Locked Up ( poker )



1) Pertaining to chips residing in the stack of a very tight player, and thus difficult for any other player to win. "You're not going to win any of those chips back; he's got them locked up."

2) Reserved, with respect to a seat at a table. For example, a new player (new to the game) starts to sit down at what appears to be the only empty seat at the table. Emilie says, "You can't have that seat; I've got it locked up. I just have to play off the blind and I'll move."