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O

o

(n) Shorthand, particularly in e-mail and Internet postings, for offsuit. For example, specifying a hold 'em hand as KQo means king-queen offsuit, or, frequently, king-queen off.

OB

(n phrase) open blind.

OBRB

1. (n) open blind, raise blind (definition 1). 2. (v phrase) open blind, raise blind (definition 2). One player asks another, "OBRB?" This means, if you open the pot blind, I will raise you blind.

OBRBRB

1. (n phrase) open blind, raise blind, reraise blind (definition 1). 2. (v phrase) open blind, raise blind, reraise blind (definition 2). One player asking another, "OBRBRB?" is saying, "I will open the pot blind and reraise you back blind if you promise to raise blind."

ocho

(n) 8; generally used to refer to the card, or, in lowball, to the rank of the hand (when it contains no pair), as determined by its largest card.

odd chip

(n phrase) When splitting a pot sometimes a chip is left over, usually of the smallest denomination for the game. That chip is called the odd chip, and various rules come into play to determine which player gets the chip.

odds

(n) 1. The likelihood or unlikelihood of a particular event, usually expressed in the form of one number to a number. Odds of 2-to-1 against an event mean, that in three trials, the outcome is favorable once and unfavorable twice. Compare with chance (or chances). 2. Part of the term pot odds.

off

(adj) offsuit.

office

1. (v) To give someone a signal; usually implies a secret signal between thieves or scammers, sometimes letting a partner know the holdings of another player (in which case the signal is also known as a sign), other times as a warning. 2. (n) Such a signal; usually preceded by the. "When he saw the floorman coming, he gave his partner the office."

office hours

(n phrase) 1. In high poker, two pair, 9s and 5s or 8s and 4s. 2. In lowball, a 9-5 hand. 3. In any high poker game, a full house involving 9s and 5s or 8s and 4s. 4. A straight, 5 to 9. 5. A straight, 4 to 8.

offsuit

(adj) In hold 'em or seven-card stud, descriptive of the first two cards being of different suits, as opposed to suited. Sometimes shortened to just off.

offsuited

(adj) offsuit.

off the street

(adv phrase) Pertaining to winning a hand very early in a playing session, often by having been dealt very good cards. If you sit down at a newly-vacated seat, and, within a few minutes raise with a good hand, get a lot of action, and win a big pot, someone is sure to say, "Right off the street."

Ogier

(n) The jack of spades.

Oh shit! hand

(n phrase) A hand on which a player has wagered his last chips and over which the player exclaims, "Oh shit!," ostensibly because he has missed his draw, but usually because he is trying to lure unwary flies into his web. Oh shit! hands are usually beat only by going home hands. See going home hand.

Okie bankroll

(n) Michigan bankroll.

Okie buster

(n) The joker.

Oklahoma bankroll

(n) Michigan bankroll.

Oldsmobile

(n) 1. In lowball, a 9-8 hand. 2. In high poker, two pair, 9s and 8s. 3. In hold 'em, 9-8 (sometimes, rarely, 8-8, which is more commonly called little Oldsmobile) as one's two starting cards. 4. In lowball, a pair of 8s (that is, an 88; this use is rare).

Omaha

(n) A variant of hold 'em, in which players must use exactly two of their downcards in combination with three of the community cards. (This differs from Texas hold 'em, in which both, one, and sometimes even none (when the "board plays"), of a player's downcards can be used.) Players usually start with four downcards, but Omaha games are sometimes played with five or even six downcards for each player. Sometimes called tight hold 'em.

Omaha/8

(n) high-low split Omaha, with an 8-or-better qualifier for low.

