Texas Holdem Terms S to W

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The following list are Texas Holdem terms from the S to W:

Sandbag - To conceal your strength for the purpose of profit. It usually means the same as slowplaying.

Satellite - A mini-tournament to win your way into a larger tournament.

Scare Card - A card which may turn the best hand into a loser. If you have a set on the flop, but there are two clubs. A scare card would be another club.

Scoop - In split pot games, to win the entire pot rather than splitting.

Second Pair - A pair with the second highest card on the flop.

Semi-Bluff - To bluff with a drawing hand.

Set - Three of a kind where the player is holding a pocket pair in the hole with one on the board.

Shark - A strong player who "feeds" on weaker players.

Shill - Similar to a prop player, but a shill gambles with the house money instead of his own. Rarely used in today's game.

Shootout - A tournament where the players continue play on their original starting table until there is only one winner per table. The winner from each table then plays each other for the prize pool.

Short Stack - A player who has less chips than the other players on the table is said to be playing on the short stack.

Showdown - The point at which all players show their cards to determine the winner.

Side Pot - A pot that is created when one or more players are all-in.

Slow Play - To play a hand in a manner to conceal the strength of your hand. If a player flops a straight, it might be correct to slowplay in order to maximize the chips won on the pot.

Slowroll - To wait and show the winning hand after another player already thinks he won the pot. It is poor table etiquette to slow roll.

Small Blind - The forced bet put up by a player to help create action in the game. The small blind is posted by the player to the immediate left of the dealer button and it is usually 1/2 of the limit of the game. In a $10-20 game, the small blind is $5.

Split Pot - A pot that is shared by two or more players.

Stack - The amount of chips you have in front of you. It is also 1/5 of a rack. In a rack of chips, there are five stacks of 20.

Stacked Deck - A deck that has been illegally arranged to help give a player an advantage.

Stand Pat - To not draw any cards.

Steal - To win the pot strictly on a bluff.

Steaming - A player who is on tilt is often said to be steaming.

Steel Wheel - A straight flush, A2345.

Straddle - An optional extra blind (twice the amount of the big blind) normally put up by the player to the immediate left of the blinds. The player who straddles has the last opportunity to act before the flop.

Straight - Five cards of consecutive rank, 98765.

Straight Flush - Five cards of consecutive rank and of the same suit, 98765 all diamonds.

String Bet - A bet in which a player doesn't get all of his chips into the pot in one motion. If a player can not get all of chips into the pot in one motion, then he must verbally declare the raise, otherwise it is a string raise and the raise will not be counted.

Structure - The details of the betting, including the antes, the blinds, and the amount that can be bet on each street.

Stuck - Losing money.

Suck out - Getting your money in with the worst hand, but winning the pot because you caught a lucky card.

Suited - A Holdem starting hand in which both cards are of the same suit.

Sweat - A person sitting behind a player or watching a player from the rail is said to be "sweating the player" if he/she is rooting for them.

Tell - A clue or hint that a player gives about their hand.

Tight - Not playing many hands.

Tilt - To make bad decisions out of frustration. Normally, tilt play is too loose and very aggressive because the player wants to win back money that he has previously lost.

Time - A player calls for "time" when he is taking longer than a second or two to act on his hand. It is also the collection taken by the house, called a time charge.

To Go - The amount it takes to enter the pot. In a $10-20 game, it is $10 to go if there is no raise. If there is a raise, then it is $20 to go.

Toke - A tip, usually given to the dealer after winning a pot.

Top Pair - The pair with the highest card on the flop.

Tournament - An event where a group of players sit down with the same number of chips and continue play until only one player has all of the chips. In tournaments, there is a buy-in for each player and all of the money is added up and divided into a prize pool. Usually nine players get paid for every 100 entries.

Trips - Three of a kind with two of them on the board. If a player is holding AJ and the board is JJ843, he is holding trips.

Turn - The fourth community card in a flop game.

Under the Gun - The first person to act on a betting round. The player to the left of the big blind is "under the gun".

Underdog - A person or hand who is not the mathematical favorite to win. It is also called "dog."

Value - The amount of return you get on your investment.

Variance - The statistical measure of how your results will be dispersed.

Wheel - Another name for Bicycle. A straight from Ace to five, A2345.

Wired Pair - In Holdem, a pair in the hole. In 5 Card Stud, it is a door card that pairs the hole ca