or to help them stay active. Prop players play with their own money, which distinguishes them from shills, who play with the house's money. protected pot A pot that seems impossible to bluff to win because too many players are active in it and the chances of another player either calling to the end or raising beyond measure become an assurance. protection, protect See main article: protection purse The total prize pool in a poker tournament push To bet all in put the clock (on someone) See main article: call the clock put on To put someone on a hand is to deduce what hand or range of hands they have based on their actions and knowledge of their gameplay style. See also tells Q quads Four of a kind qualifier, qualifying low A qualifying low hand. High-low split games often require a minimum hand value, such as eight-high, in order to award the low half of the pot. In some home games, there are qualifiers for high hands as well. quartered To win a quarter of a pot, usually by tying the low or high hand of a high-low split game. Generally, this is an unwanted outcome, as a player is often putting in a third of the pot in the hope of winning a quarter of the pot back. R rabbit hunt After a hand is complete, to reveal cards that would have been dealt later in the hand had it continued. This is usually prohibited in casinos because it slows the game and may reveal information about concealed hands. Also fox hunt raccoon A poor player. See also fish To make calls based on the hopes of hitting runner-runner, inside, or backdoor draws rack A collection of 100 chips of the same denomination, usually arranged in five stacks in a plastic tray. A plastic tray used for storing a rack of chips race See coin flip rag A low-valued (and presumably worthless) card. Hence ragged - having a low value rail The rail is the sideline at a poker table—the (often imaginary) rail separates spectators from the field of play. Watching from the rail means watching a poker game as a spectator. Going to the rail usually means losing all one's money. railbird A non-participatory spectator of a poker game rainbow Three or four cards of different suits, especially said of a flop. Betting a rainbow: to