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 (poker)
Huey, 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 (poker)
Hurricane (poker) - Two-card poker.
Hustle (poker)
Hustler (poker)
Hustler (roulette) - A gambling cheat.
Hustling (poker)
