Glossary of terms used on this site dealing with poker
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| Term | Definition |
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| Main Pot |
The center pot. Any other bets are placed in a side pot(s) and are contested among the remaining players. This occurs when a player(s) goes all-in. |
| Make |
To make the deck is to shuffle the deck. |
| Maniac |
A very aggressive player who plays a lot of hands. |
| Marked Cards |
Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back. |
| Maverick |
The name of a Queen and Jack in the pocket. Suited or otherwise. |
| Mechanic |
A cheat who manipulates the deck. One who unfairly manipulates the cards, such as a cheat who deals cards from the bottom instead of from the top of the deck (where they should come from), or from the middle, or deals the second card from the top, or who falsely shuffles the cards so as to arrange them in a manner he has predetermined, or who palms cards, or uses any other of scores of cheating methods involving card manipulation or sleight of hand. Synonym - Artist. |
| Meet |
To meet is to call. |
| Middle Pair |
In flop games, when a player makes a pair with one of his/her down cards and the middle card on the flop.
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| Middle Position |
Somewhere between the early and late positions on a round of betting (the fifth, sixth and seventh seats to the left of the button). |
| Minimum Buy-In |
The least amount you can start a game with. |
| Miscall |
An incorrect verbal declaration of the ranking of a hand. |
| Misdeal |
A mistake on the dealing of a hand which causes the cards to be reshuffled and a new hand to be dealt. |
| Miss |
The act of not being able to make a drawing hand when a player's final cards are dealt. |
| Missed Blind |
A required bet that is not posted when it is your turn to do so. |
| Mites And Lice |
A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos. |
