Poker
Wraparound
A wraparound is an Omaha hand in which three of your four hole cards are consecutive and combine with two cards of the flop to make five connected cards, so that many cards on the turn and river complete a straight.
X Marks the Spot
X Marks the Spot is a home poker game with five private cards per player and five shared cards arranged in a cross. It is also known as criss-cross.
Yard
Yard is slang for $100, or a $100 bill. It is used mostly in casino and gambling talk.
Yeast
Yeast is slang for a raise. A player who says 'Let's give it a little yeast' means that he raises.
YGHN
YGHN is shorthand for 'you go home now', a taunt said or written to a player who has just lost a hand, usually to a lucky card. It implies that the speaker beat a good hand, probably by a long shot.
Yo
Yo is the short form of 'yoleven', the word for 11, used in craps and sometimes in betting talk. It is said so that the number is not confused with seven.
Yoleven
Yoleven is the slang word for the number 11 used for the size of a bet. It comes from craps, where dealers say it loudly so that it is not confused with seven.
You Roll Two
You Roll Two is a home-game stud variant in which each player starts with four face-down cards and chooses two to turn face up.
Younger Hand
Younger hand is an obsolete term for any player to the left of the eldest hand, which is the player directly to the left of the dealer. It describes the order of play in old card games.
Youngest Hand
Youngest hand is an obsolete term for the player immediately to the right of the dealer. In older games, it was the last player in the order.
Z-Game
A Z-game is the lowest-stake game in a card room, as opposed to an A-game, which is the best or highest game. It is the smallest game available.
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.
Zombie
A zombie is a player with no tells: he has a poker face, shows no emotion and gives no sign of his hand. It is hard to read him.
Zoom Poker
Zoom poker is a form of online cash game in which, as soon as you fold, you are moved to a new table with a new hand. There is no waiting for the others, so you play many more hands per hour. It is also called fast-fold poker.
Zuke
Zuke is a word for a toke, a tip given to a dealer. It is used mostly by dealers.