Dame:

A queen.

Dark Bet:

See Blind Bet.

Daub:

See Cosmetics.

Dead Cards:

Discarded or folded cards.

Dead Hand:

A foul hand that cannot be played. See Foul Hand.

Dead Man’s Hand:

(1) Ace-eight (A8), which is a Texas Hold’em starting hand. (2) Usually aces and eights, two-pair.

Deadwood:

Dead cards.

Deal:

To distribute cards to the players.

Deal Off:

To deal the final hand of the game.

Deal Out:

To exclude a player from a hand.

Dealer:

(1) A person who deals the cards. (2) The operator of a gambling game in a casino.

Dealer’s Choice:

The player who acts as the dealer decides which game to play.

Dealer’s Percentage:

Any game offering the dealer a significant advantage, such as Dealer’s Game or Dealer’s Advantage.

Dealer-Advantage Game:

Any game where the dealer has an advantage.

 

Debone:

A card or portion of a deck that has been “crimped” lengthwise or crosswise. See Crimped.

Deception:

An important and accepted poker concept used to confuse one’s opponents.

Declare:

To announce if one is going for high or low.

Deep Low:

The lowest hand for any card. For exmple, a deep seven is an ace, a two, a three, a four, and a seven.

Defensive Bet:

A bet designed to decrease one’s potential losses.

Dent:

To mark cards by creasing their corners. This is also called rounding.

Designated Dealer:

In a poker room where each game has a resident dealer, a different player serves as the designated dealer for each hand. In poker games like Texas Hold?em, that player has a plastic puck called the button in front of them.

Deuce:

Twos are sometimes called deuces.

Deuce-to-Seven:

Generally, this means that the best low hand is simply the worst poker hand in a game played for low.

Deuces Wild:

Playing all twos as wild cards.

Devil’s Bedposts:

A four of clubs.

Diamond:

See Poker Diamond.

Dig:

To replenish one’s stake, or money, while playing a hand.

Discard:

To exchange old cards for new cards during the draw or twist.

Discard Tray:

A tray located on the dealers right side that holds all the cards that have been played or discarded.

Disproportionate Bet:

A peculiar bet, or a bet that is significantly larger or smaller than the normal bet.

Doctor Pepper:

Seven-Card Stud with deuces, fours, and tens as wild.

Dog:

See Underdog.

Dominated Hand:

A starting hand that will likely beat another starting hand is said to “dominate” that hand.

Door Card:

The first card dealt face-up to each player in Seven-Card Stud is called the “door card”.

Double:

To raise.

Double Belly Buster:

A hand with two inside straight draws is a double belly buster.

Double Bluff:

A bluff made by making a bluff bet on the final round and then re-raising a subsequent raise.

Double Header:

(1) A pot not won that is passed to the next deal. (2) A second game that follows a previous one.

Double-Barreled Shotgun:

High-Low Draw with four rounds of betting after the draw as each card is turned face-up. This is also called Texas Special or Texas Tech.

Double-End Straight:

See Bobtail Flush.

Double-Pop:

When you raise a bettor and double the bet so that the next player must call two bets.

Doubling Up:

(1) To bet twice as much as the previous bet. (2) To double the chip stack in one pot, usually in No-Limit and Pot-Limit.

Down and Dirty:

The final hole card dealt in Seven-Card Stud.

Down Cards:

Cards dealt face-down.

Down the Chute:

To sustain a heavy loss.

Down the River:

Seven-Card Stud.

Down to the Felt:

To be out of money or totally broke.

Doyle Brunson:

(1) Ace-queen (AQ). (2) Ten-two (T2).

Drag (Snatch):

Money separated from a pot to signify the amount owed by a player. This is also known as light.

Draw Dead:

To try to make a hand that, even if made, will not win the pot. If you are drawing to make a flush and your opponent already has a full house, you are “drawing dead”.

Draw Out:

To make the winning hand with the last card or with draw cards.

Draw Poker:

One of the two basic forms of poker (the other is Stud). Played as a closed five card hand with a closed draw.

Drawing Hand:

A drawing hand is a hand that is not winning at the moment and requires improvement in subsequent betting rounds.

Drib:

An inferior player.

Driller:

A loose player: a player that bets and raises frequently.

Driver’s Seat:

The player who holds the advantage.

Drop:

To fold. Also, to lose a particular amount of money.

Drum:

To play tight.

Drummer or Drummer Boy:

A tight player.

Dry:

To be out of money, or broke.

DTC Method:

Good poker technique: discipline, thought, and control.

Duck:

A two. Also referred to as a deuce.

Duffer:

An inexperienced or poor player, also known as a fish.

Duke:

A hand of cards.

Dutch Straight:

See Alternate Straight.

Dynamite:

A two-card poker game.