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Useful poker terms:
- LATE POSITION - For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
- BACK DOOR - Applies to a hand that was made in the last card or two, specifically not a hand the player was originally planning on having. Most often applied to straights and flushes.
- FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
- RAKE - Money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game. Usually a percentage of the pot (5%-10%) up to some maximum amount.
- AMERICAN AIRLINES - In Hold'em, a pair of Aces in the hole. Better known (at least in rec.gambling) as POCKET ROCKETS.
- BLUFF - To make a bet or raise with a poor hand, in hope that the remaining active player(s) will fold.

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