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Starting Hand ↗
A starting hand is your hole cards dealt preflop.
Stay ↗
To stay means to remain in the hand—often after calling a draw or bet.
Steal ↗
To steal is raising from late position to win blinds and antes uncontested.
Steal Position ↗
Steal position refers to seats from which one often raises to win blinds and antes uncontested.
Steal Raise ↗
A steal raise is a raise made with intention to steal blinds or antes rather than for hand strength.
Steal the Antes ↗
To steal the antes is raising preflop to win antes without contest.
Steal the Blinds ↗
To steal the blinds is raising preflop to win blinds when opponents fold.
Steam ↗
Steam is emotional tilt where you play overly aggressively after a loss.
Steamrolling ↗
Steamrolling is applying aggressive pressure on weaker players or short stacks over multiple rounds.
Steel The Blinds ↗
To steel the blinds is making selective raises to steal blinds through pressure.
Steel Wheel ↗
A steel wheel is a 5‑high straight (A‑2‑3‑4‑5), the best possible low in many games.
Stop and Go ↗
Stop‑and‑go is jam-shove strategy—first calling then pushing all‑in on later street.
Straddle ↗
A straddle is an optional blind bet placed before seeing cards, usually double the big blind.
Straight ↗
A straight is five sequential cards of any suit.
Straight Flush ↗
A straight flush is five sequential cards all in the same suit.
Stranger ↗
“Stranger” is slang for a completely untested or unknown player at the table.
Strategic Bluff ↗
A strategic bluff is a calculated bet designed to make better hands fold.
Streak ↗
A streak refers to consecutive outcomes of similar fortune—good or bad.
Street ↗
A street refers to each round of betting or a deal in poker.
String Bet ↗
A string bet is making a bet in multiple motions—considered improper action.
String Raise ↗
A string raise is an illegal incremental raise not made in one motion.
Strip poker ↗
Strip poker is a novelty variant where players lose clothing instead of chips.
Structure ↗
Structure refers to the format of tournament blinds, antes, duration, and payouts.
Stub ↗
A stub is a remaining card or small chip left after betting counting.
Stuck ↗
Being stuck means losing significant bankroll and needing reload.
Stud ↗
Stud is a card poker variant where players receive some cards face up and some face down.
Stud Games ↗
Stud games are poker variants where players receive individual face-up and face-down cards.
Suck Out ↗
To suck out is to win a hand where you had low equity earlier.
Sucker ↗
A sucker is a player who is easily exploited—often predictably losing to better players.
Suicide King ↗
“Suicide King” is slang for holding King-10 offsuit (K‑10 off).
Suit ↗
A suit is one of the four card categories: spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs.
Suited ↗
Suited refers to hole cards of the same suit.
Suited Connectors ↗
Suited connectors are consecutive hole cards of the same suit—e.g. 7♠ 8♠.
Suited Gappers ↗
Suited gappers are hole cards spaced with a rank gap but sharing suit.
Super‑Bluff ↗
A super‑bluff is a bluff with strong drawing potential, profitable even if called.
Swap ↗
Swap is an agreement between players to take equal seats in a tournament.