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Poker Terms |
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Commonly used poker
terminology and slang |
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A
Ace High When
the highest hand you can
make is an Ace with no
pair.
All in When a
player chooses to bet
his last chips (he can
never win more then he
risks from the remaining
players)
Ante - Money
placed in the pot before
the hand is dealt
Auto Blind - a
button that will
automatically post the
small or big blind |
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B
Bad Beat - when a
hand is lost with a hand
that usually would win.
Bankroll - the
amount of money a
players has in play.
Bet Money put
in play.
Big Blind A
full forced bet before
any cards are dealt
Blind - an
opening bet before any
cards are dealt
Bluff - a bet
with a weak hand
Board - the cards
used by all the players.
Burn a Card -
removal of the top card
of a deck by the dealer
Button - a disk
that is used to show who
is the theoretical
dealer.
Buy in - the
amount of money it
requires to get into a
game, it is the money
available to bet in the
game |
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C
Call - making a
bet equal to the
previous bet
Calling Station -
a player who always
seems to call and rarely
folds.
Cap - the number
of times a raise can be
re-raised
Catch - when a
draw makes a hand
Check - do not
bet on one's turn to bet
Check Raise - a
player checks on the
first opportunity to bet
then raises on his next
opportunity
Cold Call -
calling a bet and raise
at the same time after
first checking, or
betting for the first
time |
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D
Deal - distribute
the cards to the players
Draw - receiving
more cards in a game
Drawing Dead
When even drawing the
card you need will not
give you a winner |
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E
Early Position -
in an early betting
position |
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F
Family Pot -
where everyone at the
table is still involved
in the pot
Flop - the first
community cards dealt at
once in a game
Fold - to give up
your cards and remove
yourself from play of
the hand
Flush - a hand
where all five cards
share the same suit
Free Card - you
get to see an additional
card without having to
call or bet
Freezeout - a
tournament format
whereby you cannot rebuy,
your buyin is the limit
of your play |
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G |
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H
High Hand - the
best hand in any round
of poker
Heads Up - one on
one play, only two
players are involved
Hold'em - poker
game where each player
receives 2 pocket cards
and tries to make the
best hand using these 2
cards and 5 community
cards dealt to the
table, bets can be made
after the 2 pocket cards
are dealt, after the
first 3 community cards
are dealt and after the
4th and 5th community
cards are dealt, most
popular game played
online
Hole Cards - the
card or cards unseen by
the other players
House - the
owners management of the
game who take the rake
and manage the games |
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I
Ignorant End -
the lower end of the
straight |
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K
Kicker A
separate high card used
to break a tie. |
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L
Late Position
Being among the last to
act in a round of
betting
Loose Player A
player who plays a lot
of hands, good and bad |
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M
Monster A
powerful hand
Muck Fold
without showing your
hand |
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N
No Limit A game
where anyone can bet all
there chips at anytime.
Nuts The
highest possible hand in
a poker game |
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O
Omaha A game
with four down cards and
four board cards where
you must use exactly 2
down cards and 3 board
cards
Overcard - a card
on the board higher than
your pair |
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P
Pair - two cards
of the same rank
Position - the
place of a player at the
table in relation to the
opener , early middle or
late
Pot - the total
money or chips on the
table after all the
betting is complete
Pot -Limit - a
game where a player's
maximum bet is the size
of the pot
Pot Odds - the
calculated odds the
money in the pot
represents in relation
to how much it will cost
to play and hand and the
players chances of
winning the hand |
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R
Rag A card that
helps no ones hand
Rake The money
the house takes on each
hand
Raise - after
betting has opened,
increasing the amount of
the bet is a raise
River - the last
community card dealt
Rock - a player
who only plays extremely
good hands |
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S
Seven Card Stud -
a form of poker where 2
cards are down, 4 face
up and 1 last card down.
Or any variation of stud
poker with 7 cards
Showdown - the
showing of cards after
the last bet has been
made
Slow Play Not
raising a good hand to
incite further betting
Small Blind
Forced half bet made
before any cards are
dealt
Spit Pot - hands
in which the pot is
split between more than
one player
Steal - raising
in expectation that all
other players will fold
Stud - games in
which there are no
community cards, the
player plays only the
cards in his/her hand |
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T
Table Stakes-
Betting is restricted to
the chips on the table.
Tells - gestures
or words by a player
that give away the value
of his/her hand
Texas Hold'em -
see Hold'em
Tight - a tight
player is a player who
never bets unless they
hold a good hand
Turn - Fourth
Street in a 7 card poker
game |
