| Dead Card |
A card no longer legally playable. |
| Dead Hand |
A hand no longer legally playable, due to some irregularity. |
| Dead Money |
Money put into the pot by players who have already folded. |
| Dealer's Choice |
A game in which each dealer, in turn, chooses the type of poker to be played. |
| Declaration |
In high-low poker, declaring by the use of coins or chips whether one is aiming to win the high or the low end of the pot, or both. |
| Declare Games |
Games in which a player must declare the value of his hand in order to claim the pot. |
| Deuce |
A two, the lowest ranking card in high poker. |
| Deuce to Seven |
Another term for Kansas City Lowball, a two to seven without a flush,being the best hand. |
| Dominate |
Said of a starting hand that will almost always beat another starting hand. |
| Door Card |
In Seven-Card Stud, the first exposed card in a player's hand. |
| Double Belly Buster |
A hand with two inside straight draws. |
| Double Gut Shot |
A draw to a broken sequence of cards, in which either of two cards will make the straight. |
| Double Through |
Going all-in against an opponent in order to double your stack if you win the hand. |
| Down Cards |
Hole cards. |
| Down To The Felt |
A player who has lost most of his chips. |
| Draw Lowball |
A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins. |
| Draw Out |
To improve your hand so that it beats an opponent who had a better hand than yours prior to your draw. |
| Draw Poker |
A form of poker in which each player receives five cards and then has the option of discarding one or more of them and receiving new cards in their place. |
| Drawing Dead |
Drawing to a hand that cannot possibly win. |
| Drawing Hand |
A potentially strong hand requiring a particular card from the draw to make it. |
| Driver's Seat |
The player who is making all the betting and thus appears to hold the strongest hand is said to be in the driver's seat. |
| Drop |
To fold. |