intermediate
Continuation Bet (C‑Bet)
A continuation bet is a bet on the flop by the player who raised before the flop.
Cooler
A cooler is a hand in which a very strong hand loses to an even stronger one, so that the loser could hardly avoid losing.
Coordinated
A coordinated board has community cards that connect with each other or share a suit, making strong hands and draws possible.
Counterfeit
To counterfeit a hand is to have its value cancelled because the board makes a better version of the same hand.
Cripple
To cripple the deck is to hold or see so many of the cards others would need that they cannot have a strong hand.
Crying Call
A crying call is a reluctant call made when you think you are probably beaten.
Cut It Up
To cut it up is to split the pot after two hands are revealed to be of equal value.
Cut The Pot
To cut the pot is to take the house rake.
Dark
Dark means acting before getting information you would normally be entitled to, such as before the next card is dealt.
Dark Bet
A dark bet is a bet announced before the next card is dealt.
Darken
To darken is to make a bet without looking at your cards.
Dead Blind
A dead blind is a blind that is not live: the player who posts it cannot raise even if everyone else just calls.
Dead Card
A dead card is a card that is not legally playable.
Dead Collection Blind
A dead collection blind is a fee posted by the player on the button, used as an alternative to seat rental.
Dead Money
Dead money is chips in the pot that came from players who have folded or who cannot win it.
Deal Twice
Deal twice means dealing the remaining community cards two times when players are all in, with the pot split between the winners of each board.
Dealer’s Choice
Dealer's choice is a style of poker in which the dealer picks the game variant for the hand.
Declaration
A declaration is how a player states which half of the pot they are going for in a hi-lo game.
Deep Stack
A deep stack is a large number of chips compared with the stakes or the starting stack.
Deuce-to-Seven
Deuce-to-seven is a lowball game in which the best hand is 7-5-4-3-2 and aces are high.
Disconnect Protection
Disconnect protection is a tool that protects players if their internet connection drops during a pot.
Dominated Hand
A dominated hand is a hand that is a big underdog against another specific hand, often because it shares a card with a better kicker.
Dominated Hands
Dominated hands are hands that are big underdogs against another hand, such as a lower pair against a higher pair.
Dominating Hands
A dominating hand has the same top card as another hand but a stronger second card, so it is far ahead of it.
Donk Bet
A donk bet is a bet made out of position into the player who was the aggressor in the previous betting round.
Doomswitch
Doomswitch is forum slang for the supposed hidden mechanism that online poker sites use to make winning players lose.
Double‑Pop
Double-pop is a re-raise of a raise.
Down Bet
A down bet is a bet on a later round that is smaller than the bet before it.
Downswing
A downswing is a period in which a player loses more than expected over a long stretch of play.
Draw Dead
Drawing dead means drawing to a hand that cannot win even if you complete it.
Draw Down
To draw down is to draw several cards in lowball so as to aim at the best possible hand.
Draw Live
Drawing live means drawing to a hand that would win if you completed it.