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A
Ace-High - A five-card
hand containing an ace but no pair; beats a king-high,
but loses to any pair or above.
Aces Full - A
full house with aces over any pair. Aces Up Two
pairs, one of which is aces.
Action - The betting.
Active
Player - A
player still in the pot.
Add-On - The opportunity
to buy additional chips in some tournaments.
Advertise - To
make a bluff with the deliberate intention of
being exposed as a loose player.
All-In - When
a player bets all his or her remaining chips.
An Ace Working An ace in hand.
Angle - Any technically
legal but ethically dubious way to increase your
expectation at a game; a trick.
Ante - A token
bet required before the start of a hand.
B
A Baby - A small
card.
Back Door Flush (or Straight) -
When the last two cards make a player's hand,
even though he or she played on the flop for
some other reason.
Back Into A Hand -
To draw into a hand different from the one you
were originally trying to make.
Bad Beat - When
a strong hand is beaten by a lucky hand; a longshot
win.
Bankroll - The
amount of money you have available to wager.
Behind - You're
behind if you don't have the best hand before
the last cards have been dealt.
Belly Buster -
A draw to fill an inside straight; a gut shot.
Bet - To voluntarily
put money or chips into the pot.
Bet For Value -
Betting in order to raise the amount in the pot,
not to make your opponents fold.
Bet Into - To
bet before a stronger hand, or a player who bet
strongly on the previous round.
Bet The Pot -
To bet the total value of the pot. Betting Black
Betting $100 amounts (black is a common color
for $100 chips).
Betting Green -
Betting $25 amounts (green is a common color
for $25 chips).
Betting Red -
Betting $5 amounts (red is a common color for
$5 chips).
Betting White -
Betting $1 amounts (white is a common color for
$1 chips).
Betting Interval -
The period during which each active player has
the right to check, bet or raise; the round of
betting. It ends when the last bet or raise has
been called by all players still in the hand.
Bicycle - The
lowest possible hand in lowball: Ace-2-3-4-5.
Also called a wheel.
Big Bet Poker -
Another term for pot-limit and no-limit poker.
Big Blind - The
forced bet in second position before any cards
are dealt. Usually this is a Live Blind, which
means that the player in this position can raise
if no one else has before the cards are dealt.
Big Slick - The
Ace-King card combination.
Black Leg - Archaic
term for crooked card-sharp.
Blank - A card
that is of no value to a player's hand.
Blind - A forced
bet that one or more players to the dealer's
left must make before any cards are dealt to
start the action on the first round of betting.
Blind Raise -
When a player raises without first looking at
his or her cards.
Blow Back - To
lose back one's profits.
Bluff - To bet
or raise with a hand that is unlikely to be the
best hand.
Board - In flop
games, the five cards that are turned face up
in the center of the table; in Seven-Card Stud,
the four cards that are dealt face up to each
player.
Boat - Another
name for full house.
Bottom Pair -
When you use the lowest card on the flop to make
a pair.
Bounty -
A small amount of cash awarded to a player when
he knocks out another player in some tournaments.
Brick - A blank.
Bring-In - The
forced bet made on the first betting round by
the player dealt the lowest card showing in Seven-Card
Stud and the highest card showing in razz.
Bring It In -
To start the betting on the first round.
Broadway - An
ace high straight.
Brush - A cardroom
employee responsible for managing the seating
list.
Buck - In all
flop games, a small disk used to indicate the
dealer, or used to signify the player in the
last position if a house dealer is used; a button.
Bug - A Joker
that can be used to make straights and flushes
and can be paired with Aces, but not with any
other cards.
Bullet - An Ace.
Bullets -
A pair of Aces.
Bump - To raise.
Buried
Pair -
In stud games, a pair in the hole.
Burn - To deal
off the top card, face down, before dealing out
the cards (to prevent cheating); or to set aside
a card which has been inadvertently revealed.
Bust -
A worthless hand that has failed to improve as
the player hoped; a busted hand.
Bust a Player -
To deprive a player of all his chips; in tournament
play, to eliminate a player.
Bust Out - To
be eliminated from a tournament by losing all
your chips.
Busted Broke, tapped.
Busted Flush -
A hand with only four of five cards in a flush.
