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Poker Glossary of Terms : H
Half Pot Limit - A betting limit equal to half the size of the pot.
Hand - The cards dealt to a player.
Hand Cards- Concealed cards that are dealt face-down.
Hand Pace - The extent of betting, calling, raising, and bluffing compared to the size of the pot.
Head to Head - Two people playing poker.
Heads Up Poker - This refers to poker games which involve 2 players only.
Heavy - A pot with too much money.
Hedge Bet - A side bet to limit possible losses.
Heeler - A kicker.
Heinz - Seven-card stud with fives and sevens wild and also penalty cards.
Help - To improve a hand on receiving additional cards in stud poker or draw poker.
Hidden Declarations - A rule for declaring high-low hands by concealing different color chips in one's hand.
Highball - Poker in which the highest hand wins.
High Card - In any round of poker no player makes a ranking hand (pairs or better) then the person with the highest card "High Card" wins. If two players have the same high card, then their second highest card is taken as the winning kicker, and so on. If the players have the exact same 5 card rank hand, then the pot is split.
High Low - A game in which the highest and lowest hands split the pot.
High Society - Gambler slang for $10,000.00 in chips. Mike McDermott buys "3 stacks of high society" at Teddy KGB's place in the film Rounders.
High Spade in Hole - Seven-card stud in which the hand with the high spade in the hole divides the pot with the high hand.
Hi lo Pocalo - 5 card stud in which the up cards can be refused and passed to the player on the left (take It or leave it).
Hilton Sisters - The holdem starting hand Queen-Queen (QQ). Also called "The Ladies".
Hit - A draw or catch that improves one's hand.
Hokum - A stud variation providing an option to receive cards face-up or face-down.
Hold 'em (Hold Me Darling) - A seven-card game with two face-down cards for each player and five face-up cards for everyone's use (Tennessee Hold Me, Texas Hold 'em).
Hold Out - To cheat by concealing a card or cards for future use.
Hold Out Device - A mechanical device used by cheaters to hold out a card or cards (See Bug, Lizard, Spider).
Hole Cards - Cards dealt face-down in stud.
Hole-Card Stud - Five-card stud in which betting starts on the first hole card.
Hollywood - Fifteen-card Cincinnati with five in each hand and ten table cards.
Holy City - A big hand, usually with aces and picture cards.
Honest Readers - The normal marks or irregularities on any deck of cards.
Honor Card - A ten or higher value card.
Hook - A jack.
Hooks - The holdem starting hand Jack - Jack (JJ).
Hot Deck - A deck from which good hands are being dealt.
Hot Hands - A run of high-value hands.
Hot Pot - A special pot, usually played for higher stakes (Pistol Stud).
Hot Streak - A run of good "luck" or winning hands (Spinner).
House - A person or organization running a poker game for profit.
House Game - A poker game in which admission is charged or the pots are cut for the host's profit. Considered illegal in most states.
House Rules - rules of poker, especially betting, agreed upon by the players.
Hoyles - Any accepted rules for card games.
Hurricane - Two card poker.
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