Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary - Letter D

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• Dame-A queen of any suit.
• Dark Bet-A blind bet.
• Dead Cards-Discarded or folded cards.
• Dead Hand-A foul hand that cannot be played.
• Dead Man's Hand-Usually aces and eights, two pair. Sometimes aces and eights, full house ... or jacks and eights, two pair.
• Deadwood-Dead cards.
• Deal-To distribute cards to the players.
• Dealer-(1) A person who deals the cards. (2) The operator of a gambling game in a casino.
• Dealer-Advantage Game- Any game where the dealer has an advantage.
• Dealer's Choice-The selection by dealer of game to be played.
• Dealer's Percentage-Any game offering the dealer a significant advantage (Dealer's Game, Dealer's Advantage).
• Deal Off-To deal the final hand of the game.
• Deal Out-To omit a player from a hand.
• Debone-A card or portion of a deck that has been crimped lengthwise or crosswise.
• Deception-An important and accepted tool of poker.
• Deck-All the cards used in the game (Pack).
• Declare-To announce if going for high or low.
• Deep Low-The lowest hand for any card (i.e., a deep seven is an ace, two, three, four, seven).
• Defensive Bet-A bet designed to decrease one's potential loss.
• Dent-To mark cards by creasing their corners (Rounding).
• Deuce-A card with the rank or value of two.
• Deuces Wild-Playing all deuces as wild cards.
• Devil's Bedposts-A four of clubs.
• Diamond-See Poker Diamond.
• Dig-To replenish one's stake or money while playing a hand.
• Discard-To exchange old cards for new cards during the draw or twist.
• Disproportionate Bet-A peculiar bet or a bet much larger or smaller than the normal bet.
• Doctor Pepper-Seven-card stud with deuces, fours, and tens wild.
• Dog- Any big-dog or little-dog hand. An underdog.
• Doghouse Cut-Any cut that divides the deck into more than two stacks.
• Double-To raise.
• Dominated Hand-A hand that will almost always lose to a better hand that people usually play. For instance, K3 is "dominated" by KQ. With the exception of strange flops (e.g. 3-3-x, K-3-x), it will always lose to KQ.
• Double-Barreled Shotgun- High-low draw with four rounds of betting after the draw as each card is turned face-up.
• Double Bluff-A bluff made by making a bluff bet on the final round and then reraising a subsequent raise.
• Double-End Straight-See Bobtail.
• Double Header-(1) A pot not won that passes to the next deal. (2) A second game that follows an earlier one.
• Doubling Up-Betting twice as much as the previous bet.
• Down and Dirty-The final hole card dealt in seven-card stud.
• Down Cards-Cards dealt face-down.
• Down the Chute-To take a heavy loss.
• Down the River-Seven-card stud.
• Drag (Snatch)-Money separated from a pot to signify the amount owed by a player (Light).
• Draw-The exchange of a card or cards for new ones.
• Draw Out-To catch the winning hand with the last card or with draw cards.
• Draw Poker-One of the two basic forms of poker (the other is stud). Played as a closed five-card hand with a closed draw.
• Draw Dead-Try to make a hand that, even if made, will not win the pot. If you're drawing to make a flush, and your opponent already has a full house, you are "drawing dead". Of course, this is a bad condition to be in.
• Drib-An inferior player.
• Driller-A loose player. A player who bets and raises frequently.
• Driver's Seat-The player holding the best advantage.
• Drop or Drop Out-To retire from a hand by not calling a bet or raise (Fold).
• Drum-To play tight.
• Drummer or Drummer Boy- A tight player.
• Dry-To be out of money (Broke).
• DTC Method-The technique of good poker . . . Discipline, Thought. and then Control.
• Duck-A deuce.
• Duffer-An inexperienced or poor player.
• Duke-A hand of cards.
• Dutch Straight-See Alternate Straight.
• Dynamite-A two-card poker game.

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