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Dame
A queen.

Dark Bet
A blind bet.

Daub
See Cosmetics (Golden Glow brand).

Dead Cards
Discarded or folded cards.

Dead Hand
A foul hand that cannot be played.

Dead Man's Hand
Usually aces and eights, two pair. Sometimes aces and eights, full house ... or jacks and eights, two pair.

Deadwood
Dead cards.

Deal
To distribute cards to the players.

Deal Off
To deal the final hand of the game.

Deal Out
To omit a player from a hand.

Dealer
(1) A person who deals the cards. (2) The operator of a gambling game in a casino.

Dealer-Advantage Game
Any game where the dealer has an advantage.

Dealer's Choice
The selection by dealer of game to be played.

Dealer's Percentage
Any game offering the dealer a significant advantage (Dealer's Game, Dealer's Advantage).

Debone
A card or portion of a deck that has been crimped lengthwise or crosswise.

Deception
An important and accepted tool of poker.

Deck
All the cards used in the game (Pack)

Declare
To announce if going for high or low.

Deep Low
The lowest hand for any card (i.e., a deep seven is an ace, two, three, four, seven).

Defensive Bet
A bet designed to decrease one's potential loss.

Dent
To mark cards by creasing their corners (Rounding).

Deuce
A two.

Deuce to Seven
Usually means that the best low hand is simply the worst poker hand in a game played for low.

Deuces Wild
Playing all deuces as wild cards.

Devil's Bedposts
A four of clubs.

Diamond
See Poker Diamond.

Dig
To replenish one's stake or money while playing a hand.

Discard
To exchange old cards for new cards during the draw or twist.

Disproportionate Bet
A peculiar bet or a bet much larger or smaller than the normal bet.

Doctor Pepper
Seven-card stud with deuces, fours, and tens wild.

Dog
(1) Any big-dog or little-dog hand. (2) An underdog. Doghouse Cut

Dominate
A starting hand that will likely beat another starting hand is said to dominate that hand.

Door Card
The first card dealt face up to each player in seven-card stud is the door card.

Double
To raise.

Double Belly Buster
A hand with two inside straight draws is a double belly buster.

Double Bluff
A bluff made by making a bluff bet on the final round and then reraising a subsequent raise.

Double Header
(1) A pot not won that passes to the next deal. (2) A second game that follows an earlier one.

Double-Barreled Shotgun
High-low draw with four rounds of betting after the draw as each card is turned face-up (Texas Tech).

Double-End Straight
See Bobtail.

Doubling Up

Betting twice as much as the previous bet.

Down and Dirty
The final hole card dealt in seven-card stud.

Down Cards
Cards dealt face-down.

Down the Chute
To take a heavy loss.

Down the River
Seven-card stud.

Drag (Snatch)
Money separated from a pot to signify the amount owed by a player (Light).

Draw
The exchange of a card or cards for new ones.

Draw Out
To catch the winning hand with the last card or with draw cards.

Draw Poker
One of the two basic forms of poker (the other is stud). Played as a closed five-card hand with a closed draw.

Drawing Dead
Drawing a hand that cannot win.

Drawing Hand
A drawing hand is a hand that you expect to be on a draw.

Drib
An inferior player.

Driller
A loose player. A player who bets and raises frequently.

Driver's Seat
The player holding the best advantage.

Drop or Drop Out
To retire from a hand by not calling a bet or raise (Fold).

Drum
To play tight.

Drummer or Drummer
Boy A tight player.

Dry
To be out of money (Broke).

DTC Method
The technique of good poker . . . Discipline, Thought. and then Control.

Duck
A deuce.

Duffer
An inexperienced or poor player.

Duke
A hand of cards.

Dutch Straight
See Alternate Straight.

Dynamite
A two-card poker game.