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Useful poker terms:

• DECLARE - In high/low games, declaring one's hand as high or low or both ways (usually done with chips in hand). Usually played in home games; casinos tend to play CARDS SPEAK.
• FLOP - [1] In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously. [2] To deal a flop, or to make a hand on a flop. "I flopped trips".
• IN - Still eligible to win the pot. "I'm in" is often spoken as one adds chips to the pot, calling.
• STRAIGHT FLUSH - A hand consisting of 5 cards in sequence and the same suit.
• TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
• SHILL - A card room employee who plays with House money, and does not share in any of his (her) winnings or losses. Shills are used to facilitate starting games, and keeping them going. Compare: PROP.