THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
(Moon, Scooping, Swinging).
Short--Insufficient money or cards (Shy).
Short Call--To call part of a bet in table stakes with all the money one has on the table.
Short Pair--A pair lower than openers, such as a pair of tens in jackpots.
Short Stud--Five-card stud.
Shotgun--Draw poker with extra rounds of betting that start after the third card is dealt.
Shove Them Along--Five-card stud in which each player has the choice to keep his first up card dealt to
him or to pass it to the player on his left (Take It or Leave It).
Show--To expose one's cards.
Show Cards--The exposed cards in stud.
Showdown--(1) The showing of cards at the end of a hand. (2) An open hand played for a
predetermined amount.
Show Tickets--(1) The third best hand. (2) Draw poker in which the third best hand wins.
Shuffle--To mix the cards prior to dealing.
Shy--See Short.
Side Arms--The second pair of two pair.
Side Bet--Any bet made outside the pot.
Side Cards--Cards that do not influence the value rank of a hand.
Side Money or Side Pot--The amount set aside from the main pot in table stakes.
Side Strippers--Cards tapered along the Sides for cheating.
Sight--To call for a show of hands after tapping out.
Signals--The system that collusion cheaters use to secretly exchange information about their cards and
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