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rabbit hunt
After a hand is over, a rabbit hunt means to reveal the last card that would have come up in a community card game with a fixed number of cards. Such activity is usually prohibited in casinos.
rack
1. A collection of 100 chips of the same denomination, usually arranged in 5 stacks in a plastic tray.
2. A plastic tray used for storing a rack of chips.
rags
Worthless (or apparently worthless) cards. Most often refers to small cards in high-hand games, while high cards in low games are more often called bricks.
rail
The rail is the sideline at a poker table - the (often imaginary) rail separating spectators from the field of play. Watching from the rail means watching a poker game as a spectator. People on the rail are sometimes called railbirds.
rainbow
Three or four cards of different suits, especially said of a Flop.
raise
1. To put in more money than the existing bet.
2. The amount raised.
rake
A fee taken by the house.
rakeback
Rebate/repayment to a player of a portion the rake paid by the player, normally from a non-cardroom, third-party source such as an affiliate.
ram and jam
To aggressively bet, raise, and reraise on a draw to a strong hand. Similar to a come bet but a bit more aggressive.
ratholing
To illegally sneak a portion of your chips from the table while you are still in the game. Same as "going south". This practice is not to be confused with cashing out of a game and then soon buying back into the game with far fewer chips. The latter is considered rude, but is not a rule violation.
rebuy
An amount of chips purchased after the buy-in.
redeal
To deal a hand again, possibly after a misdeal.
reraise
Raise after one has been raised. Also called "coming over the top."
ring game
A non-tournament poker game played for stakes, as in a casino or a serious home game.
river
The fifth card dealt in communal card games such as Texas hold 'em, or the seventh card dealt in seven-card stud. The verb river is to catch a winning card on the river.
river rat
A person whose hand was dominated from the start, but hits on the river to take the pot.
rob rob
Refers to the starting hand of 4-7, either suited or unsuited.
rock
A passive and tight player. The rock barely plays any hands at all. Aces and kings he loves, though. And when he gets them, he knows exactly how to play them. He is a good reader of the game who risks very few unexpected, big losses. He knows when his aces have been cracked.
rockets
A pair of aces as your hole cards.
rolled-up trips
In seven-card stud, three of a kind dealt in the first three cards.
rounder
A gambler who makes their living entirely at cards. Rounding used to be illegal in the United States due to gaming laws, however many states have eased these and allowed "home" poker games to take place.
runner
A tournament entrant, a contestant.
runner-runner
a hand made by hitting two consecutive cards on the Turn and River. See also, "Backdoor", and "Bad Beat"
rush
a player who has won several big pots is said to be on a rush (example: Sue wins three hands out of five).
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