play the board. Refers to a starting poker hand that contains two Aces. The most common context is a game of Texas hold 'em. Other names for Ace-Ace include American Airlines, bullets, and rockets. pocket cards See hole cards pocket pair In community card poker or stud poker, when two of a player's private cards make a pair. Also wired pair poker face A blank expression that does not reveal anything about the cards being held. poker table A typical poker game will have between two and ten players. A padded table top is preferred to facilitate picking up chips and cards. polarized when someone's range is split into either very strong hands or bluffs position See main article: position position bet A bet that is made more due to the strength of the bettor's position than the strength of the bettor's cards. post To make the required small or big blind bet in Texas hold 'em or other games played with blinds rather than antes. post dead To post a bet amount equal to the small and the big blind combined (the amount of the large blind playing as a live blind, and the amount of the small blind as dead money). In games played with blinds, a player who steps away from the table and misses their turn for the blinds must either post dead or wait for the big blind to re-enter the game. Compare with dead blind post oak bluff See main article: post oak bluff pot See main article: pot pot-committed More often in the context of a no limit game; the situation where one can no longer fold because the size of the pot is so large compared to the size of one's stack. pot-limit See main article: pot limit pot odds See main article: pot odds pot sweetener A small bet not meant to cause an opponent to fold but rather to build up the pot thereby sweetening it. pre-flop The time when players already have their pocket cards but no flop has been dealt yet. probe bet A bet after the flop by a player who did not take the lead in betting before the flop (and when the player that did take the lead in betting before the flop declined to act). Compare with continuation bet prop, proposition player A player who gets paid an hourly rate to start poker games