Undercall (poker)
At the showdown, declare your hand as being worse than it
is. Many card rooms, particularly in California, have a penalty
for overcalling a hand, where they rule that if a player miscalls
his hand as being better than it is, causing another player
to discard his hand, he may lose claim to the pot; that is,
the verbal announcement takes precedence over the actual cards.
There is no penalty for under calling a hand, but, except for
accidentally, it is usually done only to needle another player
by making that player briefly think she has the winner.
