Alternative glossary of poker terms
	Bluff	standard poker play with any two cards.
	Buy-in	your weekly wage.
	Caller	any player in a micro game.
	Chase	standard poker play with any two cards.
	Check-raise	taking note of how far into a hand your bluff has taken you before re-raising.
	Community card	an ace on the board that five players bet they’ve hit.
	Continuation bet	damn I’ve missed.
	Cut off	what your parents do to you after checking their credit card bill.
	Down to the felt	head-butting the table when your nut flush is outdrawn.
	Drawing dead	if you call and hit your one outer… I will kill you.
	Duplicate	suffering the same suck-out as in the last hand.
	Early position	the best seat to raise pre-flop with 7-2 off suit.
	Expectation value	betting and expecting a call with trash to overtake you.
	Extra blind	when you see the flush but still believe your trips are any good.
	Final table	this is the last time I’m ever going to play poker.
	Flushed	your embarrassed expression when all players check to the river, revealing what a trash hand you just played.
	Fold equity	the amount of time spent doubled over in a corner that is directly proportional to the amount lost when not folding AA pre-flop.
	Forced bet	betting with a trash hand because paying the rent depends upon it.
	Gut-shot	what it feels like when your opponent hits their one outer.
	Hand history	a tale of woe.
	Horse	a sore throat gained from shouting at the screen.
	Implied odds	implying an opponent is a dumb-ass for calling when needing runner runner.
	Leak	the allotted time when the tournament is halted for five minutes every hour. See also, Stop and go, Splash the pot and Split pot.
	Limp	too much beer.
	Poker bankroll	your university fund.
	Pot committed	can’t stop smoking the weed.
	Pot odds	the conceivable chance of a successful runner runner draw, when smoking enough pot.
	River card	our saviour.
	Splash the pot	the allotted time when the tournament is halted for one minute every hour.
	Split pot	slamming the seat down too hard when the tournament is halted for one minute every hour.
	Stop and go	taking an unscheduled toilet break mid tournament.
	Straddle	turning your seat through 180 degrees before sitting at a poker table.
	Slow-play	to run the clock down during bubble play in a MTT.
	The nuts	one pair on a flush board, in a micro game.

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