table so as to have effectively bought in above the table limit going south To sneak a portion of chips from the table while the game is underway. Normally prohibited in public card rooms. Also ratholing. grinder A player who earns a living by making small profits over a long period of consistent, conservative play. Compare with rock. guts, guts to open A game with no opening hand requirement Any of several poker variants where pots accumulate over several hands until a single player wins. gut shot, gutshot, gutter See inside straight draw gypsy To enter the pot cheaply by just calling the blind rather than raising. Also limp. H half bet rule In some casinos, the rule that placing chips equal to or greater than half the normal bet amount beyond the amount required to call constitutes a commitment to raise the normal amount. Compare with full bet rule. See "all in" betting hand hand-for-hand In tournament play, the act of equalizing the number of hands played at two or more tables by waiting for slower tables to finish each hand before beginning the next hand on every table. This is usually done to ensure an accurate finishing order to distribute prize money. hand history The retelling or documentation of a hand played. hanger When the bottom card of the deck sticks out beyond the others, an unwanted tell that the dealer is dealing from the bottom of the deck. heads up Playing against a single opponent heater See rush hero In hand histories the player from whose perspective the hand is played, as opposed to villain. hero call Calling when a player has a relatively weak hand but suspects their opponent may be bluffing high hand, high The best hand using traditional poker hand values, as opposed to lowball. Used especially in high-low split games. high card A no pair hand, ranked according to its highest-ranking cards To defeat another player by virtue of high-ranking cards, especially kickers To randomly select a player for some purpose by having each draw one card, the highest of which is selected (for example, to decide who deals first). high-low, high-low split See main article: high-low split hijack seat The seat to the right of the cutoff seat, or second to the right of the button. Name derived from its positional strength, obtaining absolute position when the button and the cutoff folds.