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Rack
A plastic tray which holds 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.
Rag Off
To get a card on the river that doesn't help you.
Ragged Flop
Flop cards that are of no use to any player's hand.
Rags
Worthless cards; blanks.
Rail
The sideline at a poker table.
Railbird
A non-playing spectator or kibitzer, often used to describe a broke ex-player.
Rainbow
Three or four cards of different suits.
Raise
To call and increase the previous bet.
Rake
Chips taken from the pot by the dealer on behalf of the house.
Rank
The value of a card. Each card has a suit and a rank.
Rap
To knock the table, indicating a check.
Razz
Seven-card stud lowball. Shortened from "razzle dazzle."
Read
To try and determine your opponent's cards or betting strategy.
Rebuy
To start again, for an additional entry fee, in tournament play (where permitted).
Redraw
A draw to an even better hand when you currently are holding the nuts.
Represent
To bet in a way that suggests you are holding a strong hand.
Re-raise
To raise a raise.
Reverse Implied Odds
The ratio of the amount of money now in the pot to the amount of money you will have to call to continue from the present round to the end of the hand.
Riffle
To shuffle; or to fidget with your chips.
Ring Game
A non-tournament game.
River
In flop games, the last round of betting on the fifth street card; in stud games, the last round of betting on the seventh street card.
Rock
A very tight, conservative player.
Rock Garden
A table populated with rocks.
Roll
To turn a card face-up.
Rolled Up
In Seven-Card Stud, three of a kind on third street (the first three cards).
Rough
A lowball hand that is not perfect.
Round of Betting
The period during which each active player has the right to check, bet or raise. It ends when the last bet or raise has been called by all players still in the hand.
Rounder
A professional player who "makes the rounds" of the big poker games in the country.
Royal Flush
The best possible poker hand, consisting of the 10 through the Ace, all the same suit.
Run
A straight, or a series of good cards.
Run Over
Playing aggressively in an attempt to control the other players.
Runner-Runner
A hand made on the last two cards.
Running
Two needed cards that come as the last two cards dealt.
Running Bad
On a losing streak.
Running Good
On a winning streak.
Running Pair
When the last two cards on the board make a pair.
Rush
Several winning hands in a short period of time.