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Nail - To catch a card that enables you to win the pot.
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Nailing - A cheater’s technique to mark cards that are no longer in play.
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Narrow The Field - To bet or raise in order to scare off other players whose hands are currently worse than yours, but have the potential to improve.
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Natural - A hand without wild cards.
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New York Stud - Five card stud in which a four flush beats a pair.
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Nickel - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
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Nickel-dime - A small-stake game.
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Nit - Nits are typically unfriendly, extremely selfish, know-it-all rocks who add little or nothing of value to the texture of a good game. A nit doesn’t scratch your back when you scratch his. He does what’s in his best interest at all times, and without exception.
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No Fold’em Hold’em - A term used to describe a loose Texas Hold ’Em game where players will generally call most bets rather than fold.
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No Limit - A game where players can bet as much as they like (as long as they have it in front of them) on any round of betting.
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N/L - Short for No Limit.
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No Pair - A Hand with 5 totally unrelated cards.
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Nose picker- The Joker.
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Northern flight - Seven card stud with all hearts wild, unless a spade is in the hand.
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Nucleus players - The dependable, regular players.
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Number Two Man - A card cheat or dealer that is capable of dealing the second card from the deck at will.
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Nursing - To play conservatively because one is losing and has little money left.
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Nut - The winnings needed to survive as a professional poker player.
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Nut flush - The best possible flush for a given situation. For example, if the flop in hold'em is 8s 7h 6s 5d Ks and you have As Js, you have the nut flush.
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Nut low - The best possible low for a given situation. For example, if the flop in Omaha high-low is 8s 7h 6s Kh Ks and you have As 2s 4d 5d, you have the nut low. You also have the nut flush, but that is a hand that might easily get beaten, given the pair on the board.
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Nuts - The best possible hand at any point of the game. A hand that cannot be beat.
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