Poker terminology - Terms with a "R"

Rabbit - A weak player.
 
Rabbit Hunting - Looking through the undealt deck of cards.
 
Rack - Card rooms usually supply plastic racks that hold 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.
 
Rags - Worthless cards.
 
Rail - The sideline at a poker table that separates spectators from the play.
 
Railbird - Someone watching a game from the rail.
 
Rainbow - Three or four cards of different suits.
 
Raise - To increase the bet.
 
Raise Blind - (1) To raise without looking at one's cards. (2) A forced raise.
 
Rake-Off - Money taken from the pot by the house or casino (Rake).
 
Rangdoodles - A game in which the betting limit is increased after a very good hand such as four of a kind.
 
Rank - The relative value of hands.
 
Rat Holer - A player who pockets his money or winnings during the game.
 
Razz - (1) Seven-card lowball stud. (2) Draw poker in which the winner of the previous pot bets last (Gardena Razz).
 
Re-buy - What you do when you buy more chips before you leave the table.
 
Readable Pattern - A behavior pattern that reveals the value of a player's hand.
 
Readers - Marked cards.
 
Red - The most common color for $5 chips.
 
Redeal - A new deal after a misdeal.
 
Redraw - A way to further improve your hand after hitting a draw.
 
Redskin - A face card.
 
Rembrandt - Any game in which all face cards are wild.
 
Represent - To indicate that you have a certain hand by the way you bet.
 
Reraise - A raise after having been raised.
 
Rest Farm - An expression for the whereabouts of a player driven from a game because of heavy losses.
 
Restraddle - The third blind bet that is twice as much as the straddle or the second blind bet.
 
Restricted Pot - A rule requiring a minimum-value hand to win the pot (Qualifier).
 
Ribbon Clerk - (1) A player unwilling to play poker at higher stakes or at a faster pace. (2) A small-time gambler.
 
Rickey de Laet - A form of Mexican Stud in which the player's hole cards and all like them are wild for him.
 
Ride Along - To remain in a hand because no bets are made.
 
Ride the Pot - To go light.
 
Riffle - To flip with the thumb through the edge of a deck.
 
Riffle Cull - A technique for arranging cards in preparation for stacking the deck.
 
Riffle Shuffle - To shuffle by riffling the cards together.
 
Riffle Stack - A technique for stacking the deck.
 
Right to Bet - A rule allowing every player the right to bet or raise at least once per round regardless of the number of raises during that round.
 
Ring Game - A full game.
 
Ring In - Slipping an unfair or stacked deck into play.
 
River - Sometimes called fifth street, its the last of five community cards in flop games.
 
Robin Hood Cheater - One who cheats for someone else without benefiting himself.
 
Rock - A player who plays an extremely tight game is a rock.
 
Rock Garden - A table composed with rocks.
 
Rockets - A pair of aces in the hole.
 
Roll - Short for bankroll.
 
Roll or Rolled Card (Rolling, Rolling Up) - A face-down table card or cards turned up one at a time, usually with a round of betting after each exposure.
 
Roll Your Own Baseball - Same as baseball, except one of three original hole cards is turned up, and the low hole card and all like it are wild.
 
Rolled Up - The first three cards being three of a kind.
 
Roodles - A round of play at increased stakes (Wangdoodle).
 
Rotation - Movement in the direction of the deal ... clockwise.
 
Rough - The highest lowball hand of a given value, such as seven, six, five, four, three.
 
Round of Betting - The action sequence in which each player is allowed to check, open, bet, raise, or drop.
 
Round of Play - The action sequence in which every player deals a poker hand.
 
Round the World - The same as Cincinnati, except four cards are dealt to each player and four cards are dealt to the widow.
 
Rounding - See Dent.
 
Routine - A straight flush.
 
Rover - One unable to play because the game is full.
 
Royal - The best possible lowball hand.
 
Royal Flush - A straight flush to the ace.
 
Royals - See Eagles.
 
Royalties - See Bonus.
 
Rub the Spots Off - To excessively shuffle the cards.
 
Run - A sequence or a straight.
 
Run One - An attempt to bluff.
 
Run Up a Hand - To stack a deck during the day, often by culling discards.
 
Running - the last two cards dealt are said to be running when they are needed.
 
Runt - A hand of mixed suits and no pairs.
 
Rush - A winning streak.