Poker Glossary - R

RAGS :

Board cards that are unlikely to have help anybody's hand – usually low, unsuited cards, not in any sequence.

RAINBOW :

In community card games, a flop in which no two cards are of the same suit.

RAKE :

Money taken from each pot by the house.

READ :

To try and determine whether an opponent has a good hand or not.

REBUY :

To purchase additional chips after an initial buy-in.

REPRESENT :

To suggest by your betting that you have one hand whilst actually having a different one.

RERAISE :

To raise after an opponent has raised.

RING GAME

A game where players can come and go as they choose.

RIVER :

The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.

ROLLED UP :

In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.

ROYAL FLUSH :

An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in poker.

RUNNER-RUNNER :

A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.