slang
Cold Hands
Cold hands are showdown hands, or a run of poor hands.
Colt 45
Colt 45 is a nickname for the starting hand four-five.
Computer Hand
Computer hand is a nickname for queen-seven, the exact middle-ranked starting hand.
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.
Cowboys
Cowboys is a nickname for a pair of kings.
Crabs
Crabs is a nickname for a pair of threes.
Crack
To crack a hand is to beat it, usually a big hand such as pocket aces.
Cranberry
A cranberry is a player who calls against the pot odds.
Crap Shoot
A crap shoot is a loose, less skillful tournament with lots of action.
Crying Call
A crying call is a reluctant call made when you think you are probably beaten.
Darth Vader
Darth Vader is a nickname for the two black fours, the four of clubs and the four of spades.
Dead Man’s Hand
The dead man's hand is two black aces and two black eights, said to be the hand Wild Bill Hickok held when he was shot.
Deuce
A deuce is a two, the lowest card in most poker games.
Deuces
Deuces are the cards with a rank of two.
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.
Doomswitch
Doomswitch is forum slang for the supposed hidden mechanism that online poker sites use to make winning players lose.
Double Up
To double up is to double your stack in one hand, usually by winning an all-in.
Down to the Green
Down to the green means being all in: your chips are gone from the felt.
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 Snow
To draw snow is to bluff before and after the draw in a draw game.
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.
Eubie
Eubie is a nickname for the starting hand eight-six.
Family Pot
A family pot is a pot in which most or all of the players at the table see the flop.
Fancy Play Syndrome (FPS)
Fancy play syndrome (FPS) is the habit of making unusual, over-clever plays when a straightforward play would earn more.
Felted
Getting felted means losing your entire stack, so only the felt of the table is left in front of you.
Fill Up
To fill up is to make a full house.
Fish
A fish is a weak, inexperienced player who usually loses money at poker.
Fish Hooks
Fishhooks is a nickname for a pair of jacks, because the letter J looks like a fishhook.