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Gaff:

A cheater’s device or technique.

Gallery:

Non-playing spectators.

Gambler:

A player who wagers money at unfavorable edge odds.

Gambler’s Last Charge:

A game played with five hand cards and five table cards, with the last card turned-up being wild when matched in one’s hand. This is also known as an “if”.

Gambling:

Betting money at unfavorable edge and investment odds.

Game Behavior:

Artificial behavior used in a poker game.

Game Pace:

Simply put, the pace of the game. It can be normal, slow, or fast.

Gang Cheating:

Two or more players cheating in collusion.

Gap:

A missing space (card) required to connect two cards. In Texas Hold’em, a 9-7 is called a one-gapper, see One-Gap.

Garbage:

The discarded cards.

Gardena Razz:

See Razz.

Gardena, California:

The “Mecca” of public club poker.

George:

A poor player. The opposite of fast company.

Ghost Hand:

A hand that reappears on the next deal because of inadequate shuffling.

Gi-Till-Satisfy:

Unlimited “giant twisting” with progressively increasing costs for new cards.

Giant Twist:

A twist allowing the exchange of up to all of one’s cards.

Gilet(Gillet or Gile):

An old French card game: the predecessor of Brelan.

Gimmick:

See Gaff.

Girl:

A queen.

Give the Office:

To give a warning regarding cheating.

Gleek:

{1) Three-of-a-kind. (2) An early English card game.

Glimmer:

Money.

Go:

To start dealing.

Go All-In:

To bet all of one’s money when playing with table stakes.

Go Out:

To drop.

Going Better:

A raise.

Going In:

A call.

Golden Chairs:

A game played with four hand cards and three table cards, and one’s low card sometimes played as wild.

Golden Glow:

A superior brand of daub. See Cosmetics.

Good Hand:

A winning hand.

Good Player:

A player who extracts the maximum amount of money from the game.

Goolsby:

Queen-ten (QT).

Goulash Joint:

A restaurant or bar that runs a regular card game hidden in a back room.

Grand:

One thousand dollars.

Grand Jury:

Four-four-four (444).

Gravy:

One’s winnings.

Green:

The most common color of twenty-five dollar chips.

Grifter:

A cheater.

Grinder:

A player whose objective is to win only a little money each day.

Gut-Shot:

See Belly Hit or Belly Buster.

Gut-Shot Straight:

An straight filled “inside” as opposed to an open-ended straight.

Gut-Shot Straight Draw:

An inside straight drawdraw

Guts-to-Open:

To allow any hand to open, regardless of its value.