✨ Poker Terminology Definitions
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"Hand" means one game in a series, one deal, the cards held by a player, cards retained by a player entitling him/her to participate in the action or the combination of cards necessary to win a pot;
"Hold-em" means a type of poker;
"Hole Cards" means a player’s concealed cards;
"House" means the casino operator;
"Limits" means the range or structure of the betting;
"Manila" means a type of poker;
"Misdeal" means a hand dealt incorrectly or the action of dealing a hand incorrectly;
"Muck" means the discard pile;
"No Limit" means no constraint is placed on the maximum size of any bet or raise;
"Omaha" means a type of poker;
"Open" means making the first betting action;
"Opener" means the person who makes the first betting action;
"Over-blind Bet" means a voluntary blind immediately to the left of the last blind and double the amount of the previous blind;
"Poker Room Supervisor" means a person who is responsible for the supervision and management of gaming operation and who has successfully completed all modules of an approved poker training program;
"Pot" means the sum of the antes, blinds and called wagers;
"Raise" means a bet within the table limits, that is an implicit call plus an amount in excess of the previous bet or raise by at least as large an amount, except in the case of an all-in raise. An all-in raise less than a full raise shall not be considered foundation for any subsequent raises, which must revert to the previous full bet or raise to constitute the next minimum amount of raise. In such a case, the highest total of any one bet in the round would be considered the “call” amount, with the raise then added to that total;
"Rake" (also known as “commission”) means the act of taking the percentage of the pot due to the house or the amount due to the house for hosting the game;
"Round" means the cycle of bets made by the players following the deal of the cards, or a series of cards or hands dealt;
"Showdown" means determining the winner of the pot after the completion of all betting;
"Side Pot or Side Pots" means a separate pot or pots created in a game of poker due to one or more players being all-in;
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