Omaha scoop

(n phrase) See scoop (definition 7).

on

(adv) 1. Up to; that is, referring to the person on whom the action has stalled. "Who's it on?" means "Whose turn is it?" 2. In agreement; usually about a bet, a proposition, or a drink pot. "Are we on?" might mean, "In reference to my suggestion that we both put all our chips in the pot and take four cards, will you go along with me in this sporting endeavor?"

on a rush

(n) In the middle of a rush.

on a streak

(n) In the middle of a streak.

on bet

(n phrase) The first wager made in any betting round. This usage is obsolete.

on board

(adv phrase) 1. In hold 'em, describing the community cards. 2. In stud games, describing a player's upcards (board, definition 3). "He had three aces on board."

on deck

(adv phrase) on board.

one

(n) 1. A one-card draw, usually preceded by the. "Check to the one." 2. An ace. "I have three ones."

one-card draw

(n phrase) 1. A hand that needs one card, as, in high draw poker, a four-flush or a four-straight, or, in lowball, four cards to a wheel plus a king. 2. The person so drawing. 3. The action of so drawing. "Check to the one-card draw" could be used in senses 2 and 3.

one-chip rule

(n phrase) See over-sized chip rule.

one-ended straight

(n phrase) one-end straight.

one-ender

(n) one-end straight.

one-end straight

(n phrase) A particular inside straight, four cards to a straight open at one end only, either A-2-3-4, which becomes a straight by the addition of any 5, or J-Q-K-A, which becomes a straight by the addition of any 10. This usage is more restricted than a one-way straight.

one-eyed jacks

(n phrase) The jack of spades and the jack of hearts. Often used when designating wild cards.

one-eyed king

(n phrase) The king of diamonds.

one-eyed man in the game

(n phrase) A code expression, usually used among thieves or those "in the know," that there is a cheater in the game.

one-eyes

(n) Face cards with the figure shown in profile, which, in a standard deck, are the two one-eyed jacks and the king of diamonds. Also called profiles.

one-gap

(n) 1. Describing hold 'em starting cards in which the two cards are two apart in rank, as, Kheart Jheart or 6club 4heart. 2. inside straight.

one-gapper

(n) inside straight.

one-handed deal

(n phrase) A method of dealing cards, using only one hand, performed generally only by a one-armed player, by flipping the cards one-handed from the top of the deck.

1-1-2

(n phrase) 1. A three-blind traveling blind game, in which the dealer puts up $1, the player to his left (called the middle blind) $1, and the next player (called the big blind) $2, with the minimum bet (or bring-in) usually being $4. 2. Any three-blind traveling blind game in which the blinds are in multiples of 1-1-2. A $20-limit lowball game is played with three blinds of $5, $5, and $10, using $5 chips in a 1-1-2 ratio.

one-on-one

(adv phrase) Describing a situation in which (only) two players are in contention for a pot. This is similar to head-to-head.

one pair

(n phrase) 1. In high, a hand containing one pair, plus three other unmatched cards. In high games, this is the second-lowest rank of hand, ranking above no pair and below two pair. 2. In lowball, a hand that paired (see pair, definition 3).

one-table satellite

(n phrase) A special satellite tournament, consisting of one table of players, whose prize is usually a buy-in for a larger tournament. Such a tournament is often conducted just before a major tournament, often at the site of that tournament. One-table satellites usually have just one winner; sometimes second place is awarded cash or a free entry to another tournament.

1-to-5 game

(n phrase) A spread-limit game, in which the minimum bet on any round is $1 and the maximum $5, with similar restrictions as in the 1-to-3 game.

1-to-3 game

(n phrase) A spread-limit game, in which the bet on any round may be $1, $2, or $3, with raises in like increments, the only proviso being that a raise may never be lower than the previous bet or raise (with exceptions sometimes for all-in bets (see all-in bet), that is, bets in which a player does not have enough chips to make a full bet or raise).

one-twoing

(v phrase) A form of cheating in which two thieves work as a team against one player.

