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Word Description
Made Hand A hand to which you're drawing, or one good enough that it doesn't need to improve.
Main Pot The center pot. Any other bets are placed in a side pot(s) and are contested among the remaining players. This occurs when a player(s) goes all-in.

Maniac A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing. A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling. However, a player who occasionally acts like a maniac and confuses his opponents is quite dangerous.
Micro-Limit Games so small that they couldn't be profitably dealt in a real cardroom. They exist only at online poker sites. You might arbitrarily call games $.25-.50 and smaller "micro-limit."
Middle Pair In flop games, when a player makes a pair with one of his/her down cards and the middle card on the flop. Usage: Like in sentence "You have Ad 9h in your hand, the flop is Ks 9s 6h. You have a pair of Nines, the middle pair."
Middle Position Somewhere between the early and late positions on a round of betting

Minimum Buy-In The least amount you can start a game with.

Monster A very big hand. In a tournament, a player who begins to accumulate chips after having a small stack is considered to be a monster.

MP Middle Position
Muck To discard or throw away your hand. It's also a pile of cards that are no longer in play.