Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary - Letters E, F

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• Eagles-The cards of a fifth suit in a sixty-five-card deck.
• Early Bet-A small bet after the first card in stud or the first two cards in draw.
• Edge-(1) An advantageous position. (2) The dealer or sometimes the Age.
• Edge Odds-The advantage or disadvantage of a player relative to all other players.
• Edge Shot-A bet made from an advantageous position.
• Eldest Hand-The first player to the dealer's left.
• Elimination-Like Cincinnati, but cards matched with table cards are discarded (Weary Willie).
• End Bet-The last bet of an interval.
• End Bets-Last-round bets.
• End Strippers-Cards tapered along the ends for cheating.
• English Poker-Draw played with a blind opening.
• English Stud-A stud game with a draw.
• Ethics or Etiquette-The understandings and courtesies of which violations do not constitute cheating.
• Exposed Cards-Cards purposely dealt face-up as in stud.

F

• Face Card-Any picture card.
• Faced-(1) A face-up card. (2) To receive a face card.
• Fall of the Cards-The order in which cards are dealt.
• False Cut-A cheater's cut in which the stacked portion of the deck remains intact on top of the deck.
• False Openers-A hand that has been opened improperly.
• False Riffle-A cheater's riffle used to keep stacked cards undisturbed after riffling.
• False Shuffle-See Blind Shuffle.
• Family Pot-A pot in which everyone calls the bet.
• Farm System-Several poker games at different stakes under control of a good player.
• Fast Game-A game with a fast betting pace.
• Fatten-To increase the money in the pot (Sweeten).
• Feeble Phoebe-Like Hollywood, except table cards are turned over two at a time and played for high and low.
• Feed the Pot-To bet or raise foolishly.
• Feeler Bet-A small or nominal bet made to seek out strength or raising tendencies of opponents.
• Fever-A five.
• Filling-Drawing and then catching a full house, flush, or straight.
• Fin-Five dollars.
• Finger Poker-A game run on credit.
• Finn Poker-To play poker with the objective of winning maximum money.
• First Jack Deals-A method to determine who has the first deal.
• First Hand-The first player allowed to bet a hand.
• Fish-An easy or a poor player.
• Fish Hook-A seven or a jack.
• Five and Dime-A hand containing a five and a ten with three unpaired cards in between.
• Five Card Stud-Stud poker played with one hole card and four exposed cards. Click here for 5 Card Stud Rules.
• Five of a Kind-Five cards of the same value. Possible when you allow wild cards.
• Fix-To prearrange the cards or stack the deck.
• Fixed Limit-Betting with agreed-upon limits or maximums.
• Flash-(1) To expose concealed cards (2) To turn up a common card for everyone's use when insufficient cards are available to complete a stud game. (3) Five cards, one of each suit plus the joker.
• Flat Limit-A game in which only one consistent amount is allowed for all bets and raises.
• Flat Poker-Poker with a blind open.
• Flicker Flicker-Five-card, high-low stud.
• Flinger-A wild or crazy player.
• Flip Stud-Five-card stud in which the optional hole card and matching hole cards are wild.
• Floorman-(1) A cardroom manager. (2) Shift boss in a casino.
• Flop-The first three exposed cards in Hold 'em Poker.
• Flush-Five cards of the same suit.
• Fluss (Flux)-A flush.
• Foiling the Cut-A cheater's method of returning cards to their original position after a cut.
• Fold-To drop out of a hand by not calling the bet or raise (Drop).
• Football-A stud game similar to baseball involving sixes and threes as wild cards.
• Force-in-A mandatory blind bet, usually with an option to raise.
• Foul Hand-A hand containing the wrong number of cards.
• Four Flush-Four cards of the same suit.
• Four-Flusher-(1) A cheater. (2) One who tries to win pots by purposely miscalling his hand.
• Four Forty Four-Eight-card stud with fours wild.
• Four of a Kind-Four cards of the same value (Fours).
• Fox-an expert player.
• Freak-A joker or a wild card.
• Freak Hands-Nonstandard poker hands such as Blazers, Dutch Straights, Kilters, and Skeets.
• Free Ride-Playing without paying.
• Free Roll-A lock on half the pot with a chance to win the whole pot.
• Free Wheeler-A bankrupt player allowed to play free until he wins a pot.
• Freeze Out-A rule requiring player to leave the game after losing a certain amount of cash.
• Freezer-A call for less than the amount of the bet in table stakes (Short Call).
• Friend-A card that improves a hand.
• Full House, Full Barn, or Full Tub-Three of a kind with another pair (Full Hand).
• Fundamental Position-The value of a player's hand relative to the other player's hands.
• Fuzzing-Mixing the cards by continuously stripping off the top and bottom cards (Milking, Snowing Cards).

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