1-2-3

(adv, adj) 1. Playing predictably, or "by the book." He plays 1-2-3," or, "He's a 1-2-3 player." Also, A-B-C. 2. (n phrase) A three-blind traveling blind game, in which the dealer puts up $1, the player to his left (called the middle blind) $2, and the next player (called the big blind) $3, with the minimum bet (or bring-in) usually being $6. 3. Any three-blind traveling blind game in which the blinds are in multiples of 1-2-3. A $30-limit (or 15-30) lowball game is played with three blinds of $5, $10, and $15, using $5 chips in a 1-2-3 ratio.

one-way action

(n phrase) 1. Marked cards whose backs have asymmetric designs or patterns, such that their rank or suit can be determined by which way they are placed within the deck. Also see belly strippers, end strippers, glazed card, high belly strippers, humps, low belly strippers, rakes, strippers, wedges. 2. one-on-one.

one-way cards

(n phrase) Cards with asymmetric pictures or designs on their backs, so that each back has a clear "up" and "down."

one-way straight

(n phrase) inside straight.

on his own

(adv phrase) on the nose.

online cardroom

(n phrase) A cardroom that exists only on the Internet, as opposed to a brick and mortar cardroom.

on one's belly

(adv phrase) Honestly, in the sense of not cheating. Compare with belly up.

on the board

(adv phrase) 1. Having one's name listed for a particular game. "Are you on the board for the twenty?" means "Are you on the list for the $20-limit game?" See board (definition 1). 2. Pertaining to one's board (definition 3).

on the bubble

(adv phrase) See bubble.

on the button

(adv phrase) In the button position. "I was on the button, so I figured I could open light."

on the come

(adv phrase) Describing a bet made on an unmade hand before all the cards have been dealt, or in the anticipation of making a hand. In lowball, this is usually whatever you're drawing to; in high (draw, stud, or hold 'em), it is usually four cards to a straight, flush, or straight flush. To raise on the come means to start with four cards to a good hand that is not yet made, and raise the pot before the draw to build a larger pot, with the hope of making the hand and having a larger pot to bet into after the draw. A player who starts with A-2-3-4-K in lowball and raises is raising on the come. To bet on the come usually means to bet as just described; sometimes to make a blind bet after the draw after having drawn one card to a come hand. (A come hand is a hand that needs one card on the come.) Similarly, in hold 'em, a player with two spades in the hole and two on the flop who bets or raises is doing so on the come.

on the cuff

(adv phrase) Pertaining to unsecured cardroom credit. "Can I have some chips on the cuff?" means the asker will pay back the money if he wins, or, if he loses, at some future unspecified time. Also on the finger, on the sleeve.

on the end

(adv phrase) See end, definition 3.

on the finger

(adv phrase) on the cuff.

on the flop

(adv phrase) Pertaining to the flop in hold 'em. "I hit a set on the flop."

on the nose

(adv phrase) Playing one's own money, as opposed to playing house chips (playing as a stake player or (rarely) shill). Sometimes used by the management to describe a player who went broke while playing a stake or cow and is now playing on his own money. "On the nose he never blows." When the new shift comes in, you may hear the shift manager of the departing shift tell the new shift manager, "Smiley's on the nose." This presumably refers to a player who ordinarily plays only stake. Also, on his own.

on the outside

(adv phrase) See outside (definition 1).

on the rail

(adv phrase) Busted, that is, out of action, in the sense of being forced to watch the games from the rail.

on the river

(adv phrase) See river.

on the sheet

(adv phrase) Playing stake or cow. See sheet.

on the shelf

(adv phrase) Not currently down, that is, in a game; said of a stake player. Comes from the shelf, where a stake player's chips are kept when he is between playing sessions.

on the side

(adv phrase) Referring to money that goes into or belongs in a side pot. "Jim's out of chips, so Bill's last bet goes on the side."

on the sleeve

(adv phrase) on the cuff.

on the square

(adv phrase) 1. Describing a deck all four of whose edges are smooth, that is, having no trimmed cards to be identified by feel by a thief (such as belly strippers or end strippers or any other form of strippers). 2. By extension, describing an honest game, someone playing honestly, or, in the "real world," any honest situation. "He's playing on the square" means he's not cheating (and is likely being said of someone who normally does cheat).

on the turn

(adv phrase) Pertaining to the fourth upcard (the turn card) in hold 'em.

on the up-and-up

(adv phrase) Pertaining to an honest game or situation. See on the square.

