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Rabbit
A weak player.

Rabbit Hunting
Looking through the undealt deck of cards.

Rack
Card rooms usually supply plastic racks that hold 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.

Rags
Worthless cards.

Rail
The sideline at a poker table that separates spectators from the play.

Railbird
Someone watching a game from the rail.

Rainbow
Three or four cards of different suits.

Raise
To increase the bet.

Raise Blind
(1) To raise without looking at one's cards. (2) A forced raise.

Rake-Off
Money taken from the pot by the house or casino (Rake).

Rangdoodles
A game in which the betting limit is increased after a very good hand such as four of a kind.

Rank
The relative value of hands.

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

Razz
(1) Seven-card lowball stud. (2) Draw poker in which the winner of the previous pot bets last (Gardena Razz).

Readable Pattern
A behavior pattern that reveals the value of a player's hand.

Readers
Marked cards.

Re-buy
What you do when you buy more chips before you leave the table.

Red
The most common color for $5 chips.

Redeal
A new deal after a misdeal.

Redraw
A way to further improve your hand after hitting a draw.

Redskin
A face card.

Rembrandt
Any game in which all face cards are wild.

Represent
To indicate that you have a certain hand by the way you bet.

Reraise
A raise after having been raised.

Rest Farm
An expression for the whereabouts of a player driven from a game because of 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 hand to win the pot (Qualifier).

Ribbon Clerk
(1) A player unwilling to play poker at higher stakes or at a faster pace. (2) A small-time gambler.

Rickey de Laet
A form of Mexican Stud in which the player's hole cards and all like them are wild for him.

Ride Along
To remain in a hand because no bets are made.

Ride the Pot
To go light.

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

Riffle Cull
A technique for arranging cards in preparation for stacking the deck.

Riffle Shuffle
To shuffle by riffling the cards together.

Riffle Stack
A technique for stacking the deck.

Right to Bet
A rule allowing every player the right to bet or raise at least once per round regardless of the number of raises

during that round.

Ring Game
A full game.

Ring In
Slipping an unfair or stacked deck into play.

River
Sometimes called Fifth Street, its the last of five community cards in flop games.

Robin Hood Cheater
One who cheats for someone else without benefiting himself.

Rock
A player who plays an extremely tight game is a rock.

Rock Garden
A table composed with rocks.

Rockets
A pair of aces in the hole.

Roll
Short for bankroll.

Roll or Rolled Card (Rolling)
A face-down table card or cards turned up one at a time, usually with a round of betting after each exposure.

Roll Your Own Baseball
Same as baseball, except one of three original hole cards is turned up, and the low hole card and all like it are wild.

Rolled Up
The first three cards being three of a kind.

Roodles
A round of play at increased stakes (Wangdoodle).

Rotation
Movement in the direction of the deal ... clockwise.

Rough
The highest lowball hand of a given value, such as seven, six, five, four, three.

Round of Betting
The action sequence in which each player is allowed to check, open, bet, raise, or drop.

Round of Play
The action sequence in which every player deals a poker hand.

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

Rounding
See Dent.

Routine
A straight flush.

Rover
One unable to play because the game is full.

Royal
The best possible lowball hand.

Royal Flush

A straight flush to the ace.

Royals
See Eagles.

Royalties
See Bonus.

Rub the Spots Off
To excessively shuffle the cards.

Run
A sequence or a straight.

Run One
An attempt to bluff.

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

Running
The last two cards dealt are said to be running when they are needed.

Runt
A hand of mixed suits and no pairs.

Rush
A winning streak.