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Unbalanced Count [Blackjack]
	A count in which the number of plus and minus cards is not equal. For example, the KO count has one more plus valued card than minus valued card, which makes it an unbalanced count.

Uncalled Bet [Poker]
	In any round of betting, a bet made by one player that is not matched by any other player (nor is any other player all in, which would still necessitate a showdown), thus giving the pot to the player who made the bet.

Uncounterfeitable [Poker]
	In a high-low game with community cards (as Omaha or hold 'em), describing a nut low hand that still makes a nut low (the lowest possible hand based on the cards showing.) if one (after the turn) or two (on the flop) of the active low cards are duplicated. For example, in Omaha you hold A-2-3-J, and the board is 4-7-8-T. Even if the river is A or 2, you still have the nut low.

Under Pair [Poker]
	In hold 'em, a player's pair lower than any card among the community cards. For example, you start with 7-7, and the flop is A-Q-9.

Under-the-Gun Blind [Poker]
	A traveling blind game in which the first player to the dealer's left blinds the pot.

Underbet [Poker]
	In a big bet game, make a bet smaller than one ordinarily might or than the situation calls for, sometimes in the hopes of enticing a raise (when one has a "monster") and sometimes to keep from having to call a larger bet if one passed instead of betting.

Undercall [Poker]

At the showdown, declare your hand as being worse than it is. Many card rooms, particularly in California, have a penalty for overcalling a hand, where they rule that if a player miscalls his hand as being better than it is, causing another player to discard his hand, he may lose claim to the pot; that is, the verbal announcement takes precedence over the actual cards. There is no penalty for under calling a hand, but, except for accidentally, it is usually done only to needle another player by making that player briefly think she has the winner.

Undercut [Poker]
	1) Suffer an occurrence in low-hole-card-wild stud games in which a player's last down card is lower than his current lowest card, thus lowering the value of his hand. 2) Shuffle the deck in a cheating fashion, consisting of moving a prearranged packet from the bottom to the top of the deck, to produce a stacked deal

Underdog [Video Poker]
	A person or hand who is not mathematically favored to win a pot. For instance, if you flop four cards to your flush, you are not quite a 2:1 underdog to make your flush by the river (that is, you will make your flush about one in three times).

Underfull [Poker]
	Any full house other than that special hand known as big full, that is, three aces and two kings.

Underplay [Poker]
	In a big bet game, make a bet smaller than one ordinarily might or than the situation calls for, sometimes in the hopes of enticing a raise (when one has a "monster") and sometimes to keep from having to call a larger bet if one passed instead of betting.

Undress. [Poker]
	In draw poker, an exhortation, by the dealer, for the players to discard and reveal how many cards they're drawing.

Unglued [Poker]

On tilt (Playing poorly and irrationally due to emotional upset, often caused by the player in question having had a good hand beat by a freak draw from another player (often in complete disregard of the odds and good play) or the player having lost a pot because of his own bad play. Also called steaming, having one's nose open, opened up, unglued and being wide open.); usually preceded by come. "He just came unglued after he had pocket aces beat for the second time by the same live one."

Union Oil [Poker]
	1) In lowball, a 7-6 hand; so called because a lowball hand is often expressed as a two-digit number composed of the top two cards of the hand, so a 7-6 can be called a 76. 2) In high, two pair, 7s and 6s. 3) In hold 'em, a 7 and 6 as one's first two cards.

Unit [Blackjack]
	This generally means a card counter's minimum bet. When a counter is spreading $25 to $200 and says he won 10 units, he means he won $250. Although if he is spreading $50 to $200 with only an occasional $25 bet, he might be talking about $50 units.

Unit [Poker]
	1) A fixed betting quantity, usually equal to the size of the betting limit for the game. 2) $1000. "I'm stuck a unit."

Unlimited Poker Dictionary [Poker]
	No limit (A poker game in which players can bet as much as they have in front of them on any given round.)

Unlimited Rebuy Tournament [Poker]
	A re-buy tournament in which players are permitted to re-buy as often as they wish, generally only during a certain period of time, as the first hour, the first three levels, etc

Unload [Poker]
	While cheating, get rid of unwanted cards, as drop them in one's lap, dispose of them in the discards, and so on.

Unmade Hand [Poker]

In draw poker (high and low), a potentially winning hand that needs a good draw to become strong. Without a favorable draw, the hand is a probable loser. For example, in lowball, joker-ace-deuce-trey, plus some useless card like a king, is the best possible one-card draw, but it is still an unmade hand that can be spoiled by catching a pair or face card. In high, three cards to a straight flush plus the joker (and some other unrelated card that will be discarded on the draw) is a good unmade hand.

