To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make a hand any better than is shown on the board. For instance, if you have 22, and the board is 4-4-9-9-A (no flush possible), then you must "play the board" - the best possible hand you can make doesn't use any of your cards. Note that if you play the board, the best you can do is to split the pot with all remaining players.
Play the Board
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A
- A-Game
- ABC Player
- Able
- According to Hoyle
- Ace
- Ace in the Hole
- Ace Out
- Ace to Five
- Ace Up the Sleeve
- Ace Working
- Ace-High
- Ace-to-Five Lowball
- Acepots
- Aces and Spaces
- Aces Full
- Aces Over
- Aces Up
- Acey-Deucey
- Acey-Uppy
- Act
- Action
- Action Button
- Action Only
- Active Player
- Add-on
- Advantage
- Advantage Player
- Advantage Tool
- Advertise
- After-Hours Game
- Age
- Agent
- Aggressive
- Ahead
- Ainsworth
- Air
- Ajax
- Alabama Night Riders
- Alcohol
- Alexander
- All Black
- All Blue
- All Green
- All Pink
- All Purple
- All Red
- All the Way
- All the Way in One Play
- All-In
- All-In Over the Top
- Alone Player
- AMC
- American Airlines
- Ammo
- Ammunition
- An Ace Working
- Anaconda
- Angle
- Angle-Shooting
- Anna Kournikova
- Announce
- Announced Bet
- Ante
- Ante and Straddle
- Ante Bean
- Ante Up
- Apologizer
- Apology Card
- Apple
- Argine
- Arkansas Flush
- Around-the-Corner Straigh
- Artist
- As Nas
- Asian Five-Card Stud
- Asian Games
- Asian Stud
- Assault Rifle
- Assigned Bettor
- Athos
- Auto Ante
- Automatic
- Automatic Bet
- Automatic Bluff
- Ax
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B
- B&M
- Baby
- Back Into a Hand
- Back-to-back
- Backdoor
- Backdoor Flush
- Backdoor Straight
- Backer
- Backraise
- Bad Beat
- Bad Beat Jackpot
- Bankroll
- Barn
- Battle of the Blinds
- Bay and a Gray
- Beat the Board
- Behind
- Behind a Log
- Belly Buster
- Bet
- Bet Blind
- Bet for Value
- Bet in the Dark
- Bet Into
- Bet Odds
- Bet the Limit
- Bet the Pot
- Betting Stakes
- Bicycle or Bike
- Big Blind
- Big Bobtail
- Big Dog
- Big Pair
- Big Slick
- Big Tiger
- Blank
- Blaze
- Bleed
- Blind
- Blind Bet
- Blind Raise
- Blind Robber
- Blistering
- Blocker
- Blow Back
- Bluff
- Boardcards
- Boat
- Bobtail Straight
- Boss
- Bottom Pair
- Boxed Card
- Bring It In
- Bring-In
- Broadway
- Broomcorn's Uncle
- Bubbled
- Buck
- Bug
- Bull The Game
- Bullets
- Bump
- Buried Pair
- Burn
- Burn Card
- Bury Card
- Bust
- Bust a Player
- Bust Out
- Busted Hand
- Button
- Buy
- Buy-In
- Buy-in Limit
- By Me
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C
- C-Note
- California games
- California Lowball
- Call
- Call Cold
- Caller
- Calling Station
- Cap
- Capping a Raise
- Cardroom
- Cards Speak
- Case Card
- Case Chips
- Cash In
- Cash Out
- Casino Poker
- Catch
- Catch Bluffing
- Center Pot
- Change Gears
- Chase
- Chat
- Cheater
- Check
- Check Blind
- Check-Raise
- Cheese
- Chip
- Chop
- Cinch Hand
- Coffeehousing
- Cold Call
- Cold Deck
- Cold Hands
- Collection
- Collection Drop
- Color Change
- Come Hand
- Come Over the Top
- Common Card
- Community cards
- Comp Program
- Complete Hand
- Complete the Bet
- Concealed Pair
- Connector
- Conservative
- Conservative Play
- Counterfeit
- Court Card
- Cowboys
- Crack
- Cranberry
- Crap Shoot
- Cripple
- Crying Call
- Cut
- Cut It Up
- Cut the Cards
- Cut the Deck
- Cut The Pot
- Cut-Card
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D
- Dark Bet
- Darken
- Dead Card
- Dead Collection Blind
- Dead Hand
- Dead Man's Hand
- Dead Money
- Deal
- Deal Me In
- Deal Me Out
- Deal Off
- Deal Twice
- Dealer
- Dealer's Choice
- Dealer's Position
- Dealers Button
- Deck
- Declaration
- Deuces
- Diamonds
- Discard(s)
- Disconnect Protection
- Dog
- Dolly Parton
- Dominated Hands
- Dominating Hands
- Donkey
- Door Card
- Double Belly Buster
- Double Bluff
- Double Up
- Double-Pop
- Down and Dirty
- Down Card
- Down to the Green
- Doyle Brunson
- Draw
- Draw Card
- Draw Dead
- Draw Down
- Draw For Deal
- Draw For Seats
- Draw Game
- Draw Live
- Draw Lowball
- Draw Out
- Draw Poker
- Draw Snow
- Drawing
- Drawing Dead
