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Dirty Stack
A dirty stack is a stack of chips that contains a chip of a different denomination.
Discard
To discard is to throw away cards from your hand in a draw game, or the cards you throw away.
Discards
Discards are the cards a player throws away in a draw game, or the pile they form.
Dog
Dog is short for underdog: the hand, or the player, with the lower chance of winning.
Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton is a nickname for the starting hand nine-five, after the song '9 to 5'.
Donkament
A donkament is a derogatory word for a poker tournament with a weak field.
Donkey (Donk)
A donkey, or donk, is a weak player who makes poor decisions and loses money.
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 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.
Down and Dirty
Down and dirty is the final hole card dealt in seven-card stud.
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.
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 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 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.
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.