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Door Card

A door card is the first face-up card dealt to a player in stud, and in hold'em sometimes the first visible card of the flop.

Double Belly Buster

A double belly buster is a hand with two inside straight draws at once.

Double Bluff

A double bluff is bluffing, being called, and then bluffing again on a later street.

Double Suited

Double suited is an Omaha starting hand with two cards of one suit and two cards of another.

Double Up

To double up is to double your stack in one hand, usually by winning an all-in.

Double‑Pop

Double-pop is a re-raise of a raise.

Down and Dirty

Down and dirty is the final hole card dealt in seven-card stud.

Down Bet

A down bet is a bet on a later round that is smaller than the bet before it.

Down Card

A down card is a card dealt face down, such as a hole card.

Down to the Green

Down to the green means being all in: your chips are gone from the felt.

Downcard

A downcard is a card dealt face down.

Downswing

A downswing is a period in which a player loses more than expected over a long stretch of play.

Doyle Brunson

Doyle Brunson is the name given to the starting hand ten-deuce, after the player who won back-to-back WSOP Main Events with it.

Draw

A draw is a hand that is not yet complete and needs more cards to become strong; draw is also a family of games where players swap cards.

Draw Card

A draw card is a card that completes or improves a drawing hand.

Draw Dead

Drawing dead means drawing to a hand that cannot win even if you complete it.

Draw Down

To draw down is to draw several cards in lowball so as to aim at the best possible hand.

Draw For Deal

To draw for deal is to draw cards to decide who deals first.

Draw For Seats

To draw for seats is to use a card draw to decide where players sit, usually in a small tournament.

Draw Game

A draw game is a poker game in which players can replace cards from their hands to improve them.

Draw Live

Drawing live means drawing to a hand that would win if you completed it.

Draw Lowball

Draw lowball is a form of poker in which each player gets five cards, may replace some, and the lowest hand wins.

Draw Out

To draw out is to improve your hand so that it beats an opponent who was ahead of you.

Draw Poker

Draw poker is a form of poker in which each player is dealt five cards face down and may replace some of them.

Draw Snow

To draw snow is to bluff before and after the draw in a draw game.

Drawing

Drawing means playing a hand in order to improve it.

Drawing Hand

A drawing hand is a hand that needs improvement to win, usually a straight or a flush.

Drawing Thin

Drawing thin means chasing a draw that is still live but has a small chance to win.

Driver’s Seat

The driver's seat belongs to the player who has the initiative in the betting.

Drop

To drop is to fold; drop is also the money a casino takes from each pot.

Drop Out

To drop out is to retire from a hand by not calling a bet or raise.

Dry

Dry describes a board with cards that do not connect and give few straight or flush draws.

Dry Board

A dry board is a set of community cards that do not coordinate with each other and offer few draws.

Ducks

Ducks is a nickname for a pair of twos.