| Term |
Description |
| Sandbag |
To check or call with a strong hand with the intention of raising later. |
| Satellite |
A tournament where the prizes are entries into a larger tournament. |
| Scare Card |
An up card that is dealt that make it look like someone has made a stronger hand. |
| Scoop |
To win the whole pot. |
| Second Pair |
In flop games, where a player's hand pairs with the second highest board card. |
| See |
To call. |
| Semi-bluff |
A bet or raise with a drawing hand. Can win by either making the other players fold or the draw being successful. |
| Set |
Three of a kind, using two cards from the player's hand and one from the community cards. |
| Seven Card Stud |
A variation of poker in which the player receives three down cards and four up cards. |
| Seventh Street |
The seventh and final card in Seven Card Stud and its variations. |
| Shill |
A prop who uses house money as opposed to their own. |
| Short Stack |
The player at the table with the least amount of chips. |
| Short Handed |
A game with few players. |
| Showdown |
At the end of the final betting round when player's show what hands they have to determine the winner of the pot. |
| Side Pot |
Separate pot or pots created when one or more players are all-in. |
| Sit'n'Go |
A tournament that starts when enough players have entered as opposed to starting at a set time. |
| Sixth Street |
The sixth card dealt in Seven Card Stud and its variations. |
| Slow Play |
To play a strong hand weakly in the hopes of gaining further bets on later betting rounds. |
| Small Blind |
The smaller of two mandatory blinds, the small blind being placed by the player to the immediate left of the dealer. |
| Smooth |
The lowest lowball hand of a given rank. |
| Smooth Call |
To call with a very strong hand as opposed to raising. |
| SNG |
Acronym for "Sit'n'Go". |
| Split |
To tie. |
| Spread Limit |
Betting structure in which there is a set minimum and maximum bet for each betting round. |
| Stack |
The amount of chips a placer has at the table. |
| Stay |
To call. |
| Steal |
A bluff made by a player in late position. |
| Stop and Go |
A tactic where a player calls on one betting round with the intention of make the first bet on the next betting round. |
| Straddle |
An optional blind bet, usually twice the size and to the immediate left of the big blind. |
| Straight |
Five consecutive cards. |
| Straight Flush |
Five consecutive cards of the same suit. |
| String Bet |
An illegal bet where the player places some of their chips in to the pot followed by more chips, instead of placing all the chips in at once. |
| Structure |
The limits set for the ante, blinds, and betting rounds. |
| Stuck |
A player who is losing. |
| Stud Games |
Games in which player receive both up and down cards. |
| Suck Out |
To beat a hand that had a high probability of winning. |
| Suit |
An attribute of cards - Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts or Spades. |
| Suited |
Cards of the same suit. |