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| Term | Definition |
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| Kansas City Lowball |
Form of lowball poker in which the worst poker hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 of different suits) is the best hand. It's also known as Deuce to Seven.
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| Keep Them Honest |
To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing. |
| Key Card |
A card that gives you a big draw or makes your hand. |
| Key Hand |
In a session or tournament, the one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player, either for better or worse. |
| Kibitzer |
A commenting spectator. |
| Kick It |
Raise. |
| Kicker |
The highest unpaired side card in a players' hand.
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| Kill |
Also Kill Blind. An oversize blind, usually twice the size of the big blind and doubling the limit. Sometimes a “half-kill” increasing the blind and limits by fifty percent is used. A kill can be either voluntary or mandatory. The most common requirements of a mandatory kill are for winning two pots in a row at lowball and other games, or for scooping a pot in high-low split. |
| Kill Button |
A button used in a lowball game to indicate a player who has won two pots in a row and is required to kill the pot. |
| Kill Pot |
A method to stimulate action. It is a forced bet by someone who has just won a pot(s). |
| Knave |
A jack. |
| Knock |
Check. |
| Kojak |
A hand that contains a K-J. |
| Komodo Dragoned |
When a players hand is defeated because of an opponent completing a straight or flush on the river. |
