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Casino poker language:
- LOCK - A hand that cannot be beat under any circumstances. Also: NUTS.
- RAGS - Board cards that are small, not suited and not in sequence, e.g., 9-5-2. When "rags flop", it is unlikely that anyone has a good hand, except possibly the big blind in an unraised pot.
- STRING BET - An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more, thus raising.
- SHARK - A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
- TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
- EDGE - An advantage over an opponent, either specific or subjective.
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