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Poker Glossary of Terms : S
Sailboats - The holdem starting hand Four - Four (4-4). Pocket Fours.
Sandbagging - Sandbagging is another term for slow-play. To check or bet weakly when you have a strong hand.
Sausage - A player who plays with no sense. Example - happy to go all in with a 2-9 off suit.
Scooping the pot - The term used in Omaha Hi-Low poker when a player hits the best high and low hand, thus scooping the whole pot.
Sell - Similar to the slow play or sandbagging, betting a very strong hand fairly lightly in order to induce a call.
Semi-Bluff - A semi-bluff is when a player makes a bet with a hand that is currently weak but has the potential to become a very b hand. A common example is when someone has a flush draw and makes a bet into the pot. The bettor hopes that the other players will fold, and he will win the pot right there. However, even if the other players do not fold, he still has a good chance at improving and winning the pot anyway.
Set - Three of a kind.
Shark - A shark is a good player and typically wins. A shark generally "eats" fish, the weaker amateur players.
Shill - A shill player is a who is paid by the house and plays with the house money.
Shorthand - This refers to a poker game with six or fewer people.
Showdown - This is the point in the game following all bets having been made. All cards are shown and the best hand wins the pot.
Side pot - In a multi-way pot, a side pot is created for other players if one player goes all-in. These other players bets and raises will go to the side pot, and only the players that participated in the side pot are eligible to win it.
Slow play - Slow playing is a great poker play, basically the opposite of bluffing. It means to check or bet weakly on a b hand. The point of the slow play is so your opponent can get a better hand but you know that your hand can not be beaten (the nuts). The purpose is to get more money into the pot by "bluffing" that you have nothing.
Small Blind - The smaller of the two forced bets pre flop. The player to the left of the dealer posts the small blind.
Snowmen - The holdem starting hand Eight - Eight (8-8).
Speed Limit - The Texas Holdem starting hand Five - Five (5-5).
Splash - Throwing your chips into the pot is called "Splashing the pot" and is considered bad etiquette in poker.
Split - The holdem starting hand of Seven-Ten (7-T). Named after a ten pin bowling term "the dreaded 7-10 split" the pins on opposite sides of the pin deck.
Stack - An adjective describing chips. For example, "He has a massive stack".
Stone Cold Nuts - The best holding possible in a hand of poker that will win the entire pot (as opposed to possibly winning only half or some fraction). Such an example would be holding a suited ace and making a flush with it on an unpaired board in holdem. This is in contrast to holding an ace high straight, which even though it may not possibly be beaten, could end up in a tie with another one.
Straight - A poker hand consisting of 5 cards in order of rank. For example, 4-5-6-7-8.
Straight Flush - A poker hand consisting of 5 cards of the same suit and in order. A straight flush is a straight and a flush.
String Bet - In a live game, someone does a string bet if they act like they are going to call but then make a raise. For example, it is standard etiquette that putting the requisite chips for a call into the pot just means a call. If one wants to raise, he or she needs to announce raise before placing chips into the pot. They cannot say "I call your bet" ... but then raise you; They must say "I raise." String bets confuse players as to whether the player is calling or raising, so they are not allowed.
Suck out - It means someone hit a draw against you to win the hand.
Suit - Spades, hearts, diamonds, or clubs. In holdem poker, no suit outranks another. A flush is the only hand that used suits.
Suited - Refers to a holdem starting hand with two cards of the same suit. Suited cards are slightly better than unsuited cards as there is a chance of a flush.
Sunset Strip - The holdem starting hand Seven - Seven (7-7).
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