Scoop (poker)
1) Declare both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare.
2) Win both ways in a high-low poker game that has a declare.
(Just because you declare both ways does not necessarily mean
you'll win both ways.)
3) Win all of the pot in a high-low poker game that does not
have a declare by having both the highest and the lowest hand.
4) Win all of the pot in a high-low poker game that does not
have a declare by having the best hand for one way and no one
has qualifiers for the other way. For example, in high-low seven-stud,
8-or-better, if you have a full house, and no one has an 8-low
or better, you scoop the pot. Also called shoot the moon (usually
only in home games) for definitions 1 and 2, and sweep for 3.
5) In a no-limit game, a handful of chips. When a player bets,
and the dealer does not know exactly how much the bet is, the
dealer might say, "One scoop." When a bet is raised
by approximately the same amount, the dealer might say, "Two
scoops."
6) In a limit game, two bets, that is, a bet and a raise. When
a player raises, the dealer might say, "Two scoops."
7) A game in which a player who wins two pots in a row must
post a blind on the next hand such that the game is played temporarily
at a higher limit. That limit is usually either twice the nominal
size of the game, or 50% higher (half kill). Thus, Omaha scoop
might be a 4-8 game that becomes either 8-16 or 6-12 after someone
wins two pots in a row.