on tilt

(adv phrase) Playing poorly and irrationally due to emotional upset, often caused by the player in question having had a good hand beat by a freak draw or vastly inferior starting cards from another player (often in complete disregard of the odds and good play) or the player having lost a pot because of his own bad play. Also called steaming, having one's nose open, opened up, unglued and being wide open.

on top

(adv phrase) Out of a hand, usually said by a player as he chooses not to participate in a pot, as, "I'm on top." The expression comes from pan (panguingue).

open

1. (v) Be the first to bet on the first round. 2. (n) Occupying the position of having to either bet or throw your cards away. "Whose open is it?" 3. (adv) Part of the phrase wide open. 4. Pertaining to face-up cards in a stud game.

open at both ends

(adv phrase) Pertaining to an open-ended straight.

open blind

1. (n phrase) Game in which the player to the dealer's left blinds the pot, that is, puts in a bet equal to the limit of the game before receiving his cards. 2. (v phrase) Open the pot without first having looked at one's cards.

open blind and straddle

(n phrase) Game in which the player to the dealer's left blinds the pot, that is, puts in a bet equal to the limit of the game before receiving his cards, and the player to his left raises that bet, also before receiving his cards. This older form of poker has evolved into today's traveling blind game.

open blind, raise blind

1. (n phrase) The term usually applies to a draw game, generally lowball, and is often shortened to OBRB. A game in which the first player to the dealer's left blinds the pot and the next player raises before getting his cards. Often called just raise blind. 2. (v phrase) This is usually part of a proposition. That is, one player asks another, "Open blind, raise blind?" This means, "If you open the pot blind, I will raise you blind."

open blind, raise blind, reraise blind

1. (n phrase) The term usually applies to a draw game, generally lowball, and is often shortened to OBRBRB. A game in which the first player to the dealer's left blinds the pot, the next player raises blind before getting his cards, and the next player raises before getting his cards. Since this puts six bets into the pot before the cards are dealt, the effect is to increase the action of the game. Often shortened to reraise, and sometimes called raise blind. 2. (v phrase) This is usually part of a proposition. A player who asks another, "open blind, raise blind, reraise blind?" is saying, "I will open the pot blind and reraise you back blind if you promise to raise blind."

open card

(n phrase) See open cards.

open cards

(n phrase) 1. Face-up cards in a stud game; upcards (see upcard). 2. The community cards in hold 'em and similar games.

open-ended straight

(n phrase) Four cards to a straight with no "holes" and with "room" at both ends, such that it can be made by, in the 52-card deck, eight cards, or, in the 53-card deck, nine cards, as 2-3-4-5 or 7-8-9-10 of mixed suits; the first can be made, in the 52-card deck, by any ace or 6, or, in the 53-card deck, by any ace, 6, or the joker. Also called eight-way straight, nine-way straight, or double-ended straight.

open-end straight

(n phrase) open-ended straight.

opener

(n) The one who opens or opened a pot. "It's on the opener" means, before the draw, the person who first bet has to call a raise, or, after the draw, the person who first bet now has to make a bet or pass.

openers

(n) 1. Minimum opening requirements in a particular game. In California draw (limit), for example, a pair of jacks is openers. "Who's got openers?" means "Can anyone open the pot?," that is, does anyone have a pair of jacks or better? 2. Precisely the minimum opening requirement. "What'd you have last hand?" "I had openers" means "I had exactly a pair of jacks" (and no more). 3. The specific cards with which a player opened a pot in a game that has minimum opening requirements. For example, if a player started with K-K-J-9-7, the pair of kings would be his openers. When requested to show openers, he would show the pair of kings and no more of his hand. 4. In a draw game with no minimum opening requirements, often a pair of jacks. (The quote for definition 2 is applicable here, too.)

open game

(n phrase) A game that anyone can join, if a seat becomes available; sometimes refers to games played in private clubs or otherwise privately, as home games; more commonly refers to games in public cardrooms. The opposite of a closed game.

open-handed

(adj phrase) Describing open poker.

opening bet

(n phrase) 1. bring-in. Also called bring-in bet. 2. early bet.

