Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place. stoa.
A check-raise in poker is a common deceptive play in which a player checks early in a betting round, hoping someone else will open. The player who checked then raises in the same round.
1 to demand (a card). 2  to demand the display of a hand by (a player). 3  Poker. to equal (a bet) or equal the bet made by (the preceding bettor) in a round.  Bridge. to signal one's partner for a lead of (a certain card or suit).