Poker Terms Beginning With 'U'

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Uncle Doc

• Five-card stud with a single spit or card table.

under the gun

• Being the first person to act; being in the earliest position.

undercut

• The final down card being the lowest hole card in low-hole stud.
• A shuffling technique used to stack the deck; cheater’s tactic.

underdog

• A hand that is not mathematically likely to win the pot.

underpair

• A pocket pair of lower value than the lowest card on the table.

underplay

• To make a small bet in the hope of drawing other players into the pot.

unlimited poker

• Poker in which no limit is placed on bets or raises.

up

• The act of anteing.
• The higher of two pair.

up card

• A card that is dealt face up.

up the creek

• A game in which split-whiskered kings are wild.

uphill

• To chase or attempt to outdraw a better hand.