Button In all flop games, a small disk used to
signify the player in the last position if a
house dealer is used; a buck.
Buy-In - The miniumum
amount of money required to sit down in a particular
game.
C
Cage - The cashier,
where you exchange cash for chips and vice versa.
Call
- To match,
rather than raise, the previous bet.
Call
Cold - To
call a bet and raise at once.
Calling
Station - A
player who invariably calls, and is therefore
hard to bluff out.
Cap
- In limit
games, the limit on the number of raises in a
round of betting.
Card
Room - The
room or area in a casino where poker is played.
Case
Card - The
last card of a denomination or suit, when the
rest have already been seen.
Case
- Chips A
player's last chips.
Cash
In - To leave
the game and convert one's chips to cash, either
with the dealer or at the cage.
Cash
Out - To
leave a game and cash in one's chips at the cage.
Caught
Speeding - Slang
for caught bluffing.
Chase
- To stay
in against an apparently stronger hand, usually
in the hope of filling a straight or flush.
Check
- To abstain
from betting, reserving the right to call or
raise if another player bets. Also another name
for a chip.
Check-Raise
- To
check and raise in a betting round.
Check
In The Dark - To
check before looking at the card or cards just
dealt.
Cheese
- A very
substandard starting hand.
Chip
Race - As
the limits increase in tournaments, lower denomination
chips are taken out of circulation. Rather than
rounding odd chips up or down for each player,
the players are dealt a card for each odd chip.
The player with the highest card is given all
the odd chips, which are then colored up.
Chop
- To return
the blinds to the players who posted them and
move on to the next hand, if nobody calls the
blind.
Cinch
Hand - An
unbeatable hand; nuts.
Closed
Hand - A
hand in which all cards are concealed from the
opponents.
Closed
- Poker
Games in which all of the cards are dealt face
down.
Coffee
Housing - An
attempt to mislead opponents about one's hand
by means of devious speech or behavior.
Cold
- If
a player says his cards have "gone cold," he's
having a bad streak.
Cold
Call - To
call a raise without having already put the initial
bet into the pot.
Cold
Deck - A
fixed deck.
Color
Up - To
exchange one's chips for chips of higher value,
usually to reduce the number of chips one has
on the table.
Come
- Playing
a worthless hand in the hope of improving it
is called "playing
on the come."
Come
Hand - A
hand that has not yet been made, requiring one
or more cards from the draw to complete it.
Come
Over The Top - To
raise or reraise an opponent's bet.
Commit
Fully - To
put in as many chips as necessary to play your
hand to the river, even if they're your case
chips.
Community
Cards - In
flop games and similar games, the cards dealt
face up in the center of the table that are shared
by all active players.
Connectors
- Consecutive
cards which might make a straight.
Counterfeit
- In
Omaha Hi/Lo, when the board pairs your key low
card, demoting the value of your hand.
Cowboy
- Slang
for a King.
Crack
- To beat
a powerful hand.
Crying
Call - A
call with a hand you think has a small chance
of winning.
Cut
It Up - To
split the pot after a tie.
Cut
The Pot - To
take a percentage of each pot for the casino
running the game.
D
Dead Card - A
card no longer legally playable.
Dead
Hand - A
hand no longer legally playable, due to some
irregularity.
Dead
Money - Money
put into the pot by players who have already
folded.
Dealer's
Choice - A
game in which each dealer, in turn, chooses the
type of poker to be played.
Declaration
- In
high-low poker, declaring by the use of coins
or chips whether one is aiming to win the high
or the low end of the pot, or both.
Declare
Games - Games
in which a player must declare the value of his
hand in order to claim the pot.
Deuce
- A two,
the lowest ranking card in high poker.
Deuce
to Seven - Another
term for Kansas City Lowball, a two to seven
without a flush,being the best hand.
Dominate
- Said
of a starting hand that will almost always beat
another starting hand.
Door
Card - In
Seven-Card Stud, the first exposed card in a
player's hand.
Double
Belly Buster - A
hand with two inside straight draws.
Double
Gut Shot - A
draw to a broken sequence of cards, in which
either of two cards will make the straight.
Double
Through - Going
all-in against an opponent in order to double
your stack if you win the hand.
Down
Cards - Hole
cards.