opening requirements

(n phrase) What you need to open in a game that has openers. (definition 1).

open light

1. (v phrase) Open, that is, initiate the betting, with a substandard hand, usually with respect to position. For example, in a hold 'em game, you can open light on the button, that is, with much looser requirements than you would have in any earlier position.

open on anything

(n phrase) A form of high draw poker with no minimum opening requirements, usually played bet-or-fold. This is opposed to jacks or better, a game in which a player must have at least a pair of jacks to open. Also called anything opens or guts.

open on both ends

(adv phrase) Pertaining to an open-ended straight.

open pair

(n phrase) 1. The situation in stud games in which a pair exists among the upcards of at least one player. In some games, when an open pair appears, the betting limit increases (or can increase). 2. The pair in question.

open poker

(n phrase) Stud poker, that is, the form of poker in which players start with one or more cards dealt face down, followed by cards dealt face up, one at a time, usually with a betting round after each upcard, and one more for the final downcard (if any).

open seat

(n phrase) 1. A vacant position at a poker table. 2. An available position or chair for another player.

open up

(v phrase) 1. Play liberally or loosely, after having played conservatively for awhile. 2. Go on tilt.

option

(n) 1. When the action is on the player who put in a live blind, and the pot has been opened for the minimum (that is, there has been no raise), that player may, if she wishes, raise. A house dealer may say "Your option," as a reminder (or just, "Option"). See discussion under gypsying in. 2. (n) The provision to play a different variant of a game if the conditions of the original game are not or cannot be met by any player. For example, the game of jacks back is high draw with an option for low.

optional card

(n phrase) twist.

option card

(n phrase) twist.

ORAC

(n) Mike Caro's poker-playing computer. The computer, and its program, made poker and computer history by being a participant in a special event at the 1983 World Series of Poker, a $500,000 freeze-out hold 'em challenge against a casino owner, an event that was featured on the television show Ripley's Believe It Or Not.

oral bet

(n phrase) A wager made by announcing the size of the bet but without actually putting any chips or money in the pot. In some (not all) establishments, verbal declarations made in turn are binding (see out of turn); nonetheless, cautious players wait till the chips are actually in the pot before either calling the bet or showing their hands. Also called mouth bet, verbal bet.

oral declaration

(n phrase) 1. A statement made by a player on his turn (definition 2) of his intentions: pass, fold, bet, or raise (and, in a no-limit game, how much). See discussion under oral bet. Also called verbal declaration. 2. Verbal declaration (definition 2).

original hand

(n phrase) 1. In draw poker, a player's first five cards, that is, the cards dealt before the draw. 2. In stud games with a discard (twist), the cards dealt before the discard.

out

1. (adv) Not participating in a hand. "Deal me out." 2. Not calling a bet. "Five bets to me? I'm out." 3. (n) See outs.

outdraw

(v) draw out. "I had him before the draw, but he outdrew me."

out of action

(adv phrase) 1. Pertaining to a player who is on the outside, that is, busted. 2. Pertaining to a damaged deck, often one that has just had a card torn by an irate player. Right after a player loses a big pot on a bad beat, and angrily crumples the cards, the dealer might yell to the floorman, "Bring a new setup; this one's out of action."

out of line

(adv phrase) 1. Pertaining to a bet or raise made to represent a hand better than one holds, that is, describing a bluff. 2. Describing objectionable behavior in a cardroom patron.

out-of-line play

(n phrase) A bluff.

out of turn

(adv phrase) Pertaining to a bet or raise made by a player before the action has come to him. For example, the player two positions to your right bets. While the player one position to your right contemplates what to do, you say, "I raise." You are acting out of turn and, in most clubs, your action is not binding; that is, when the action comes to you, you are not obligated to raise, or even bet. Acting out of turn is sometimes part of an angle shooter's repertoire.

out on a limb

(adv phrase) Describing a risky bet situation, usually a bluff. "I knew he was out on a limb, but I couldn't call with just an ace-high when there were two more players behind me."

outrun

(n) outdraw.

