Table slapping

[DeadLily]

I have almost no live poker experience, except for what I see on TV. I'll notice sometimes that after a hand is completed, a player (usually the loser, but sometimes the winner) will slap or knock the table. What does this mean?

[Fen84]

it typically nice hand and you win, this time at least

[GiantBuddha]

It's an understated gesture of respect. Eddie Felson does it with his pool cue in The Hustler, too. When a player wins the pot and does this, it's usually to acknowledge that the other player had a good hand also, or played the hand well.

[Alvination]

You mean like just slapping the table with the palm a couple of times? If so, when I win a pot that I wasn't sure I was gonna win, it's just a sigh of relief.

[IronFly]

it is applause