Down
To The Felt - A
player who has lost most of his chips.
Draw
- Lowball
A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.
Draw Out - To
improve your hand so that it beats an opponent
who had a better hand than yours prior to your
draw.
Draw
Poker - A
form of poker in which each player receives five
cards and then has the option of discarding one
or more of them and receiving new cards in their
place.
Drawing
Dead - Drawing
to a hand that cannot possibly win.
Drawing
Hand - A
potentially strong hand requiring a particular
card from the draw to make it.
Driver's
Seat - The
player who is making all the betting and thus
appears to hold the strongest hand is said to
be in the driver's seat.
Drop - To fold.
E
Early
Position - A
position on a round of betting in which you must
act before most of the other players.
Effective Odds - The ratio of the total
amount of money you expect to win if you make
your hand to the total amount of bets you will
have to call to continue from the present round
of betting to the end of the hand.
Equity
- The value
of a particular hand or combination of cards.
Even
Money - A
wager in which you hope to win the same amount
as you bet.
Expectation
- The
profit or loss you would expect to make on average
over a number of hands.F
Family
Pot - A
pot in which most of the players at the table
are still involved at the end of the hand.
Favorite -
A hand that has the best chance of winning. Fifth
Street In flop games, the final round of betting
and the fifth community card on the board; in
stud games, the fifth card dealt to each player
and the third betting round (on the third upcard).
Fill - To pull
the card one is seeking; to hit.
Fill
Up - To make
a full house.
Fish -
A poor player; an amateur who is losing a lot
of money.
Fishhooks -
Slang for Jacks.
Five-Card Draw -
A draw poker game in which the players start
with five cards and then may draw to replace
them.
Five-Card
Stud -
A stud poker game in which each player gets one
concealed card and four exposed cards.
Flat
Call - To
call a bet without raising. Flat Limit A betting
limit in a poker game that does not escalate
from one round to the next.
Flop -
In flop games, the first three community cards,
which are turned face up simultaneously and start
the second round of betting.
Flop Games -
A family of poker games played with five community
cards. The first three cards, turned face up
simultaneously, are called the flop. Popular
flop games include Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha.
Flush -
Five cards of the same suit.
Flush
Draw - Having
four cards of the same suit, and hoping to draw
a fifth to make a flush.
Fold -
To withdraw from the hand rather than bet or
raise; to give up.
Forced
Bet - A
required bet to start the action on the first
round of a poker hand.
Four-Flush -
Four cards of the same suit, requiring a fifth
to make a flush.
Four
Of A Kind -
Four cards of the same denomination.
Fourth
Street -
In flop games, the fourth card on board and the
third round of betting, the turn; in Seven-Card
Stud, the fourth card dealt to each player and
the second round of betting (on the second upcard).
Free
Card - A
card that a player gets without having to call
a bet.
Free
Ride - To
stay in a hand without being forced to bet.
Freeroll -
A situation in which two players have the same
hand, but one of the players has a chance to
better his hand.
Freeze
Out - A
game or tournament in which all players start
with the same amount and play until one player
has won all the chips.
Full House - Any
three cards of the same denomination, plus any
pair of a different denomination.
G
G-Note -
A one thousand dollar bill.
Get The Right Price -
The pot odds are favorable enough for you to
justify calling a bet or a raise with a drawing
hand.
Get
Full - Value
Betting, raising and re-raising in order to manipulate
the size of the pot so that you will be getting
maximum pot odds if you win the hand.
Get
There - To
make your hand.
Give
Action -
Betting, calling, raising or re-raising.
Gut-Shot -
A card drawn to fill an inside straight.
Gypsy In - In
lowball, to limp in.
H
Hand -
A player's best five cards.
Heads-Up - A
game between just two players, often the climax
of a tournament.
High-Low - A poker
game in which the highest and lowest hands share
the pot. Also called High-Low Split.
Hit -
To pull the card one is seeking; to fill.
Hit
And Run -
A player who has only been at the table a short
amount of time and leaves after winning a big
pot.
Hold
'Em - A form
of poker in which players use five community
cards in combination with their two hole cards
to form the best five-card hand. Also called
Texas hold 'em.
Hole -
The concealed card or cards.
