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Rabbit Hunting
Rabbit hunting is looking through the undealt cards of the deck after a hand has ended, to see which cards would have come. Most casinos do not allow it.
Race
A race is a situation in which two players are all in with hands whose chances are close to even, such as a pair against two overcards. It is also called a coin flip.
Rack
A rack is a plastic tray that holds 100 poker chips in five stacks of 20. The word also means 100 chips of the same value.
Rag
A rag is a low-valued card that is presumably worthless. A hand made of rags, such as seven-two, is one of the worst hands to be dealt.
Ragged
A ragged flop is a flop that does not seem to help anybody much, with unconnected cards of different suits, such as J-6-2.
Rail
The rail is the edge of a poker table or the area where spectators stand to watch the game. If a player is knocked out, he goes to the rail.
Railbird
A railbird is a spectator who watches a poker game from the rail. Some railbirds are fans, and others are waiting for a seat or looking for a chance to play.
Rainbow
A rainbow is a flop, or a board, whose cards are all of different suits. No flush draw is possible on a rainbow flop, except a backdoor draw.
Raise
To raise is to increase the size of an existing bet in the same betting round. A raise is made after someone has bet, and it forces the others to put in more chips to stay in the hand.
Raise Blind
To raise blind is to raise without looking at your cards. In some games, it is a bet made in the dark, before the cards are seen.
Rake
The rake is the commission that a casino or poker room takes from each pot in a cash game. In tournaments, the equivalent is the entry fee. It is how the house makes its money.
Rakeback
Rakeback is a rebate of part of the rake that a player has paid to an online poker site. It is often given by affiliates or through loyalty programs, and it reduces the cost of playing.
Range
A range is the set of all hands that a player could have in a given situation. Instead of guessing one exact hand, good players think about the group of hands that fit their opponent's actions.
Range Advantage
Range advantage is a situation in which one player's overall range is stronger than the other's on a particular board. The player with it can bet more often and apply more pressure.
Rank
Rank is the value of a card or a hand compared with others. Among cards, the ace is the highest and the deuce the lowest. Among hands, a royal flush is the highest and high card the lowest.
Rap
A rap is a knock on the table by a player to show that he checks. It is a way to check without speaking.
Raquel Welch
Raquel Welch is a nickname for a starting hand of three and eight, 3-8. The name refers to the actress Raquel Welch.
Rathole
To rathole is to take chips off the table during a cash game, or to leave after a winning session and return with only a small buy-in. In many places, it is against the rules.
Ratholing
Ratholing is taking chips or money off the table during a cash game. It is not allowed in most public card rooms and is bad etiquette in home games. It is also called going south.
Razz
Razz is a form of seven-card stud in which the lowest hand wins. Aces are low, and straights and flushes do not count against you, so the best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5, called the wheel.
Re-buy
A re-buy is the amount of money that a player pays to add a fixed number of chips to his stack in a tournament. It is the same as a rebuy.
Re‑draw
A re-draw is a situation in which a player already has a strong hand but can still improve it on a later betting round. For example, a set with a flush draw has a re-draw to a flush.
Re‑Entry
Re-entry is a tournament structure that lets a player who was eliminated pay the buy-in again and enter as a new player. Some events allow several re-entries.
Re‑raise
A re-raise is a second raise in a round of betting, made after an initial raise. Before the flop, it is also called a three-bet.
Read
A read is a specific conclusion about an opponent's hand or behavior, based on his actions, timing and mannerisms. 'Reading' is the skill of doing this.
Reading
Reading is the analysis of a player based on how he plays, his mannerisms and his tells. It is a skill that helps to guess his hand.
Rebuy
A rebuy is a purchase of more chips in a tournament, allowed during the rebuy period. The player pays a fixed fee and receives a fixed number of chips, often when he is short or has been eliminated.
Redeal
A redeal is a new deal of the cards, usually after a misdeal. The dealer collects the cards and deals the hand again.
Redraw
A redraw is a made hand that can still improve to an even better hand. For example, a set of queens with a draw to a flush has a redraw to a flush.
Reg
A reg is short for 'regular', a player who plays often at the same stakes and sites and is usually a solid, experienced winner. Online, the regulars are the strong players who make up the core of the player pool.
Removal
Removal, also known as blockers, is the effect of holding a card that reduces the number of combinations of certain hands that your opponent can have. If you hold the ace of spades, your opponent cannot have the nut spade flush on a board with three spades.
Represent
To represent is to play as if you hold a specific hand, whether you actually have it or not. For example, a large bet on an ace-high board represents an ace.
Reverse Implied Odds
Reverse implied odds are the chips you may lose on later streets when you make a hand that is good but not the best. They are the opposite of implied odds, and they make a call less attractive than the pot odds show.
Reverse Tell
A reverse tell is an action that a player makes on purpose to give the opposite impression of his hand. For example, he acts strong when weak, or weak when strong, to mislead others.
Ribbon Clerk
A ribbon clerk is a small-time gambler. The expression is old slang for a player who plays for small stakes and is not a big spender.
Ring Game
A ring game is another name for a cash game, a non-tournament game in which players can buy in and leave whenever they want. The chips have real money value.
River
The river is the fifth and last community card in Hold'em and Omaha, dealt after the turn betting. It is followed by the final betting round and a showdown. It is also called fifth street.
River C‑bet
A river c-bet is a continuation bet on the river by the player who raised before the flop and bet the flop and the turn. It is the third barrel, also called a triple barrel.
Rock
A rock is a very tight and passive player who plays only the strongest hands and rarely bets without them. The word is also used for a tight player in general.
ROI
ROI, return on investment, is a measure of profit in tournaments. It is calculated as a percentage by dividing the profit by the total buy-ins. For example, a profit of $500 on $5,000 in buy-ins is an ROI of 10 percent.