Here are some more cool terms and card nicknames to use on the poker table:

Assault rifle

In-hand A K 4 7 cards of any suit in Omaha.

Angling

An unethical technique where the player acts out of turn to gain advantage and manipulate the decision of the opponent who is going to act before him. For ex.- a player who is 3rd to act raises immediately after the first player’s bet. The 2nd to act player will think that 3rd has a strong hand, and most likely fold his good hand.

Bet In The Dark

Making a bet before the cards are dealt or before seeing the hand.

Fake Think

A bluffing technique where player pretends that he is indecisive about his next move but in reality, he already made his decision. By showing confusion, player wants to create a doubt about the strength of his hand in opponent’s mind.

Mechanic’s Grip

A comfortable but suspicious way of holding the deck of cards. Player holds the deck of cards on his palm with the thumb on one side of the deck, forefinger on the top, and remaining fingers on the other side. Cheaters use mechanic’s grip to manipulate the cards without getting caught.

On the finger/on the cuff/on the sleeve

When a player asks for a credit to play in the card room. The player who makes the request returns the money back at the same time if he wins. If he loses, he returns it on a later date as per the agreement.

Play on your belly

Playing honestly without cheating.

Post-mortem

Discussing and analyzing a hand after its end.

Puppy Feet/Pups

A suit of clubs or club flush.

Putting on the heat

Increasing the tension among opponents by betting aggressively.

Rabbit hunting

Continuing the board even when the hand is concluded just to see the remaining community cards. Players request rabbit hunting to know what would have happened if they had stayed in the hand.

Road gang

A team of cheating players.

Rock Garden/Rocked up

A game where every player is playing tight.

Sandbag

To increase the size of the pot, deliberately pretending weak and do checking or just calling even when the player has a great hand. Most players do sandbagging before and right after flop to provoke their opponents to bet aggressively.

Schoolboy Draw

An amateur and unsound draw which is not based on calculations.

Splash The Pot

When a player throws chips directly into the pot rather than pushing them forward or put them gently on the edge of the pot in front of himself. It is considered a bad etiquette in poker.

Suicide King

King of Hearts is called suicide king as it looks like the King is stabbing himself in the head with the sword.

Sunset Strip

Pocket Seven.

Take A Bath

When a player lose heavily in a game.

Talking Chips/lobbying chips

When a player is winning and spending time gabbing on the table while other players are losing and focusing on the game

Working The Telegraph

An old cheating technique used in Casinos where a player communicates with his associates (who are not playing but present near the table) through expressions or gestures (coughing, scratching nose or ears, yawning, etc) to find out what cards opponents are holding.

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