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Kansas City Lowball: A form of lowball poker played for a deuce to seven low. Keep Honest: To call an opponent on the river, even though you believe he has a better hand than you do.
Key Card: The one card that will make your hand.
Key Hand: In a tournament, the hand that proves to be a turning point, for better or worse.
Kibitzer: A non-playing spectator; a railbird.
Kick It: To raise.
Kicker: The highest unpaired side card.
Kill: A kill game is one in which a player may place an extra bet, causing the betting limits to go up for just that hand. The player posting the bet is the "killer," and the hand is considered a "kill pot." The player is said to have "killed the pot" for the amount of the kill.
Knave: A Jack.
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Late Position: A position on a round of betting in which you act after most of the other players have acted. Lay Down: To reveal one's hand in a showdown.
Lay Down Your Hand: To fold.
Lay The Odds: To wager more money on a proposition than you hope to win.
Lead: To be the first to enter the pot after the blind.
Leak: To lose back part or all of one's winnings through other gambling habits.
Legitimate Hand: A strong hand that is not a bluff.
Limit Poker: A game with fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals.
Limp In: To enter the round by calling a bet rather than raising.
Limper: A player who enters the pot for the minimum bet.
Live Blind: When the player is allowed to raise even if no one else raises first; straddle.
Live Card: In stud games, a card that has not yet been seen in an opponent's hand and is presumed likely to be still in play.
Live Hand: A hand that is still eligible to win the pot.
Live One: An inexperienced, bad or loose player who apparently has plenty of money to lose; a rich sucker.
Lock: A hand that cannot lose; a cinch hand.
Long Odds: The odds for an event that has a relatively small chance of occurring.
Look: To call the final bet (before the showdown).
Loose: Playing more hands than the norm.
Loose Game: A game with a lot of players in most pots.
Lowball: A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.
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