D

Dead Man's Hand


Two pair - Aces and Eights

Door Card

This is the first exposed card, or "up" card, in a player's hand in stud games.

Down Card

Hole cards.

Cards that are dealt face down.

Doyle Brunson

It's a Texas Hold’em hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the World Championship of Poker two years in a row on the final hand with these cards).

Draw

To play a poker hand that is not yet good, but could become so if the right cards come.

Example: "I'm not there yet -- I'm drawing." Also used as a noun.

Example: "I have to call because I have a good draw."

Draw Dead

Trying to make a poker 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." Not a good spot to be in.

Draw Poker

Form of poker where each player is dealt five cards down with the option of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones to attempt to make a better hand.

Drop

Fold.

Ducks

A pair of Twos.

Deuces

A pair of Twos.