometimes called fifth street, its the last of five
community cards in flop games.
Robin Hood Cheater - One who cheats for someone else without
benefiting himself.
Rock - A player who plays an extremely tight game is a rock.
Rock Garden - A table composed with rocks.
Rockets - A pair of aces in the hole.
Roll - Short for bankroll.
Roll or Rolled Card (Rolling, Rolling Up) - A face-down table
card or cards turned up one at a time, usually with a round of betting after
each exposure.
Roll Your Own Baseball - Same as baseball, except one of
three original hole cards is turned up, and the low hole card and all like
it are wild.
Rolled Up - The first three cards being three of a kind.
Roodles - A round of play at increased stakes (Wangdoodle).
Rotation - Movement in the direction of the deal ... clockwise.
Rough - The highest lowball hand of a given value, such as
seven, six, five, four, three.
Round of Betting - The action sequence in which each player
is allowed to check, open, bet, raise, or drop.
Round of Play - The action sequence in which every player
deals a poker hand.
Round the World - The same as Cincinnati, except four cards
are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to the widow.
Rounding - See Dent.
Routine - A straight flush.
Rover - One unable to play because the game is full.
Royal - The best possible lowball hand.
Royal Flush - A straight flush to the ace.
Royals - See Eagles.
Royalties - See Bonus.
Rub the Spots Off - To excessively shuffle the cards.
Run - A sequence or a straight.
Run One - An attempt to bluff.
Run Up a Hand - To stack a deck during the day, often by
culling discards.
Running - the last two cards dealt are said to be running
when they are needed.
Runt - A hand of mixed suits and no pairs.
Rush - A winning streak.