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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.
SPLIT [THE POT] - To split the pot between two or more players. Related term: QUARTER.
FAMILY POT - A pot where all of the players at the table are participating, even after each has had an opportunity to act.
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
SMALL BLIND - In games with two blinds the first blind is the SMALL BLIND because it is usually one-half (or less) the second or large blind.
TO GO - The current betting level, as in "$20 to go" meaning every player must contribute $20 (total) or drop. A $10 raise would then make the pot "$30 to go".

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