Entries H - Hu
H poker - Hearts (the suit), in written text. Jh, for example, is the jack of hearts.
H.O.E poker
H.O.R.S.E poker
H.O.R.S.E.L poker
H.O.S.E poker
H/E poker - Shorthand, particularly in e-mail and Internet postings, for hold 'em.
H17 (blackjack)
Hack (general terms)
Half a Bet poker
Half a Century (bingo) - 50.
Half a Dollar poker - A $50 bill.
Half a Dollar (general terms) - $50.00.
Half a Yard poker - A $50 bill.
Half and Half poker
Half Kill poker
Half Smart poker - Partially aware of the workings of thievery, but not among the inner circle.
Half Time Bet (general terms) - See First half wager and Second half wager.
Half Time Result (general terms) - A wager that involves correctly predicting the result of a game at half time.
Half-and-Half Game poker
Half-and-Half Tournament poker
Half-Century poker - A $50 bill.
Half-Pot Limit poker
Halftime Line (general terms) - A line on only the first half, or only the second half scoring of a football or basketball game.
Halfway There (bingo) - 45.
Hammer poker
Hand
Hand For Hand poker
Hand Mucker poker
Handful (general terms) - The price of 5/1.
Handicap (general terms)
Handicapper (general terms)
Handicapping (general terms)
Handle (keno) - The total of all money taken in for a game, shift, day or some other period of time.
Handle (lotto) - The sum of all money wagered at a video lottery terminal.
Handle (general terms) - The total amount of money bet on a particular game or series of contests.
Handle Slammers (slots)
Hard poker
Hard Card (bingo)
Hard Hand (blackjack)
Hard Ten (craps) - A women's best friend.
Hard Total (blackjack)
Hard Way(s) (craps)
Hard-Play poker
Hard-Way poker
Hardway Bet (craps) - A wager that the 4, 6, 8 or 10 will be rolled as a pair before being rolled easy or a seven is thrown.
Hardway Bingo (bingo) - Bingo in a straight line without the use of the free space.
Harlequin (general terms)
Hart, Schaffner, and Marx poker - Three jacks.
Have a Sign on One's Back poker - Be known to be a cheat.
Hc (blackjack) - The acronym for High Card: 10, J, Q, K, or ace.
Head to Head (general terms) - To select the team, or player, you believe will win the game or an event.
Head Up poker
Heads Up (blackjack) - Playing one-on-one against the dealer. No other players at the table.
Heads Up poker
Heads-Up poker - Play between only two players.
Head-to-Head poker - Pertaining to (only) two players in a pot.
Head-Up poker - Pertaining to playing head up. "They're in a head-up game."
Heart poker
Heavens Gate (bingo) - 78.
Heavy poker - In lowball, pertaining to a bad card. "I caught heavy" means I missed my hand by a mile.
Hector poker - The jack of diamonds. Probably a classical reference.
Hedge
Heef a Dooler poker - 50 cents.
Heel Peek poker
Heinz poker
Heinz (general terms) - 6 selections, 57 bets - 15 doubles, 20 trebles, 15 four-timers, 6 five-timers, 1 accumulator.
Heinz Varieties (bingo) - 57
Help poker
Hen poker - Queen (the card). Old, rare usage.
Here to There poker
Hidden Hand poker
Hidden Pair poker - Concealed pair (In stud, a pair, both cards of which are among a player's first two down cards).
Hidden Trips poker
High poker
High Belly Strippers poker
High Bet roulette - A wager on the upper 18 numbers (19-36).
High Breeze Hummer poker - A tight player. "So tight he hums in a high breeze."
High Card
High Chicago poker
High Draw Poker Dictionary poker
High End Ticket (keno)
High Hand poker - In high-low split, a hand that wins the high half, or is in contention for it.
High Limit poker - Big limit.
High Mambo poker
High Roller (baccarat) - A player that wagers big bets.
High Roller (blackjack)
High Roller poker - Someone who likes to play for large stakes, or in the biggest games.
High Roller (general terms) - A high-stakes gambler.
High Roller roulette - A person who plays for big money (with big money).
High Roller Ticket (keno) - A ticket that has a high minimum ticket price.
High Society poker
High Society Chips poker
High Spade poker
High Spade in the Hole poker
High Stakes poker
Highball poker - High draw poker. This term is rarely used.
High-Low poker - A poker game in which the highest and lowest hands share the pot. Also called High-Low Split.
High-Low Bet roulette - Bets 18 numbers at the same time (1-18 or 19-36). Pays 1-1.
High-Low Light (blackjack)
High-Low Pick-Up (blackjack)
High-Low Poker Dictionary
High-Low Split poker
High-Low Split Game poker
High-Roll poker
High-Stakes poker
High-Stakes Game poker
Hill to Climb poker - Obstacle to overcome. "You're stuck $100? That's no hill to climb for a stepper."
