Deal

word type: verb

  1. To methodically distribute cards from a 52-card deck in order to play a poker hand.
  2. To bargain for a redistribution of cash or prizes in the middle of a cash game hand or at the end of a poker tournament.
  3. Song. A Grateful Dead song with lyrics by Robert Hunter all about gambling: "It goes to show/You don't ever know/Watch each card you play and play it slow."

I've Been Gambling Hereabouts for Ten Good Solid Years

Here is a live version of the Hunter/Garcia-penned poker song. The actual songs begins about 2:15 into the video after some crowd noise: