Texas Hold Em Glossary S
Sandbagging
Holding back and calling despite the fact that you have a very good hand, usually to disguise strength, provoke bluffs, and to check-raise.
Scared Money
Money that is being played timidly because it is all a player has left.
Scramble
A thorough shuffling technique whereby the shuffler spreads the cards face down over a large area and scrambles them. This is also known as a wash.
Semi-Bluff
Betting with a mediocre or drawing hand
Set
Three-of-a-kind using a pocket pair that matches a card on the board.
Shark
A good player or player who disguises his skill to trick others.
Shill
A player who is paid an hourly rate with house money to play in games as a way to fill them up.
Short Buying
Purchasing chips after your initial purchase. Usually the minimum for a short buy-in is less than the initial buy-in.
Short-Handed
An adjective used to describe a game with few players.
Showdown
The final phase after all betting has ended and players reveal their cards.
Side Pot
Bets made into a new pot after a player has gone all-in.
Signaling
A system used by colluding players to let each other know what they hold.
Slow Playing
Playing deceptively with a strong hand by checking and calling with the intention of raising once the pot is larger.
Small Blind
The smaller or the two blinds posted prior to the dealing of cards. This is usually by the player sitting directly to the left of the dealer.
Soft Seat
A seat or game which is favorable because of the lack of skill at the table.
Spades
One of the four playing card suits. Formerly representing nobility.
Splashing the Pot
An illegal move where chips are placed in a haphazard way. Such as being tossed directly into the pot before being counted.
Split Pot
When two or more winning hands tie and divide the pot.
Spread Limit
A betting structure where you can bet any amount within a certain range.
Stash
A poker player's "gamblin' money".
Steal Raise
A raise by someone in late position in an attempt to reduce the number of players and/or steal the pot.
Steaming
Being on "Tilt".
Steamrolling
Re-raising to make a player(s) call two bets instead of one.
Straddle
Posting an extra blind when one sits to the left of the big blind.
Straight
A poker hand with five sequential cards. In Hold'Em, Aces can be high or low.
Straight Flush
A poker hand comprised of five sequential cards all of the same suit.
String Bets
Saying "I'll call your bet....and I'll re-raise!", instead of just "Raise" or "Re-raise". Generally not allowed because of ethics involving angle shooting.
String Calls
An illegal call like saying "I've got a pair of Jacks.", then after your opponents have revealed their hands or just simply reacted to that, saying "Oh, and I've also got a pair of sevens, too" or a similar situation.
Structured Limit
The typial limit in land-based casinos, where all players must bet a certain amount before and after the flop, and double that amount on the turn and river.
Suck Out
To win a hand after the flop despite poor odds of winning. Often used in reference to the player who was likely to win. "I had pocket kings against Adam's pocket aces and even though the flop didn't help either of us, I sucked out on him on the river when a king hit."
Suit
A characteristic of a playing card. The card being either of Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, or Spades.
Suited
Usually used in reference to your pocket cards when they are of the same suit.
Super Holdem
See "Tahoe Poker".
Super System
Considered the "Bible of Poker". A manual of poker instruction by Doyle Brunson with contributions from a number of professionals.