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Ma Ferguson
Five-card stud with the low card on board and all like cards as wild.

Main Pot
The first pot apart from side pots.

Major Hand
A straight or better.

Major-League Game
The largest-stake game of several poker games.

Make
A hand that has a decent shot at winning the pot.

Make Good
To pay money owed to the pot.

Make the Pack
To shuffle and prepare the cards for dealing.

Maniac
A player who plays extremely loose and aggressive.

Marked Cards
Cards with inconspicuous markings that enable cheaters to read them from the back side.

Marker
(1) See Buck. (2) A promissory note.

Match It
Five-card stud with one's hole card becoming wild if matched by an up card.

Match the Pot
To put in the pot an amount equal to that already there.

Matching Card
A card of the same value or suit as another card.

Mate
A card that matches or pairs another card.

Maximum-Win Approach
A playing strategy that directs all effort toward winning maximum money.

Mechanic
A dishonest dealer who cheats by manipulating the cards.

Mechanic's Grip
A special way to hold a deck for dishonest dealing.

Meet a Bet
To call the full bet.

Mexican Stud
Five-card stud in which cards are dealt down, and the player has an option to choose his hole card.

Mickey Mouse
A worthless hand.

Middle Dealer
A cheater who can deal cards from the middle of the deck.

Middle Man
See In the Middle.

Milker
A tight player.

Milking the Cards
See Fuzzing.

Milking the Game
The slow draining of money from the game by tight playing.

Minnie
The perfect low hand.

Minor-League Game
A smaller-stake game.

Misdeal
A faulty deal resulting in a redeal.

Misre
The English name for low.

Miss
The failure to draw a helpful card.

Mistigris
A wild joker.

Money Flow
The direction, amount, and pattern that money passes among players in a game. Measures the money that

can be won or lost per unit of time.

Monkey Flush
A three-card flush.

Monster
A strong hand that is almost certain to win the pot.

Monte
A three-card poker game.

Moon
(1) To win both halves of a split-pot game. [2) To declare for both high and low.

Moon Hand
A hand of good high and low value.

Mortgage
Seven-card stud requiring a player to win twice before winning the pot.

Mouth Bet
A bet not backed by money.

Muck
A pile of discards in front of the dealer, or the act of putting cards in this pile.

Murder
A two-card or a six-card high-low game with several twists.

Mystical Attitude
An irrational, unreasoned attitude.