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Rabbit:

To look through the undealt deck of cards.

Rabbit Hunting:

The act of requesting to see what cards would have come up if a hand had continued. Some cardrooms prohibit it.

Rabbits:

Weak players. Similar to a george.

Rack:

A plastic tray upon which pokerchips are stacked.

Rag:

A card, usually a low card, that has no apparent impact on the handwhen it appears.

Ragged:

A flop(or board) that does not appear to help any player very much. A flopthat comes down 7d-5h-2c looks “ragged”.

Railbirds:

Spectators.

Railroad Bible:

A deckof cards.

Railroad Hand:

Jack-six (J6).

Rainbow:

(1) A flopthat contains three different suits, thus no flushcan be made on the turn. (2) A complete five card boardthat has no more than two of any suit, thus no flushis possible.

Raise:

A player raises by matching the previous bet and then betting more (adding more money to the pot), in order to increase the stake for remaining players.

Raise Blind:

(1) To raise without looking at one’s cards. (2) A forced raise.

Rake:

The money that the casino/house charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage(5-10%) or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.

Rake-Back:

Refers to the percentage of the rakethat is returned to the players. For online poker this is easy because the exact amount a player pays in rake can be tracked.

Rake-Off:

See Rake.

Rangdoodles:

A game in which the betting limitis increased after a very good hand, such as a four-of-a-kind.

Rank:

(1) The numerical valueof a card (as opposed to its suit). For instance, jack or seven. (2) The relative valueof hands.

Raquel Welch:

Three-eight (38).

Rat Holer:

A player who pockets his money or winnings during the game.

Razz:

(1) Seven-Card LowballStud. (2) Draw pokerin which the winner of the previous potbets last. Also known as gardena razzor razz.

Re-Buy:

When you first sit down at a game, you buy in with a certain amount of money. “Re-buying” is when you buy more chips before you leave the game. Re-buys are permitted in some tournaments for players who fall below a certain point- usually, they are allowed to do this up until a specific sum of money, and they are often limited to a fixed number of re-buys. The time during which one may re-buy, usually lasting from the start through the early stages of the tournament, is called the “re-buy period”. Tournaments with re-buys are called, generically, “re-buy tournaments”.

Re-Deal:

A new dealafter a misdeal.

Re-Draw:

After you recieve your initial draw, you pick upanother draw.

Re-Raise:

To raiseafter having someone has already raised.

Read:

To read someone is to have a good idea of what their cards are, based on the way they play(or by spotting tells).

Readable Pattern:

A behavior pattern that reveals the valueof a player’s hand.

Readers:

Marked cards.

Redskin:

A face card.

Rembrandt:

Any game in which all face cards are wild.

Represent:

To bet in such a way so as to indicate that you have a certain hand.

Rest Farm:

An expression for the whereabouts of a player who was driven from a game because they sustained heavy losses.

Restraddle:

The third blind bet that is twice as much as the straddle or the second blind bet.

Restricted Pot:

A rule requiring a minimum-value handto win the pot. This is also referred to as a “qualifier”.

Ribbon Clerk:

(1) A player who is unwilling to playpokerat higher stakes or at a faster pace. (2) A small-time gambler.

Rickey de Laet:

A form of Mexican Studin which the player’s holecards, and all like them, are wild for him.

Ride Along:

To remain in a handbecause no bets are made.

Riffle:

To flip with the thumb through the edge of a deck.

Riffle Cull:

A technique used for arranging cards in preparation for stacking the deck.

Riffle Shuffle:

To shuffleby rifflingthe cards together.

Riffle Stack:

A technique for stacking the deck.

Riffling:

A commonly used shuffling process. To accomplish a “riffle”, the deckis divided roughly in half and the two halves are interleaved by pulling the card corners upwith the thumbs and letting the two halves riffletogether. Riffling is sometimes called “zipping” the cards. Like card stripping, the riffling process can span a range, from a fine riffleto a coarse riffle.

Right to Bet:

A rule allowing every player the right to bet or raiseat least once per round, regardless of the number of raises during that round.

Ring Game:

A regular game as opposed to a tournament. Also referred to as a “live game” since actual money is in playinstead of tournamentchips.

Ring In:

Slipping an unfair or stacked deckinto play.

River:

The final (seventh) card dealt in Texas Hold’em, Omaha, or Seven-Card Stud. In Seven-Card Stud, staying in until the fifth and final roundof betting is referred to as “going to the river”.

Road Gang:

A team of cheaters.

Robin Hood Cheater:

A player who cheats on behalf of someone else, without benefiting himself.

Rock:

A player who plays very tight and not very creatively. For example, he raises only with the best hands and, therefore, he is referred to as a “rock”, which is a very predictable object.

Rock Garden:

A game of tight players.

Roll or Rolled Card (Rolling, Rolling Up):

Face-down tablecards that are turned upone at a time. This is usually followed by a roundof betting.

Roll Your Own Baseball:

Same as Baseball, except one of three original holecards is turned up, and the lowest holecard and all like it are wild.

Rolled-Up:

In Seven-Card Stud, three of a kind on the first three cards are called rolled-up trips.

Roodles:

A roundof playat increased stakes. This is also referred to as wangdoodle.

Rotation:

The movement in the direction of the deal... clockwise.

Rough:

The highest Lowballhandof a given value. For example, seven, six, five, four, three.

Round:

Refers to either a round of bettingor a round of hands.

Round of Betting:

The actionsequencein which each player is allowed to check, open, bet, raise, or fold.

Round of Play:

The actionsequencein which every player deals a hand.

Round the World:

The same as Cincinnati, except four cards are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to the window.

Rounder:

An astute player who knows all the angles and earns his living at the pokertable.

Rounding:

See Dent.

Routine:

A straightflush.

Rover:

One who is unable to playbecause the game is full.

Royal:

The best possible Lowballhand.

Royal Flush:

An ace-high straightflush; the best possible pokerhand.

Royal Straight Flush:

An ace-high straight flush is a royal straight flush. It is also known as a Royal Flush or a Royal.

Royals:

See Eagles.

Royalties:

See Bonus.

Rub the Spots Off:

To excessively shufflethe cards.

Run:

A sequenceor a straight.

Run One:

An attempt to bluff.

Run Up a Hand:

To stack a deck during the day, often by culling discards.

Runner:

Commonly reffered to as “runner-runner”. It is a hand made only by catching the correct cards on both the turn and the river. For instance, “he made a runner-runner flush to beat my trips.” Also see Backdoor.

Running:

Two crucial cards that are the last two cards to be dealt in the hand. These are said to be “running”.

Runt:

A hand consisting of mixed suits and no pairs.

Rush:

A winning streak.