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Paints


Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Pair

Two cards of the same face or number value.

Pass

To fold.

Pay Off

To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand.

Picture Cards

Face cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Play Back

To raise or re-raise another player's bet.

Playing the Board

In flop games when your best five card hand is all five of the community cards.

Pocket

The down cards or hole cards.

Pocket Rockets

A pair of Aces in the pocket or hole.

Position

Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in the betting order.

Post

When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot.

Also, if you miss the blind, then you must ‘post’ - add as many chips as were in the blind itself.

Pot

The chips or chips in the center of a table that players try to win.

Pot Limit

This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot.

Prop

A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill.

Push

When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player at the end of a hand.

It's also when dealers rotate to other tables.

Put Down

To fold a hand.