Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary - Letter P

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• Pace-See Betting Pace, Game Pace, and Hand Pace.
• Pack-The deck of cards.
• Packet-A portion of the pack.
• Pa Ferguson-Five-card stud with high card on board and all cards like it as wild.
• Paint-A face card in a lowball hand.
• Pair-Two cards of the same value.
• Palmed Card-A card concealed for future use by a cheater.
• Pan or Panguingue-A form of rummy played in some Nevada casinos and California poker clubs.
• Paperwork-Markings added to cards by cheaters.
• Partners-Collusion cheaters.
• Pass-To check or drop out instead of betting.
• Pass and Out-A game in which checking is not allowed on the first round.
• Passed Pot-When no one opens the pot.
• Pass-Out-To fold when a bet or a fold is required.
• Pass the Deal-To relinquish one's turn to deal.
• Pass the Trash (Garbage)-A high-low stud game involving the exchanging of cards among players.
• Pasteboard-A card.
• Pat Hand-A hand in which the player keeps all his cards without drawing or twisting new cards.
• Patience Poker-See Crosscards.
• Peeker or Peeper-(l) One who looks at an active player's hand (2) A cheater who peeks at cards yet to be dealt.
• Peek Poker-Seven-card stud.
• Peep and Turn-See Mexican Stud.
• Pelter (Bracket)-A five-card hand containing a two, five, nine, and one card either a three or a four, and the other card either a six, seven or eight (Skeet).
• Penalties-See Bonus.
• Penny Ante-A very low-stake game.
• Penultimate Card-The next to the last card in the deck.
• Percentage-(1) The house cut. (2) Probabilities expressed as percentages.
• Perdue-Cards turned down.
• Perfect Low-An unbeatable lowball hand, such as ace, two, three, four, five; or ace, two, three, four, six, or two, three, four, five, seven depending on the game.
• Philosopher-A cardsharp.
• Pick Up Checks-To allow a player to bet or raise the limit for every check made before his play.
• Picture Card-A jack, queen, or king.
• Pigeon-(1) An easy player or a sucker. (2) A valuable card for a hand.
• Pig in the Poke-See Wild Widow.
• Pile-A player's money.
• Pinch-Five dollars.
• Pineapple Hold 'em-A hold 'em variation involving three hole cards and discarding one.
• Pink Eye (Red Eye)-A pink-tinted contact lens worn by a cheater to identify marked cards or luminous readers. (See Luminous Readers)
• Pips-The spots or marks on the face of a card.
• Piranha-An aggressive bettor.
• Pistol Stud-See Hole-Card Stud.
• Place and Show Tickets Split Pot with Twist Your Neighbor-A game in which cards are drawn from hands of other players and the pot is split between the second and third best hands.
• Place Tickets-(1) The second best hand. (2) Draw poker in which the second best hand wins.
• Play-To call or stay in the game.
• Play Back-To declare a false stake in table stakes.
• Played Card-A card dealt to a hand.
• Poch-The best pair, three of a kind, or four of a kind.
• Pochen-A German card game from which the name poker was partly derived.
• Pocket Rockets-a pair of Aces in the hole.
• Point-The value of a card.
• Poker-A card game with many variations such as Texas Holdem, Omaha, etc. where players bet on the value of the cards in play, and the winner takes the pot.
• Poker Diamond-A diagram that measures the idealness of a game.
• Poker Dice-Cubical dice, each with a nine, ten, jack, queen, king, and ace on its six faces.
• Poker Face-A face not showing any emotion or change in expression.
• Poker Rules-A loose, flexible framework of traditions for playing poker.
• Poker Solitaire-See Crosscards.
• Pone-The player on the dealer's right.
• Pool-A pot.
• Poque-(1) A French card game from which the name of poker was partly derived. (2) A French betting expression.
• Position-The relative situation of a player to the other players (Fundamental Position, Seat Position, Technical Position).
• Pot-The area in which antes, bets, and raises are placed.
• Pothooks-Nines.
• Pot Limit-Poker stakes in which the maximum permitted bet is the size of the pot.
• Pot-Limit Dig-Pot-Limit poker with no table-stake restrictions.
• Poverty Poker-A game in which a player can lose only a predetermined amount, after which he can play with the winners' money.
• Powerhouse-A very strong hand.
• Premium-See Bonus.
• Primero-An old, betting card game of Spanish origin.
• Private Poker-Poker played without money being cut for the house or for the host's profit.
• Proctor and Gamble-A game with four cards in each hand and three rolled table cards with the last card and all like it as wild.
• Progression of Bets-The increase in betting limits for each round of betting.
• Progressive Poker-A game in which the ante, bets, and opener requirements increase after a passed pot.
• Public Poker-Poker played in gambling casinos or in public card clubs in which the pots are cut for profit.
• Pull Through-A false shuffling technique used by cheaters.
• Punching-Marking cards with pinpricks.
• Punters-Those who gamble against the banker.
• Puppy Feet-Clubs.
• Puppy Foot-The ace of clubs.
• Push-Passing unwanted cards to players on one's left.
• Put Up-To pay money owed to the pot.

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