Online Poker Glossary. Poker information on letter S

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Sailboats
44 starting hand

Sandbagging
When you don’t check or bet with a strong hand. It is also called – slowplaying

Sausage
A player that has no idea how to play: he folds AA and goes all-in with 2-4.

Sell
When you bet very weakly in order to make more money on calling stations

Semi-Bluff
When you have are on a draw and your hand has a chance to improve but you behave as if you have already made a hand.

Set
Trips, Three of a kind

Shark
A good player who plays for money – not for competition.

Shill
A player employed by the casino to win money.

Shorthand
A game with 6 or less people

Sidepot
When one of the players goes all in a sidepot is created in order that other players can continue raising. If the one who went all in wins he doesn’t take this sidepot.

Siegfried and Roy
QQ starting hand

Slowplay
The same as Sandbagging

Small Blind
The first forced bet (a half of a small bet)

Snowman
88 starting hand.

Speed Limit
55 starting hand

Split
10-7 starting hand

Stack
1. the amount of chips in front of you
2. to go all-in – to bet the whole stack

Stone Cold Nuts
Unbeatable nuts – nothing can be better

Stone Nuts
The same as nuts

Straddle
A blind bet made by under the gun

Straight
5 cards in sequence

Straight Flush
5 cards of the same suit in sequence

String Bet
When you act as if you are going to call but instead of that you raise.

Sucker Straight
The same as Idiot Hand

Suckout
The same as the Bad Beat

Suit
Hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs

Suited
Cards of the same suit

Suited Connectors
Cards in sequence and of the same suit

Sunset Strip
77 starting hand