Poker Terms Beginning With 'G'

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garbage

• The muck.
• A worthless hand.

grinder

• A player who earns a living by making small profits over a long period of consistent, conservative play. See rock.

guts, guts to open

• A game with no opening hand requirement; that is, where the only requirement to open the betting is "guts", or courage.
• Any of several poker variants where pots accumulate over several hands until a single player wins.

gut-shot

• An inside straight draw.

gypsy

• To enter the pot cheaply by just calling the blind rather than raising. Also limp.