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Scoop poker term

By Toby Bochan, About.com

Definition: When playing a high-low poker game, the pot is sometimes split between the high hand and the low hand. But if one player wins both the high and low they win or "scoop" the whole pot. A player can also scoop the pot if it is a game where no low hand qualifies and they are the only high hand.
Examples:
When I got the wheel in Omaha high-low, I scooped an enormous pot!

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