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DRAWING DEAD - A draw in which it is impossible to obtain a winning hand for any of a variety of reasons: an opponent's hand is better than whatever you are drawing to, the card(s) that make your hand are out of play, or (in Hold'em) give an opponent a stronger hand even if it makes yours. Frequently used in the past tense, since one rarely knows it at the time.
KICKER TROUBLE - Not having as high a kicker as an opponent.
PAT - Holding or being dealt a pat hand. "I'm pat" would mean "I don't want to draw any cards.
MANIAC - A player who bets, raises and reraises without regard to the quality of his hand. Most often found in flop games.
FIRE - To make the first bet in a betting round. Used to emphasize that the player bet when a check was possible, showing strength.
TABLE STAKES - A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table. If the bet to a player is more than the player's stack, that player may call with all his chips and be eligible to win only that portion of the pot he contributed to equally. A side pot is created, for which only the remaining players may compete.

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