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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.
Eagles
Eagles are the cards of a fifth suit in a sixty-five-card deck.
Early Bet
An early bet is a small bet made after the first card in stud or the first two cards in draw.
Early Position (EP)
Early position means being one of the first players to act in a betting round.
Edge
An edge is an advantage you have over your opponents, from skill, experience, position or other sources.
Edge Odds
Edge odds describe a player's advantage or disadvantage relative to all other players.
Edge Shot
An edge shot is a bet made from an advantageous position.
Effective Nuts
The effective nuts is a hand that is not the best possible hand but is, in practice, as good as the nuts.
Effective Stack
The effective stack is the smaller stack among the players in a hand, which is the most that can be won or lost.
Eight-or-Better
Eight-or-better is a qualifier in high-low games: the low hand must be made of cards of eight or lower.
Eldest Hand
Eldest hand is the first player to the dealer's left.
Elimination
Elimination is the removal of a player from a tournament, usually after losing all their chips.
End Bet
An end bet is the last bet of an interval.
End Bets
End bets are the bets made in the last round of betting.
End Strippers
End strippers are cards tapered along their ends, used for cheating.
English Poker
English poker is a draw game played with a blind opening.
English Stud
English stud is a stud game that includes a draw.
Entry Fee
An entry fee is the money paid to enter a tournament, part of which goes to the prize pool and part to the organizer.
Equity
Equity is a player's expected share of the pot at a given moment, based on the chance of winning.
Equity Denial
Equity denial is preventing an opponent from realizing the equity of their hand by making them fold.
Equity Realization
Equity realization is how much of its raw equity a hand actually wins, after the effect of betting and position.
Ethics or Etiquette
Ethics or etiquette means the understandings and courtesies whose violation does not count as cheating.
Eubie
Eubie is a nickname for the starting hand eight-six.
Even Money
Even money is a wager made in hopes of winning the amount that was wagered.
Expectation
Expectation is the amount you expect to win or lose on average from a certain play.
Expected Value (EV)
Expected value (EV) is the average amount a play will win or lose over the long run.
Exploitative
Exploitative play is deviating from standard strategy to take advantage of an opponent's specific weaknesses.