outs

(n) Cards that improve a hand, usually used with reference to a hand that is not currently the best hand. The term is most often used for hold 'em, but can be used for stud or Omaha, and sometimes even draw games. For example, you have Aspade 8spade, an opponent has 2heart 2club, and the board shows 2diamond Jspade Qspade 9diamond. Any 10 gives you a straight, and any spade gives you a flush. Four 10s remain, and nine spades. One of those spades, 10spade, was already accounted for among the 10s. Two of the spades that make you a flush also improve the three deuces to four of a kind (2spade) or a full house (9spade); thus, you have 10 outs. Compare with drawing dead.

outside

(adv) 1. Not an employee of a cardroom, that is, a live player; usually preceded by on the. "Doesn't Hector work here?" "Nah, he's on the outside." 2. In lowball, pertaining to a card drawn to (usually) a good hand, but either somewhat above the card that would make that the best hand possible (as when drawing to A-2-3-4, and catching a 6 or higher), or when drawing to a hand with "room" inside (that is, with space below its highest card), pertaining to a card drawn above the hand (as when drawing to 4-5-6-7, and catching an 8 or higher). If a player shows down an 8-4 and says, "I caught outside," you know he caught the 8. A player might make this remark after losing to a rough 7, and bemoaning his luck that he didn't make a wheel.

over

(adv) 1. In front of, in terms of position. "He's sitting over me" means he bets after I do. 2. In high poker, two pair; always preceded by the rank of the high pair, and sometimes followed by the rank of the low pair. Aces over is two pair, with aces as the high pair and any other pair as the low pair. Kings over 7s is two pair, kings and 7s. Also called up, when referring only to the higher pair, as kings up.

overbet

1. (v) In a no-limit game, make a bet greatly out of proportion to the size of the pot. 2. (n) A bet greatly out of proportion to the size of the pot. 3. In pot-limit games, a bet made that is larger than the size of the pot (and which must be counted down by the dealer, so that it can be cut off at the rounded-up size of the pot). For example, if the bring-in in a particular game is $25, and the pot contains $480 at a particular stage, no more than $500 can be bet at that point; any bet greater than that amount is an overbet.

overblind

1. (v) Put in a blind when one is already present. In a traveling blind game, this could mean someone putting in an optional blind in addition to the mandatory blinds. In a game without mandatory blinds, this would be blinding a pot (putting in a blind) after someone else has killed it. (To put in an overblind is sometimes called to kill.) Sometimes called go the overs. 2. (n) The blind put in by the person who overblinds. In a 3-3-6 traveling blind game ($12 limit or $12 minimum bet no-limit), John might put in $12 before getting his cards. He has doubled the limit (or the minimum bet) to $24, and he gets last action before the draw. Someone might say, "John acts last; he has the overblind." Also straddle, for both meanings.

overcall

1. (v) Call a bet after one or more others have already called. For example, Jim bets, and Sue calls. If you also call, you are overcalling. 2. At the showdown, declare a hand as being better than it is, for which some cardrooms impose a penalty, that the player may lose claim to the pot; that is, the verbal announcement takes precedence over the actual cards. The reason for the rule is that one of the tactics of an angle shooter is to miscall a hand hoping that the other player will inadvertently throw away the winning hand. If the loser then sees that the hand did not really have, for example, a flush, but only four hearts and a diamond, the angler then says, "Oh, sorry; I overlooked my hand. Thought I had a flush." 3. (n) The act of so calling (definition 1). "Wouldn't you know that when I was bluffing, not only did Curly call me, but I got two overcalls!"

overcard

(n) 1. In hold 'em, a card among the community cards higher than a player's pair. 2. In stud games, a card (usually among your downcards) higher than any card showing among your opponents' cards.

overcards

(n) 1. In hold 'em, cards in a player's hand that are of higher rank than the exposed cards among the community cards. 2. In stud, cards in a player's hand that are of higher rank than the exposed cards, particularly an exposed pair, among another player's upcards.

overhand cut

(n phrase) A thieving maneuver in which the cards are cut in such a way as to restore their original order.

