Domination (poker) Domination (poker) Poker hand A is said to dominate poker hand B if poker hand B has three or fewer outs (cards to catch) that would improve it enough to win. Informally, domination is sometimes used to refer to any situation where one hand is highly likely to beat another. The term drawing dead is used to denote a domination situation with zero outs. In hold'em poker variations, domination usually refers to one of five situations involving the hole cards: This is considered domination—despite the having six outs—because if they both hit the flush the will win. The following table
Cheating in poker sort, like arranging their chips in a certain manner. In a poker tournament, when one player is all in and two other players are active in the pot, it is common for the two players with chips left to "check it down", or check on each round of betting through the end of the hand. Unless they explicitly communicate an agreement about checking it down, this is not collusion. Online play has allowed for new methods of cheating while other methods based on physical objects such as cards or chips are impossible. One new form of cheating is the use