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Glossary
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A
Ace-High
A five-card hand that has no
hand combinations but contains one Ace.
All-in
When you bet all your money
on a hand.
Ante
The minimum bet that players
must make before betting begins and any cards
are dealt.
B
Bad Beat
When a good hand gets beaten
by a lucky draw.
Big Blind
The first bet made by the player
to the left of the player who posts the small
blind. It is a compulsory bet. The big blind bet
amount is equal to the lower bet.
Big Pair
A pair with a value of 10 or
greater.
Big Slick
An A-K pocket cards combination.
Blind Bet
A forced bet before any cards
are dealt and a live bet for the first round of
betting. You have both a big blind and a small
blind in the first round of betting.
Bluff
To represent a better hand
than you actually have.
Boat
Slang for a full house.
Bullets
A pair of Aces. If these are
pocket cards, known as "Pocket Rockets".
Burning a Card
Discarding the top card of
the deck.
Buy-in Amount
The amount you must bring to
a game.
Buy-in Limit
The minimum amount you must
bring to a 1-on-1 game.
C
Call
When you place a bet equal
to the previous bet.
Cap
The limit used to describe
the third raise in a round. Betting is capped
and players can only call or fold.
Cash Out
To finish playing and exchange
your chips from cash.
Catch
When a player makes the hand
s/he was drawing to.
Check
When you want to stay in the
game but not place a bet. You can only check if
no other bets have been placed in the betting
round.
Check-Raise
To check at the beginning of
a betting round and then raise when a player to
your left bets.
Coffeehousing
When players chat about a hand
they are involved in to mislead or manipulate
other players.
Call Cold
Calling both a bet and a raise
at the same time.
Collusion
When two or more players work
together in order to win a hand or succession
of hands.
Community Cards
Cards that are dealt open to
the table and can be used by all players to complete
a five-card hand.
D
Dead Man's Hand
Two pair hand consisting of
Aces & Eights. Reputed to be the hand that
Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot
dead.
Dealer-button
A flat disk that is used to
signify the Dealer's position on the table in
online poker. The disk is usually marked with
a D.
Deuces
A pair of Twos.
Drawing
Remaining in the round and
accepting more cards.
Drawing to a hand
Remaining in the round with
the hope of making one's potential hand as more
cards are dealt.
Drawing Dead
When a player is drawing to
a hand that is not the best hand offered by the
flop and will therefore be beaten even if the
hand is made.
E
Equalized
When all players have contributed
the same amount of credits to the pot.
F
Fifth Street
The third round of betting
and is called Fifth Street because the players
have Five-Cards each.
Flop
The first three community cards
dealt to the table.
Fold
When players throw in their
card and give up any claim on the pot.
Fourth Street
The second round of betting
and is called Fourth Street because the players
have four cards each.
Flush Draw
When a player holds four cards
of the same suit and is hoping to draw a fifth
to complete a flush.
G
Go on tilt
When a player loses emotional
balance during a game and plays irrationally.
Gut Shot
To draw to an inside straight.
H
Hand
The best combination a player
can make with the cards s/he holds plus the communal
cards.
Heads Up
A game with only two players.
Hole Cards
These are the Down Cards in
front of the players. (Also known as "Pocket
Cards")
House
The host of the game (e.g.
the casino).
I
Inside straight draw
Drawing to a straight where
the cards needed to complete the straight are
those in the middle of the straight. For example,
you have 6-7-9-10 and need the middle card (8)
to make the straight.
J
K
Kicker
The highest unpaired pocket
card.
L
Limping In
Calling the big blind rather
than raising.
Live Blinds
Blind bets that are in play.
Lowest Card
The card that has the lowest
value. Aces are high. If two players have the
same lowest card, the value is determined by suit.
Suits are arranged in alphabetical order from
lowest to highest value: Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts
and Spades.
M
Maniac
A very loose and aggressive
player, playing almost any hand and usually raising
rather than calling.
Monster
A very strong hand.
Muck
When you do not want to show
your hand to the table. The hand is discarded
without being displayed to the table. You can
muck a losing hand in a showdown, or the winning
hand if everyone else has folded.
N
Nuts
The best possible hand at a
particular point of the game.
Nut Flush
A flush containing the Ace.
O
Offsuit
Cards of different suits.
Outs
Cards that will make the hand
that the player is drawing to.
P
Paint Cards
The picture cards (King, Queen,
Jack).
Pocket Cards
The cards dealt face down to
each player.
Pocket Rockets
A pair of Aces as your pocket
cards.
Post Now
A choice given to new players
joining a game. They can either post now or wait
for the big blind bet. If they post now, they
bet the equivalent of a big blind bet and receive
cards immediately.
Pot
The pot is the pile of chips
that accumulates as each player ante, bet and
raise. All winnings are paid from the pot. The
value of the pot varies depending on the stakes
involved and the amount the Players bet. The pot
goes to the winner of each round.
Q
Quads
Four of a kind.
Quartered
When Players tie with either
a high or a low hand and earn a quarter of the
pot.
R
Rake
Percentage
of the pot taken by the house. A raked hand is
considered as a play where the player contributes
to the pot.
Rags
Useless cards.
Rainbow
When the board contains 3 or
4 cards of different suits.
Raise
When you increase the bet made
by a preceding player. This increases the stakes
for remaining Players, who now have to match the
total amount including the raise.
Ring Game
A normal real money table game,
as opposed to a tournament game.
River Card
The final community card.
Rock
A player who will only play
the best hands and nothing less.
S
Scare Cards
High board cards (e.g an Ace
that appears on the flop).
See
To see someone is to call their
bet.
Semi-bluff
To bluff with a hand that still
has drawing potential and could improve to be
the winning hand.
Seven Deuce
The weakest starting card combination
in Texas Hold-em (7-2)
Seventh Street
The fifth and final round of
betting because the Players have Seven-Cards each.
Showdown
After the last betting round,
when players compare hands to determine the winner.
Sitting Out
When you choose to leave a
table for a few hands.
Sixth Street
The fourth round of betting
and is called Sixth Street because the players
have six cards each.
Slow Playing
Playing non-aggressively with
a powerful hand; calling and betting instead of
raising. This in the hope of not driving players
out of the hand and thus sucking more money into
the pot. Also called "sandbagging".
Small Blind
The first bet posted by the
player to the Dealer's left. It is a forced bet.
The small blind bet amount is equal to half of the
lower bet.
Splash the pot
To toss chips into the pot instead of placing them.
Seen as bad etiquette.
Stack
A player's chips. Steal
To try and win the pot by betting
when everyone else has checked, or by making a
large raise when everyone else has called.
Suited Cards
Cards of the same suit.
T
Third Street
The first round of betting
and is called Third Street because the players
have three cards each. The player with the lowest
card displayed brings-in the betting in this round.
Turn
The fourth community card dealt.
U
Under the Gun
The player who must act first
in the betting round.
V
Visible Cards
Cards dealt face up to each
Player. Players use these cards to complete a
five-card combination.
W
WSOP
World Series of Poker.
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