Poker Glossary
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Ma Ferguson - Five-card stud with the low card on board and all like cards as wild.
Main Pot - The first pot apart from side pots.
Major Hand - A straight or better.
Major-League Game - The largest-stake game of several poker games.
Make - A hand that has a decent shot at winning the pot.
Make Good - To pay money owed to the pot.
Make the Pack - To shuffle and prepare the cards for dealing.
Maniac - A player who plays extremely loose and aggressive.
Marked Cards - Cards with inconspicuous markings that enable cheaters to read them from the back side.
Marker - (1) See Buck. (2) A promissory note.
Match It - Five-card stud with one's hole card becoming wild if matched by an up card.
Match the Pot - To put in the pot an amount equal to that already there.
Matching Card - A card of the same value or suit as another card.
Mate - A card that matches or pairs another card.
Maximum-Win Approach - A playing strategy that directs all effort toward winning maximum money.
Mechanic - A dishonest dealer who cheats by manipulating the cards.
Mechanic's Grip - A special way to hold a deck for dishonest dealing.
Meet a Bet - To call the full bet.
Mexican Stud - Five-card stud in which cards are dealt down, and the player has an option to choose his hole card.
Mickey Mouse - A worthless hand.
Middle Dealer - A cheater who can deal cards from the middle of the deck.
Middle Man - See In the Middle.
Milker - A tight player.
Milking the Cards - See Fuzzing.
Milking the Game - The slow draining of money from the game by tight playing.
Minnie - The perfect low hand.
Minor-League Game - A smaller-stake game.
Misé,re - The English name for low.
Misdeal - A faulty deal resulting in a redeal.
Miss - The failure to draw a helpful card.
Mistigris - A wild joker.
Money Flow - The direction, amount, and pattern that money passes among players in a game. Measures the money that can be won or lost per unit of time.
Monkey Flush - A three-card flush.
Monster - An strong hand that is almost certain to win the pot.
Monte - A three-card poker game.
Moon - (1) To win both halves of a split-pot game. [2) To declare for both high and low.
Moon Hand - A hand of good high and low value.
Mortgage - Seven-card stud requiring a player to win twice before winning the pot.
Mouth Bet - A bet not backed by money.
Muck - A pile of discards in front of the dealer, or the act of putting cards in this pile.
Murder - A two-card or a six-card high-low game with several twists.
Mystical Attitude - An irrational, unreasoned attitude.
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