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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.

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