Zilch or Zip
Zilch or zip means nothing. In draw poker, it is a dealt hand with no cards worth keeping, so that you should draw all five cards. It can also be a final hand with no value or payoff.
The simple explanation
If you are dealt a hand with nothing, such as no pair and no cards that fit together, you have zilch. In older draw games, you would throw away all five cards. A hand with zip is also called garbage.
A closer look
The expression is also used outside poker to mean nothing. In other games, a hand of zilch is a hand that cannot win. The term is informal and humorous.
A practical example
In five-card draw, a player is dealt 2♣ 5♦ 8♥ J♠ K♦ and has zilch, so he folds.
Full explanation
Zilch or zip means nothing. In draw poker, it is a dealt hand with no cards worth keeping, so that you should draw all five cards. It can also be a final hand with no value or payoff.
Zilch or zip means nothing.
In draw poker, it is a hand with nothing worth keeping.
It is also called a garbage hand.
It is informal slang.
Alternative spelling: Zilch, Zip