equipment
Indexing
Indexing is a cheater's technique to mark cards with a fingernail or a device, so that the cards can be recognized later. It is a form of marking cards.
Kill Button
A kill button is a button used in a lowball game to show a player who has won two pots in a row and must kill the pot. It marks who has the kill action.
Lid
A lid is the top card of the deck, the card that is about to be dealt or burned next.
List
A list is the ordered roster of players who are waiting for a game. Players put their names on it when no seat is free.
Misdeal
A misdeal is a deal that is invalid because of a mistake, so the cards are collected, shuffled and dealt again. It can happen when two or more cards are exposed or when the dealer makes a mistake in the order of dealing.
Nickel
A nickel is five dollars, usually a red casino chip. It is gambling slang for a $5 chip.
Opener Button
An opener button is a button used to show who opened the pot in a draw game. It marks the player who made the first bet.
Out Button
An out button is a disc placed in front of a player who wants to sit out a hand or several hands but keep his seat in the game. It shows that he is away.
Pips
Pips are the spots or marks on the face of a card that show its rank, such as the hearts on a seven of hearts.
Pips, Pipped
Pips, or pipped, can mean the spots on a card, and as a verb, one card beating another by a single pip, outranking it by one. For example, ace-ten is pipped by ace-nine when the ten is only one higher.
Playover Box
A playover box is a clear plastic box used to cover and protect the chips of an absent player when someone plays over that seat. It keeps the absent player's chips safe and visible.
PokerTracker 4 (PT4)
PokerTracker 4, or PT4, is a software program that records hand histories from online poker, and shows statistics, analysis and records of your results. It is used by many online players.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stub
The stub is the part of the deck that has not been dealt. It is the cards that remain after the cards for the players and the board are dealt.
Table
The table is the surface on which poker is played. It is where the players sit, and where the cards, chips and community cards are placed.
Video Poker Machine
A video poker machine is a computerized slot machine based on draw poker, with card symbols, on which players try to make certain poker hands. It is not really a form of poker, since you play against the machine.
Yard
Yard is slang for $100, or a $100 bill. It is used mostly in casino and gambling talk.