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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
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
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
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
E
Early Position -
in an early betting position
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
G
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
I
Ignorant End -
the lower end of the straight
K
Kicker –
A separate high card used to break a tie.
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
M
Monster –
A powerful hand
Muck –
Fold without showing your hand
N
No Limit –
A game where anyone can bet all there chips at
anytime.
Nuts – The
highest possible hand in a poker game
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
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
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
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
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
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