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.

A Donk-Bet is a somewhat unorthodox bet made by an out of position player who was not the aggressor in the previous street. “Eric called preflop, then lead out with a donk-bet on the flop.”  Want to learn the strategic value of donk betting in poker? Read this guide: Should You Ever Donk-Bet On The…

A dominated hand is one that will rarely win versus another hand. For example a low pocket pair is a dominated hand against a higher pocket pair, and AJ is dominated against AK.

Short for underdog, a dog is a player that is least likely to win a hand. For example, A♠ K♠ is a 2-to-1 dog against K♥ K♦.

Deuce is another term for the number two. Thus, pocket twos are, correctly, pocket deuces. “The 2♥ came in on the river, giving her a set of deuces.”

Dealer’s Choice is a variant of poker in which the player who is on the button (or is dealing the hand) has the ability to decide the game that will be played in the coming hand or orbit.  Example: John is on the button first, and decides that the game will be PLO (Pot Limit…

A deep stack can refer to having a large stack in a cash game, typically more than 100 big blinds, as well as to a tournament with a starting stack that is relatively high when compared to the blinds and antes. Thus, these tournaments are oftentimes referred to as deep stack tournaments. Want to learn…

Dealer refers to the person who is dealing the cards and distributing pots in a poker game. It also refers to the player in the button position.

Dead Money refers to chips that are in the current pot but are not part of any active player’s bet, including blinds, antes, and chips by players who have folded. Dead money can also refer to the money in the pot from an inexperienced player who may be less likely to win.

 A Dead Hand is a hand dealt to a player who can no longer participate in the hand due to some sort of foul.

As opposed to a live blind, a dead blind is a blind in which the player who posted it doesn’t have the option to raise, even if every other player simply called.

An action taken before a player has looked at his/her cards or before the dealer has dealt the next street.  Example: “John checked dark and Andy, who was next to act, went all-in in the dark, before the flop even came out.”