- Drawing Hand
- Driver's Seat
- Drop
- Drop Out
- Ducks
- E
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F
- Facecard
- False Cut
- False Openers
- Family Pot
- Fast
- Fifth Street
- Fill
- Fill Up
- Fish
- Fishhooks
- Five of a Kind
- Five-card Draw
- Five-card Stud
- Fixed Limit
- Flash
- Flashed Card
- Flat Call
- Flat Limit
- Floorman
- Flop
- Flop a Set
- Flop Games
- Flush
- Flush Draw
- Fold
- Force-In
- Forced Bet
- Foul
- Foul Hand
- Four Flush
- Four of a Kind
- Fourth Street
- Free Card
- Freeroll
- Freeze-Out
- Full Barn
- Full Boat
- Full Buy
- Full House
- Full Tub
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
-
O
- Odds
- Odds Against
- Odds For
- Odds On
- Offsuit
- Omaha
- On the Button
- On The Come
- On Tilt
- One-End
- One-Gap
- One-Way Straight
- Open
- Open at Both Ends
- Open Card
- Open End
- Open Game
- Open Pair
- Open Poker
- Open Seat
- Open-ended Straight
- Open-Handed
- Opener
- Opener Button
- Openers
- Option
- Out Button
- Out of Line
- Outdraw
- Outs
- Over the top
- Overblind
- Overcall
- Overcard
- Overcards
- Overpair
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P
- Paint Cards
- Paints
- Pair
- Pass
- Passive
- Pat
- Pay Off
- Pay Station
- Peg
- Pegging
- Penny Ante
- Picked Off
- Picture Cards
- Pigeon
- Pineapple Hold'em
- Pips
- Play Back
- Play Behind
- Play Fast
- Play Over
- Play the Board
- Played Card
- Playing the Board
- Playover Box
- Pocket Rockets
- PocketCards
- Point
- Poker
- Poker Face
- Poker network
- Poker room
- Poker Rules
- Position
- Post
- Post-Mortem
- Pot
- Pot Limit
- Pot Odds
- Potting Out
- Preflop
- Premium Hands
- Price
- Pricking
- Prop
- Proposing Bets
- Proposition Player/Prop
- Protect
- Public Poker
- Punctuating
- Puppy Feet/Pups
- Push
- Pushing Bets
- Put Down
- Putting on the Heat
- Q
- R
-
S
- Sandbagging
- Santa Barbara
- Satellite
- Scare Card
- Scoop
- Scramble
- Seat Position
- Seating List
- Second Best
- Second Pair
- See
- Sell
- Semi-Bluff
- Sequence
- Session
- Set
- Set a Trap
- Setup
- Seven-card Stud
- Seventh Street
- Shaka Zulu
- Shark
- Shills
- Shoot-out
- Short Buying
- Short Stack
- Short-Handed
- Show
- Show Cards
- Showdown
- Shuffle
- Side Bet
- Side Pot
- Sitting Out
- Sixth Street
- Slow Play
- Slow Roll
- Small Blind
- Smooth Call
- Snapped Off
- Snow Job
- Soft Seat
- Solid
- Speed Limit
- Splash Around
- Split
- Split Pot
- Split Two Pair
- Splitting Blinds
- Splitting Openers
- Spread Limit
- Squared Deck
- Squeeze
- Stack
- Stacked Deck
- Stake
- Stand Off
- Stay
- Steal
- Steal Position
- Steal Raise
- Steal the Antes
- Steal the Blinds
- Steam
- Steamrolling
- Steel The Blinds
- Steel Wheel
- Straddle
- Straight
- Straight Flush
- Stranger
- Strategic Bluff
- Streak
- Street
- String Bet
- String Raise
- Strip poker
- Structure
- Stub
- Stuck
- Stud Games
- Suckout
- Suicide King
- Suit
- Suited Connectors
- Super-Bluff
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T
- Table
- Table Cards
- Table Charge
- Table Stakes
- Tap
- Tapped Out
- Tell
- Texas Hold'em
- Third Street
- Thirty Miles
- Three Flush
- Three of a Kind
- Throwing a Party
- Ticket
- Tie
- Tied On
- Tiger
- Tight
- Tilt, On
- Time
- Time collection
- Timid Player
- TOC
- Toke
- Top Pair
- Top Two Pair
- Tough Player
- Tournament
- Tournament Fee
- Trapper
- Treys
- Triplets
- Trips
- Turkish Pocket Aces
- Turn
- Turncard
- Two Flush
- Two Pair
- Two-Way Hand
- U
- V
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W
- Walk
- Walk the Table
- Walking Sticks
- Wash
- Waving
- Weak
- Weary Willie
- Wedges
- Welcher
- Whangedoodle
- Wheel
- Whipsaw
- Whiskey Poker
- Whore
- Widow
- Wild Annie
- Wild Card
- Wild Game
- Wild Widow
- Window
- Window Dressing
- Wing
- Winning Hand
- Wired
- Wired Pair
- Wooden Hand
- Woolworth
- Woppitzer
- Work the Broads
- Working the Telegraph
- World Poker Tour
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- World's Fair
- Worst Hand
- Worst Likely Hand
- Worst of It
- WPT
- Wraparound
- WSOP
- X
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- Z
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