| DEAD CARD: A card that is
not legally playable.
DEAD COLLECTION BLIND: A
fee posted by the
player having the dealer
button, used in some
games as an alternative
method of seat rental.
DEAD HAND: A hand that is
not legally playable.
DEAD MONEY: Chips that are
taken into the center
of the pot because they
are not considered part of
a particular player's bet.
DEAL: To give each player
cards or put cards on
the board. As used in these
rules, each deal refers
to the entire process from
the shuffling and dealing
of cards until the pot is
awarded to the winner.
DEALER BUTTON: A flat disk
that indicates the player
who would be in the dealing
position for that hand (if there
were not a house dealer).
Commonly known as "the button.
DEAL OFF: To rotate through
all play positions (to take
all the blinds and the button)
before changing seats or
leaving the table.
DEAL TWICE: An agreement
made after all betting has
finished to decide only
half the pot on the finale of the
round while another round
is dealt to decide the latter half. |
DECK: A set of playing-cards.
In these games,
the deck consists of either:
1. 52 cards
in seven-card stud, hold'em, and Omaha.
2. 53 cards
(including the joker), often used in
ace-to-five lowball and
draw high.
DISCARD(S): That which comprises
the muck,
being cards thrown away
in the course of a hand:
in a draw game for instance,
one would discard to
make room for replacement
cards.
DOWNCARDS: Cards that are
dealt facedown
in a stud game.
DRAW:
1. A poker form
where players are given the
opportunity to replace cards
in the hand. In some
places like California,
the world "draw" is used referring
to draw high, and draw low
is called "lowball.
2. The act
of replacing cards in the hand.
3. The action
in play where replacements cards are
taken is called the draw.
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