Deuce-to-seven is a draw format of poker, typically played with either 1 or 3 draws, with rounds of betting in between. The best possible hand is 2-3-4-5-7, meaning your goal is to make the worst possible 5 card hand without making a straight or a flush.    Here’s an in depth breakdown on playing deuce…

A dirty stack is a live poker chip stack that has a chip of the wrong denomination in it. When playing live poker it’s common courtesy to keep your stacks separated by denomination, in stacks of 20, so that your opponents can quickly calculate the amount you are playing.    Hiding higher denomination chips on…

A Delay Continuation Bet refers to betting on the turn after checking back on the flop as the preflop aggressor. For example, you raise on the button, and the big blind calls. The big blind checks on the flop and you check back. On the turn, if the big blind checks again and you bet,…

In draw poker games, to discard is to eliminate one or more cards from your current hand and draw new cards from the deck. “I discarded three cards, and drew three new ones in my five-card draw game.”

Draw Poker refers to several common poker variants in which players can discard (remove cards from their hand) and draw new cards to try to make a stronger hand. Draw poker variants include Five-Card Draw, Triple Draw Lowball, and Badugi, among others. Want to learn how to play draw poker? Read this guide: How to…

In poker parlance, “Ducks” is another name for a pair of twos/deuces. “I looked down at two ducks under-the-gun.”

A dry board is one that does not help make any straight or flush draws. Flops like A♠ 8♦ 2♥ and J♦ 3♠ 3♣ are dry board textures. Want to learn how to play on dry boards? Read this guide: 10 Fundamental Tips for The Most Common Types of Flops

One step below drawing dead, drawing thin involves chasing a hand that is still live but with a relatively small chance of winning. “She’s drawing thin to a ten with TT vs AA.”

Drawing Dead means playing a hand that cannot win against an opponent’s hand, even if it improves. For example, if one player has A♠ Q♠ and another has K♠ 9♠, and the board reads 2♥ 8♠ 6♠ 2♠ then the player with K♠ 9♠ can’t possibly win and is drawing dead.

A downswing a cumulative loss that happens over a longer time period or multiple sessions, and is logically, the opposite of an upswing. “I’m in a 10 buy-in downswing over my last 10,000 hands.” Want to learn how to deal with poker downswings? Read this guide: How to Handle Downswings Like a Poker Pro

A draw is a poker hand that is incomplete and requires additional cards to become valuable. For example, in Texas Hold’em, if a player holds 9♥ 8♥ and the flop comes A♥ 5♥ 2♠, s/he is said to be drawing to a flush.

Doubling up refers to going all-in against a person with a similar or larger stack and winning the hand, essentially doubling one’s stack. “He went all-in with pocket aces, won the hand and doubled up.”

In Omaha, a double suited hand is one in which a player’s starting hand is comprised of two cards of one suit and two cards of another. For example, A♥ K♥ Q♠ J♠ is a double suited preflop holding.

A Double Gutshot (or Belly Buster) is a straight draw that does not include consecutive cards and can be completed by two different rank cards. In other words, the player has two inside straight draws at once. “Doug held K♠ 7♠ and the flop came 9♣ T ♣ J♦, giving him a double gutshot straight…

The door card is the player’s first face-up card in Stud games.

Also known as a donk or fish, a donkey is a weak, unskilled player. Other terms for this include recreational player, rec, and fun player.