Glossary

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Satellite	A poker tournament in which the prize(s) is an entry to a larger buyin tournament. A super satellite is a tournament with prize(s) to win entry into a satellite.
Scare card	A card that is potentially dangerous to either you or your opponent.
Second Pair	When a player's hole card pairs up with the second highest card on the flop.
See	To call the final bet, resulting in a showdown.
Set	Three of a kind where you have two of those as down cards.
Seven Card Stud	A poekr variation where players receive three down cards and four up cards, and must select their best five.
Seventh Street	The final round of betting in Seven Card Stud.
Shark	A very good player.
Showdown	When betting is complete and the remaining players turn their cards face up to determine the winner of the pot.
Side Pot	When one or more players have gone all-in, they are not entitled to win any money from further bets that take place (as they have not matched them), therefore a separate pot is created for any players remaining in the pot who still have chips. If more than one player is all-in whilst other players still have chips, multiple side pots can occur.
Sixth Street	In Seven Card Stud, this is the fourth round of betting which occurs after the players have recieved their sixth card (fourth up card).
Slowplay	When a player checks or calls a very strong hand to represent weakness in the hope of inducing more betting from opponents.
Solid	A player who plays a good all round game.
Small Blind	The player who must enter the first compulsory bet to the left of the dealer button in Hold'em or Omaha poker.
Speed Limit	A pair of Fives.
Split Pot	When two players have the same hand, the pot is divided equally between the two.
Steal	A player may successfully 'steal the pot' by executing a bluff which does not get called. 'Stealing the blinds' refers to a raise pre-flop, usually from the button, purely with the intent of pressuring the players in the 'blinds' to fold, and therefore pick up the pot.
Steel Wheel	A five high straight (A-2-3-4-5) of the same suit.
Straddle	A voluntary bet placed prior to the deal, that is double the Big Blind, to stimulate greater action.
Straight	Five consecutive cards of any suit.
Straight Flush	Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
String Bet	An illegal bet in which a player puts some chips in the pot, then reaches back to his stack for more, without having first verbally stated the full amount of his bet.
Structure	The value of blinds, antes, and bets and limit raises in games, and limit raises and payouts in tournaments.
Stud Games	Players have down and up cards with no community cards.
Suck Out	To win a hand by hitting a very weak draw, often with poor pot odds.

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