Live ( poker )



1) Not playing house chips. "All the players in the game are live."

2) Full of action. "This is a pretty live game."

3) Full of gamble (with the implication of foolishly so). "He's playing too live."

4) Pertaining to a hand that has not yet been folded.

5) Pertaining to cards that are part of an active player's hand,
or part of those being dealt to him as his draw.

6) Pertaining to cards that are available to be drawn, that is cards that have not yet been dealt,
or at least not seen. In stud, this might be cards a player needs to make a hand that have not been exposed; in draw, this might be cards a player needs and he knows his opponent or opponents do not have in their hands.

7) Pertaining to a legitimate (as opposed to foul) hand.