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Single Raised Pot (SRP)
A single raised pot, SRP, is a pot in which one player raised before the flop and everyone else just called, without a re-raise. It is the most common kind of pot.
Sit and Go (SNG)
A sit and go, SNG, is a tournament that starts as soon as the required number of players have registered, without a fixed start time. Most sit and gos have one table of six, nine or ten players.
Sitting Out
Sitting out means leaving a table for a few hands without giving up your seat. In many rooms, a player who sits out for too long is removed from the table.
Sixth Street
Sixth street is the fourth up card in seven-card stud, the sixth card dealt to a player, and the round of betting that follows it. It is the fourth betting round.
Slow Play
A slow play is a way of playing a strong hand weakly, by checking or calling instead of betting or raising, to hide your strength and win more chips. It is the opposite of fast-playing.
Slow Roll
A slow roll is the act of delaying showing a winning hand at showdown, or pausing before a call with a very strong hand, to make the opponent think that he has won. It is considered very bad etiquette.
Small Ball
Small ball is a style of play in which a player keeps pots small, makes small bets and avoids big risks, relying on position and skill after the flop. It is usually applied in tournaments.
Small Blind (SB)
The small blind is a forced bet posted before the cards are dealt by the player sitting to the left of the dealer button. It is usually half the size of the big blind.
Smooth Call
A smooth call is a call in a spot where a raise was also possible, especially with a strong hand. The player calls quietly, instead of re-raising, to hide the strength of his hand. It is also known as flat calling.
Snap Call
A snap call is a call made immediately, without thinking. It usually shows that the caller has a very strong hand, or that he has already decided what to do.
Snapped Off
To get snapped off is to have a good hand beaten. A player whose strong hand loses to a better one has been snapped off.
Snow Job
A snow job is a successful bluff. The player has made opponents believe that he has a strong hand and wins the pot.
Snowmen
Snowmen is a nickname for a pair of eights, 8-8. The number 8 looks like a snowman.
Soft Seat
A soft seat is a seat or game that is favorable because of the lack of skill at the table. The other players are weak, so it is easy to make money.
Soft-Play
Soft-play is a form of collusion in which a player does not bet or raise as he normally would, to avoid winning money from a friend or partner. It is cheating and is forbidden in cardrooms.
Solid
A solid player is a player who makes good decisions based on logic and probability. He does not take unnecessary risks, plays conservatively when needed and follows a disciplined strategy.
Solver
A solver is a program that calculates the best strategy for a given poker situation. You give it the stacks, bet sizes and ranges, and it gives a solution that is close to game theory optimal play.
Solver Solution
A solver solution is the strategy that a solver gives for a situation you entered: what to do with each hand and how often. It shows the expected value of each action.
Speed Limit
Speed limit is a nickname for a pair of fives, 5-5. The name comes from the 55 mile-per-hour speed limit sign.
Spew
To spew is to give away chips by playing too many hands and betting or calling too much, usually while angry. A player who spews makes many bad plays in a row.
Splash Around
To splash around is to gamble more aggressively and recklessly than is wise. A player who splashes around plays too many hands and bets too much.
Splash the Pot
To splash the pot is to throw chips into the pot in a careless way, so that the dealer cannot count how much has been bet. It is against the rules and etiquette of most card rooms and home games.
Split
A split is a tie in which the pot is divided between players with equal hands. It also describes a pot divided between the high and low hands.
Split Pot
A split pot is a pot that is shared between players who have equal hands, or between the high and low hands in games such as Omaha hi-lo. Each player takes an equal share.
Split Two Pair
A split two pair is a two pair hand in which one card of each of your hole cards pairs with a board card. For example, with ten-nine and a flop of T-9-5, you have a split two pair.
Splitting Blinds
Splitting blinds is an agreement between the small and big blinds, when nobody else has entered the pot, to take back their blinds and skip the hand. It is also called chopping.
Splitting Openers
Splitting openers is a play in jacks-or-better draw poker in which you open with a pair and then throw away one card of the pair to draw to a better hand, such as a flush. You break up your opening hand.
Spot
A spot is a specific decision point in a hand, such as 'a spot where you face a river bet in position'. Players say 'spot' to name a situation that they want to study or discuss.
Spread-Limit
Spread-limit is a betting structure in which a player may bet any amount within a range, such as $2 to $6, on every round. It lies between fixed-limit and no-limit poker.
Squared Deck
A squared deck is an evenly stacked deck that is ready for cutting or dealing. The dealer taps the cards into a neat pile.
Squeeze
Squeeze has two meanings. It can be to look at your cards by slowly bending them back, or to re-raise before the flop after one raise and one or more calls. The second is also called a squeeze play.
Squeeze Play
A squeeze play is a re-raise bluff, usually a three-bet, made after one player has raised and one or more players have called. It tries to make all of them fold, because they have shown less strength by calling.
Stack
A stack is the total amount of chips a player has in play at a given time. The size of your stack decides how much you can bet and how you should play.
Stack-to-Pot Ratio (SPR)
Stack-to-pot ratio, or SPR, is the ratio of the effective stack to the size of the pot. It tells you how many pots are left to bet, and strongly affects strategy.
Stacked Deck
A stacked deck is a deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage. It is a form of cheating.
Stake
A stake is the amount of a player's buy-in, or the amount of money that he is willing to play with in a session. It can also mean money given by a backer.
Stakes
Stakes are the size of the bets in a game, the amount you play for. In cash games, they are given by the blinds, such as $1/$2. In tournaments, they are given by the buy-in.
Staking
Staking is an arrangement in which a backer pays for a player's buy-ins in exchange for a share of his winnings. The player plays with the backer's money and does not risk his own.
Stand Off
To stand off is to call a raise. A player who says 'Opener raises, I stand off' means that he calls instead of raising or folding.
Stand Pat
To stand pat is to keep your hand as it is in a draw game, without drawing any new cards. A player who stands pat either believes his hand is already best or wants to look as if it is.