Gravy (poker)
1) Unexpected profit on a hand. For example, in a no-limit lowball
game one player has only $20 and is all in. You have created
a side pot of $200 by raising another player. You and the other
player both have money left. The all-in player and the other
player each draw one card. You are snowing and stand pat on
a queen-jack. After the draw, the player with remaining chips
checks, you bet $200, and he folds. You know that the side pot
is all yours, already a profit of $80, but you think that the
$60 main pot probably will belong to the all-in player, however,
on the showdown he cannot beat your hand, because he was drawing
to a
wheel and paired one of the small cards. That $60 is gravy.
2) The amount by which a player is ahead, usually implying that
he is in a lot and was stuck until fairly recently. "Boy,
you're winning a lot! Look at all those chips--must be over
a grand."
"Uh huh. I'm in a thousand. There's $1040 here, so $40
is gravy."