Hole
Card - A
card concealed in a player's hand. Home Run Hitter
A player who makes big plays that require maximum
risk.
Horsing -
Passing a small amount of money to another player
after winning a pot; scooting.
House -
The establishment; the casino or cardroom.
Hot -
Said of a player on a winning streak.
I
Ignorant
End -
The low end straight.
Implied
Odds -
The amount of money you expect to win if you
make your hand versus the amount of money it
will cost you to continue playing.
In -
A player is "in" if
he or she has called all bets.
In
the Air - When
the tournament director instructs the dealers
to get the cards in the air, it means to start
dealing.
In
The Dark -
To check or bet blind, without looking at your
cards.
Inside
Straight -
Four cards requiring one in the middle to fill
a straight.
Insurance -
Selling the actual outcome of the hand for its
mathematical equity.
Isolate - To raise
with the intention of reaching a heads up between
yourself and a single other player.
J
Jackpot -
Poker A form of poker in which the cardroom offers
a jackpot for particularly bad beats. Typically
you must have aces full or better.
Jacks
Or Better -
A form of draw poker in which a player needs
at least a pair of Jacks to start the betting.
Jam -
To bet or raise the maximum.
Jammed Pot -
The pot has been raised the maximum number of
times, and may also be multi-way.
Joker -
The fifty-third card in the deck, used as a wild
card or a bug.
K
Kansas
City Lowball -
A form of lowball poker played for a deuce to
seven low.
Keep Honest -
To call an opponent on the river, even though
you believe he has a better hand than you do.
Key
Card - The
one card that will make your hand.
Key
Hand - In
a tournament, the hand that proves to be a turning
point, for better or worse.
Kibitzer -
A non-playing spectator; a railbird. Kick It
To raise. Kicker The highest unpaired side card.
Kill -
A kill game is one in which a player may place
an extra bet, causing the betting limits to
go up for just that hand. The player posting
the bet is the "killer," and
the hand is considered a "kill pot." The
player is said to have "killed the pot" for
the amount of the kill.
Knave A
Jack.
L
Late
Position -
A position on a round of betting in which you
act after most of the other players have acted.
Lay
Down - To
reveal one's hand in a showdown.
Lay
Down Your Hand -
To fold.
Lay
The Odds -
To wager more money on a proposition than you
hope to win.
Lead -
To be the first to enter the pot after the blind.
Leak -
To lose back part or all of one's winnings through
other gambling habits.
Legitimate Hand -
A strong hand that is not a bluff.
Limit
Poker -
A game with fixed minimum and maximum betting
intervals.
Limp
In - To enter
the round by calling a bet rather than raising.
Limper -
A player who enters the pot for the minimum bet.
Live
Blind - When
the player is allowed to raise even if no one
else raises first; straddle.
Live
Card - In
stud games, a card that has not yet been seen
in an opponent's hand and is presumed likely
to be still in play.
Live
Hand - A
hand that is still eligible to win the pot.
Live
One - An
inexperienced, bad or loose player who apparently
has plenty of money to lose; a rich sucker.
Lock A
hand that cannot lose; a cinch hand.
Long
Odds - The
odds for an event that has a relatively small
chance of occurring.
Look - To call
the final bet (before the showdown).
Loose Playing
more hands than the norm.
Loose
Game - A
game with a lot of players in most pots.
Lowball -
A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.
M
Main
Pot - When
a player goes all-in, that player is only eligible
to win the main pot - the pot consisting of the
bets they were able to match. Additional bets
are placed in a side pot and are contested among
the remaining players.
Make -
To make the deck is to shuffle.
Make
A Move -
To try a bluff.
Maniac -
A very aggressive player who plays hands that
more conservative players would probably not
consider.
Mark A
sucker.
Marker -
An IOU.
Mechanic -
A cheat who manipulates the deck.
Meet To
call.
Middle
Pair -
In flop games, a middle pair is made by pairing
with the middle card on the flop.
Middle
Position -
A position on a round of betting somewhere in
the middle.
Miss -
To be unable to make your drawing hand when the
final cards are dealt.
Monster - A
hand that is almost certain to win.
Move
In - To go
all-in.
Muck - To discard
a hand; also the discard pile in which all cards
are dead.
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