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Half-Pot Limit
A betting limit equal to half the size of the pot.

Hand
The cards dealt to a player.

Hand Cards
Concealed cards that are dealt face-down.

Hand Pace
The extent of betting, calling, raising, and bluffing compared to the size of the pot.

Head to Head
Two people playing poker.

Heavy
A pot with too much money.

Hedge Bet
A side bet to limit possible losses.

Heeler
A kicker.

Heinz
Seven-card stud with fives and sevens wild and also penalty cards.

Help
To improve a hand on receiving additional cards in stud or draw poker.

Hidden Declarations
A rule for declaring high-low hands by concealing different color chips in one's hand.

High
The best hand

High Spade in
Hole Seven-card stud in which the hand with the high spade in the hole divides the pot with the high hand.

Highball
Poker in which the highest hand wins.

High-Low
A game in which the highest and lowest hands split the pot.

Hilo Pocalo
Five-card stud in which the up cards can be refused and passed to the player on the left (Take It or Leave It).

Hit
A draw or catch that improves one's hand.

Hit and Run
A player who.s been at the table a short time and leaves the table after scooping a big pot is said to hit and

run.

Hokum
A stud variation providing an option to receive cards face-up or face-down.

Hold 'em (Hold Me Darling)
A seven-card game with two face-down cards for each player and five face-up cards for

everyone's use (Tennessee Hold Me, Texas Hold 'em).

Hold Out
To cheat by concealing a card or cards for future use.

Hold Out Device
A mechanical device used by cheaters to hold out a card or cards (See Bug, Lizard, Spider).

Hole Cards
Cards dealt face-down in stud.

Hole-Card Stud
Five-card stud in which betting starts on the first hole card.

Hollywood Fifteen-card
Cincinnati with five in each hand and ten table cards.

Holy City
A big hand, usually with aces and picture cards.

Honest Readers
The normal marks or irregularities on any deck of cards.

Honor Card
A ten or higher value card.

Hook
A jack.

Horsing
After winning a pot, its the practice of passing a small amount of money to another player.

Hot Deck
A deck from which good hands are being dealt.

Hot Hands
A run of high-value hands.

Hot Pot
A special pot usually played for higher stakes (Pistol Stud).

Hot Streak
A run of good luck or winning hands (Spinner).

House
A person or organization running a poker game for profit.

House Cut
The amount cut from pots for the house, club, or casino.

House Game
A poker game in which admission is charged or the pots are cut for the host's profit. Considered illegal in

most states.

House Rules
Rules, especially betting, agreed upon by the players.

Hoyles
Any accepted rules for card games.

Humps See
Belly Strippers.

Hurricane
Two-card poker.