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Underdog

An underdog is a player who is significantly behind in a hand. They still have a chance to win, should the right cards hit on the board, but their chances of doing so are not as much as the better hand.

e.g "Arnaud and his 6 9 is an underdog to Eddie and his pocket Queens."
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