overhand shuffle

(n phrase) A form of shuffling performed by holding the cards above the table (as opposed to the "standard" method of shuffling in which the cards remain on the table) and sliding, dropping, or tossing cards from the top of the deck held in one hand into the other hand, until all the cards are transferred to the other hand. This form of shuffling is not permitted in cardrooms, but is sometimes seen in private or home games, particularly by beginners.

overhand stack

(n phrase) Shuffling the deck with an overhand shuffle in such a way as to stack the deck, that is, restore it to its original (prearranged) order while appearing to mix the cards.

overhead

(n) 1. What a player has to pay to play, as the time collection or the drop or rake. 2. For a cardroom, the overhead is expenses, beyond which comes the profit.

overkill

1. (n, v) overblind. 2. (adv) Having more hand than necessary. A player calls with two pair when you have four aces; that's overkill on your part.

overlays

(n) In hold 'em, a player's pair higher than any pair among the community cards; in stud poker, a player's pair higher than any face-up pair.

overlook

(v) Misread, not see; often followed by the hand, or the name of the misread card or cards. In lowball, someone might say, "I thought I had a wheel, but I overlooked my hand," or, "I overlooked the pair."

overpair

(n) In hold 'em, a player's pair higher than any card among the community cards. For example, you start with J-J, and the flop is 9-5-2.

overreach

(v) Cheat while dealing, particularly involving a dealer's long reach.

overs

(n) 1. overblind (definition 1); usually preceded by the. "Who's got the overs?" means "Who put in the overblind?" (and usually implies that the person who is supposed to put it in didn't, as a remark directed to the dealer of the current hand in a round from home). 2. In a two-pair hand, the higher pair; often in the situation in which two players both have the same lower pair. For example, Emilie has 9s over 8s and Chloe has 10s over 8s. Emilie says, "Your overs got me."

overs button

(n phrase) A button designating a player who will play at a higher limit when only those who have such an arrangement remain in a pot. Two or more players in a 20-40 game, for example, might agree that when either only they are in a pot or when others fold causing only them to remain, they will play 100-200. Each player so agreeing gets an overs button.

over-sized chip rule

(n phrase) The rule, enforced in many cardrooms, that, when responding to action, a player puts into the pot a single chip or bill with a denomination larger than the bet indicated at that juncture, but does not announce a raise, that player's action is ruled to have been only a call. The over-sized chip or bill rule also applies when more than one chip is necessary to call a bet, but the last chip might be construed as a raise. The preceding applies to all rounds in limit games. In no-limit games, on the first round, the opening bet made with an over-sized chip or bill on the first round is considered a call of the bring-in amount; on any succeeding round, the first bet is equal to the size of over-sized chip or bill, unless an announcement to the contrary is made. In stud games a single oversized chip or bill does not automatically complete a forced bring-in bet unless it is verbally declared to do so. Two examples clarify this rule. Also known as one-chip rule. Examples: (1) The main chips in a $20-limit hold 'em game are $5 chips. John has just exchanged a rack of $5 chips for five $100 chips, and has only four $5 chips left. He loses these on the next hand, leaving him only those $100 chips. On the next hand, Susie limps for $20. John throws in one of his $100 chips. Unless John says "I raise," or words to that effect," by the over-sized chip rule, he has only called, and the house dealer would give John $80 change. There might be some raising. Say the betting is capped, perhaps at five bets. On the flop, Susie bets $20. John throws in another of his $100 bets. This is understood to be only a call. (2) In a no-limit game, the same happens. On the first round of betting of the hand in question, again Susie limps for $20. John throws in one of his $100 chips. Again, by the over-sized chip rule, he has only called. Now, Bill announces a raise of $80. Susie folds and John calls the raise the $80 in change the house dealer initially gave him for the $100 chip. On the flop, John is first to bet. He tosses in a $100 chip. This being a no-limit game, his bet is understood to be $100.

over the top

(adv phrase) Describing a raise, generally one made on top of another raise, and, in a no-limit game, often large compared to the preceding wagering; usually preceded by come. "I bet, Jim raised, and Grady came over the top for all his chips."


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