A ring game is another word for a cash game, as opposed to tournament formats of poker. “I prefer ring games to tournaments when I play online poker.”

Representing means playing as if one is holding a specific hand whether s/he is or not. For example, if you bet big on a board of A♠ K♦ 3♥, you’re representing a strong hand like AA, KK, AK, AQ or 33, no matter what cards you’re actually holding.

Re-entry is a tournament structure that permits a player who has busted out to pay the buy-in and re-enter the tournament as a new player. Re-entering a tournament is also known as “firing another bullet.” 

Rebuy is a tournament structure that permits a player to buy back into the tournament after falling below a predetermined chip amount or being eliminated. Players remain seated and notify the tournament director when they want to rebuy.

Hand Ranking determines a card or hand’s value when compared to other cards/hands in a deck. An ace is the highest ranking card, while a 2 is the lowest.

A range is a set of hands that a player could have in any specific situation. Used to determine what hands to play preflop as well as narrow down possible hands opponents could have.

Rakeback is a rebate or refund of the rake taken by a poker room to players, usually by a third-party affiliate. “I got a 27 percent rakeback deal on the new poker site.”

Rake refers to the scaled commission taken by a casino to pay for its operating costs. Rake is collected in tournaments as part of the buy-in cost and in cash games by the dealer dropping a percentage of each pot.

Raising means to increase the size of an existing bet in a betting round. “The Hijack limped, and I raised to $10 on the button.”

The term “rainbow” refers to a board where each card has a different suit. Flops like 4♠ 9♦ A♣, 8♦ 2♣ Q♠ and 9♦ 3♠ K♥ are examples of rainbow boards.

The term “railbird” refers to poker spectator(s) found on the rail. “The railbirds came out in hundreds to watch Joey Ingram play Tom Dwan in heads-up Pot-Limit Omaha.”

The rail is the edge of a poker table or sideline of a poker area where spectators can watch. Going to the rail also means that a player has busted out. “He busted out of the tournament in 4th place and was sent to the rail.”

A rag is a low-value, and presumably worthless, card. Preflop holdings like 7♠ 2♦, J♦ 3♣ and 8♥ 4♠ are known as rags, as they’re some of the worst preflop hands you can possibly be dealt.

A rack can refer to: 1. The plastic tray used to hold chips in a casino 2. A stack of 100 chips of matching denomination.

Also known as a coin flip, a race is a situation in which two players are all-in with nearly the same equity, such as 51% to 49%. AK vs QQ (or  any pocket pair that’s not AA or KK) is an example of a race.

Also called a fox hunt, a rabbit hunt entails the dealer revealing what would have been the next card(s) dealt if a hand had continued. Usually illegal in casinos.