Hi-Lo poker
Hi-Lo Count (blackjack)
Hi-Opt I. (blackjack)
Hi-Opt Ii (blackjack)
Hit
Hit and Run
Hit Card (blackjack)
Hit Frequency (slots)
Hit it! poker
Hit the Brief poker
Hit the Cage poker - Cash out.
Hit the Deck poker
Hit the Kicker poker
Hit the Table poker
Hit the with Deck poker
Hit-and-Run Artist poker
Hitchhiker poker
Hoca roulette - Early version of roulette.
Hockey Sticks poker - In hold 'em, two 7s as one's first two cards. (That's what they look like. Sort of).
Hog poker - In a high-low split game, use chips or voice to indicate you're going for both high and low simultaneously.
Hog it poker - In a high-low split game, use chips or voice to indicate you're going for both high and low simultaneously.
Hogger poker
Hogier poker - The jack of spades. May have been a cousin of Charlemagne.
Hold
Hold All Tickets (general terms)
Hold Buttons (videopoker)
Hold Dead poker
Hold 'em poker
Hold 'em 8 poker - High-low split hold 'em, with an 8-or-better qualifier for low.
Hold 'em Player poker
Hold Me Darling poker - An obsolete name for hold 'em.
Hold Out poker
Hold Over poker - Consistently have better cards (than another player). "I can't beat him; he always holds over me."
Hold Someone Dead poker
Holding poker - Your cards. "What are you holding?" or "What is your holding?" means "What is your hand?"
Holding your Own (general terms) - Neither winning nor losing, just breaking even.
Holdings poker - Your cards. "What are you holding?" or "What is your holding?" means "What is your hand?"
Holdout poker - 1) A card or cards being held out. 2) Holdout machine.
Holdout Artist poker
Holdout Device poker
Holdout Machine poker
Holdout Man poker
Hole poker
Hole Card
Hole Card Play (blackjack)
Hole Card Stud poker
Hollywood poker
Holy City poker
Home poker - The deal, or where the deal is. "A round from home" means one round in which each dealer over blinds.
Home Chowaha poker
Home Field Advantage (general terms)
Home Game poker
Home Run Hitter poker - A player who makes big plays that require maximum risk.
Home Team (general terms) - The team playing in its own town.
Honest poker
Honest Reader poker
Honor Card poker - Any card 10 or higher. This usage comes from bridge (the game)
Hook poker - A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook
Hook (general terms) - A half-point added to football and basketball betting lines, making it impossible to push
Hooked (general terms) - Losing a wager by exactly one-half a point.
Hooker poker - Queen (the card).
Hoop poker
Hoop (general terms) - Basketball.
Hoops (general terms) - Slang word used to indicate the game of basketball.
Hop
Hop Bet (craps)
Hop the Cut poker
Hop the Fence poker
Hopper (slots)
Hopping Hardways (craps)
Hopping the Deck (blackjack)
Horn (craps) - A one roll wager on the 2, 3, 11 and 12 combined.
Horn poker - A drink. "How about a horn?" is a suggestion to join someone in a libation.
Horn Bet (craps)
Horn Bet (general terms) - A one-roll bet that combines the 2, 3, 11, and 12.
Horn High Bet (craps)
Hornbred (craps) - Horn bet, high on big red. A drunk was calling this out. Eventually started to say Cornbred.
Horse poker
Horsing poker - Passing a small amount of money to another player after winning a pot.
Hot poker
Hot and Cold Systems roulette
Hot Babe poker - An attractive, well-dressed female in or near a casino. The term is a trademark of rec.gambling.
Hot Deck (blackjack) - Playing situation with a high count value, very favorable to player.
Hot Deck poker - A deck that has recently produced a series of good hands.
Hot Dice Are Mighty Nice (craps) - Hot table.
Hot Game (general terms) - A game that draws a significant amount of action on one side by knowledgeable handicappers.
Hot Hand (craps)
Hot One poker
Hot Roll (craps) - A roll in which the dice are continually passing and are held by the shooter for a long period of time.
Hot Seat poker - A seat or position at the table that has recently had a run of good hands.
Hot Streak poker - Winning streak.
Hot Table (craps) - Craps table with lots of action.
Hot Table roulette - A table where the players have been winning.
Hot Tip (general terms) - Insider information that the bookmaker cannot divulge.
House (keno) - The casino.
House poker - The establishment; the casino or card room - The card room (management, owners, etc.) is the house.
House (general terms) - The operator of any gambling business.
House (videopoker) - The establishment running the game. Example: "The $2 you put on the button goes to the house."
House Edge
House Chips poker
House Cut poker - Generic term for how the house profits from hosting the game.
House Dealer poker
House Percentage (keno)
House Person roulette
House Player poker
House Rule poker
Houseman poker
Hoyle pokerHuey, Dewey, and Louie poker - Three deuces.
Human Card Rack poker - Someone who gets a lot of good hands; usually used facetiously or humorously.
Humps poker
Hunches and Superstitions (videopoker)
Hung pokerHurricane poker - Two-card poker.
Hustle poker
Hustler poker
Hustler roulette - A gambling cheat.
Hustling poker
