Rap (poker)
1) In draw poker, at the time to draw cards, indicate that one
is pat. So called because a player, if he has a pat hand, often
raps on the table with his knuckles when it is his turn to announce
his draw.
2) In any form of poker, at the time for making a bet, indicate
that one declines to bet; check.
3) In a game in which gypsy bets are permitted, when it is the
blind's turn to act, decline to raise, indicated by rapping
on the table with one's cards or knuckles.
4) In a game in which a player must post a blind to get a hand
earlier than waiting for the blind to come around (which blind
then acts as the player's opening bet), when it is that player's
legal turn to act, decline to raise, indicated in similar fashion.
5) When one is offered the deck by the dealer, after shuffling,
to cut, rap on the deck to indicate one is declining the option
of cutting the cards. For definitions 1 and 2, also knuckle
or knock. For 5, sometimes, tap.
6) Standing pat. "He gave it the rap" means he stood
pat.
