the turn or on the river. drawing dead Playing a drawing hand that will lose even if successful Playing a hand that can never improve beyond the opponent's hand drawing live Not drawing dead; that is, drawing to a hand that will win if successful drawing thin Not drawing completely dead, but chasing a draw in the face of poor odds drop To fold Money charged by the casino for providing its services, often dropped through a slot in the table into a strong box. See rake. To drop one's cards to the felt to indicate that one is in or out of a game dry ace In Omaha hold 'em or Texas hold 'em, an ace in one's hand without another card of the same suit. Used especially to denote the situation where the board presents a flush possibility, when the player does not in fact have a flush, but holding the ace presents some bluffing or semi-bluffing opportunity and a redraw in case the flush draw comes on the turn or the river. Compare with blocker. dry board A measure of texture of the community cards. A board is considered dry when the cards on the table mean that it is unlikely that any player has improved their hand's strength since before the flop. Compare with wet board. dry pot A side pot with no money created when a player goes all in and is called by more than one opponent, but not raised. If subsequent betting occurs, the money will go to the dry pot. duplicate To counterfeit, especially when the counterfeiting card matches one already present in one's hand E early position See position. effective nuts A hand that is not the actual nut hand but strong enough to be played like it. effective stack The smallest stack size among two players, in a heads-up pot the effective stack determines the maximum amount either player can lose. eight or better A common qualifier in high-low split games that use ace-5 ranking. Only hands where the highest card is an eight or less can win the low portion of the pot. equity One's mathematical expected value from the current deal, calculated by multiplying the amount of money in the pot by one's probability of winning. If a split is possible, the equity also includes the probability of winning a split times the size of that split. expectation,