Unmarked Cards [Poker]
	A deck that has no markings, and presumably cannot be used for cheating (at least not by virtue of any marks).

Unpaid Shill [Poker]
	A player who plays in few pots, and when he does, makes small bets and rarely raises, basically just plays along, apparently trying to last as long as possible. Also, a player who is the first to get into a given game, and the last to leave.

Unpat [Poker]
	Draw out on someone's pat hand (usually in high draw poker). "No cards, huh? Let's see if I can unpat you

Up [Poker]
	Designates the higher card of a hand consisting of two pair. Thus, "Queens up" refers to two pair, of which the higher pair is queens and the lower pair is unspecified.

Up Front [Poker]
	Pertaining to an early betting position. "He came out swinging up front," in a no-limit game, means that the first bettor made a large bet, and implies the bet was made with no hesitation.

Up Jumped the Devil!. [Poker]
	1) A player says this in draw poker or lowball, usually when drawing one card and turning that card face up for the table to see, and that card (presumably) makes the hand. Comes from craps, where it is used in the situation in which a player sevens out. 2. Sometimes a player says this when catching the joker (or hoping to).

Up to [Poker]
	Pertaining to the person whose turn it is to bet; often followed by a pronoun or the name of a player. "Who's it up to?" "It's up to Pete." A card room homily goes, "It's always up to the person who says, `Who's it up to?'"

Up/Down Slot Cycle [Slots]
	Slot's average payoff percentage rate applies over the long haul, as long as one year. Therefore a slot with a 98% payoff percentage rate will sometimes pay off at 130% and other times at 50%, sometimes at 28% and other times at 502%. The lower percentages indicate a down cycle and the higher numbers an up cycle.

Uphill [Poker]
	Fighting the odds; usually preceded by go. "You're going uphill whenever you're in a pot with him."

Ups [Poker]
	In high (draw, usually), the top pair in a two-pair hand. If two players have two pair, one might say, "What are your ups?" wanting to know whether the other has, for example, aces up, or kings up.

Uston Advanced Plus / Minus Count [Blackjack]
	A level one counting system described by Ken Uston in the book, Million Dollar Blackjack. It is a balanced count which values the 3 through 7 cards as a plus one and the tens, face cards and aces as a minus one. It also utilizes a number of strategy variations based on the count.

Uston Advanced Point Count [Blackjack]
	A level three counting system described by Ken Uston in the book, Million Dollar Blackjack. It assigns the value of plus one to 2s and 8s, plus two to 3s, 4s, 6s and 7s, plus three to 5s, minus one to 9s and minus three to 10s.

Uston Simple Plus / Minus Count [Blackjack]
	See Uston Advanced Plus / Minus Count. It uses the same tag values but does not include the strategy variations on the Advanced Count.

Utah [Poker]

Another name for Cincinnati (A form of poker found only in home games, a widow game in which each player receives five cards face down, as does a central area of the table, followed by a round of betting, and then the dealer turns up each central card, one at a time, each followed by another round of betting. At the showdown, each player uses the best five cards among his five and those of the widow. The game is often played high-low split. Also called Utah, Lamebrains, or California. Southern Cross is a variant of Cincinnati.).

Utility Bet [Poker]

A bet made by a player who is unsure of the precise main benefit of the bet, yet knows the bet has a positive expectation, that is, the bet might cause the player to prosper in any one of several ways. For instance, he might bet knowing his opponent could throw the better hand away, or his opponent could throw away a hand that is not better now but can draw out on him easily, or his opponent might call with the worst of it

Ube [Blackjack]
	The acronym for Universal Blackjack Engine, software by John Imming.

Ubz [Blackjack]
	An abbreviation for Unbalanced Zen card-counting system.

Unbalanced Zen [Blackjack]
	An unbalanced version of Arnold Snyder's Zen Count.

Under the Gun [Poker]
	The first player to act after the blind bets is said to be under the gun.

Under the Guns [Poker]
	The first player to act after the blind bets is said to be under the gun.

Under-Raise [Poker]
	To raise less than the previous bet; allowed only if a player is going all-in.

Underdog [Poker]
	A person or hand who is not mathematically favored to win a pot. Ant: Favorite.

Up Card [Blackjack]
	The dealer's first dealt card, placed face up.

Up For [Poker]
	Having one's name on the list (the board) for a particular game. "Are you up for the 20?"

Up Pops the Devil [Craps]
	Betting that the next roll will be the number of 7 (5&2).

Underground Joint [Roulette]
	An illegal casino.

Up the Slope!. [Poker]
	I raise"; sometimes "Up the slope went the antelope.

Utg [Poker]
	Shorthand, particularly in E-mail and Internet postings, for under the gun.

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