| This glossary page contains all the
relevant terms used during poker games. It is complied especially
for new players who want to become well educated all-round players.
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| Aces Full :-A full
house with three aces and any pair.Ace-High A five card hand
that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with
no pair in it. |
| Aces Up:- A hand
that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces.Action Checking/Betting/Raising.
A game in which players are playing a lot of pots is considered
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| Ante :-
the minimum bet that each player must place into the pot before
betting begins. The ante is set before any cards are dealt.
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| Active
Player:- Any player who is still in the hand.Add-on A purchase
of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in
a tournament. |
| All-in
:- when you do not have enough money to cover the full bet amount,
you may place your remaining money into the pot. You then contend
for an amount proportional to what you have contributed. |
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| Bad Beat :- When a hand is beaten by a
lucky draw. |
| Betting round :-
when players each have a turn to bet, raise or check. Each round
of betting ends when the last bet or raise has been called.
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| Belly Buster :-
A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight. |
| Bet :- To place
chips into the pot. |
| Bet the Pot :-
When a player bets the amount of the pot. |
| Bicycle :- A straight that is A-2-3-4-5. |
| Big Slick :- A hand that contains an A-K. |
| Blind :- The bet(s) that must be made
by the two players sitting directly to the dealer's left which
will start the action on the first round of betting. The blinds
are posted before any cards are dealt. (A "Blind"
bet is one that is made in the dark without looking at your
cards.) |
| Blind Raise :- When a player raises without
looking at his hand. |
| Bluff :- To make other players believe
that one has a better hand than he/she might otherwise have
by betting or raising when they do not have the best hand. |
| Boardcards:- The cards that are dealt
face-up in a poker game for all players to see. In flop games,
five cards are dealt face-up in the center of the table. In
Seven Card Stud, four cards are dealt face-up in front of each
player. |
| Bottom Pair :- When a player uses the
lowest card on the flop to make a pair with one of his own cards. |
| Broadway :- An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10). |
| Bring-in - a mandatory
bet made by the Player with the lowest card in the Third Street
(the first round of betting). |
| Bring It In :- To start the betting on
the first round. |
| Broomcorn's Uncle :- A player who antes
himself broke. |
| Bullets:- A pair of Aces. |
| Bump :- To raise. |
| Button :- Also known as the dealer button,
it is a small round disk that is moved from player to player
in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically
indicate the dealer of each hand. |
| Big blind
- an early forced bet placed by the player sitting in second
position clockwise from the dealer before any cards are dealt.
Usually a raise of the previous player's small blind. |
| Buy-in Amount
- the amount you must bring into a game. |
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| Call :-When a player chooses
to match the previousbet. |
| Call Cold To call both a bet
and raise(s). |
| Cap To take the last of the
maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting. |
| Cardroom The room or space
in a casino where poker is played. |
| Case Chips A player's last
chips. |
| Cash Out To leave a game and
convert yourchips to cash. |
| Check When it's a player's
turn to act and there has been no action in front of them and
he opts not to bet, he "checks." |
| Check-Raise When a player first
checks and then raises in a betting round. |
| Chop To return the blinds to
the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if
no other players call. It also means to "split the pot".
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| Collusion When two or more
players conspire to cheat ina poker game. |
| Community
cards - cards that are available to all players to use for
their hand. Usually dealt face-up in the center of the table.
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| Cowboys Two Kings. |
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certain transactions, in order to ensure that your account
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| Dealer button -
a token placed in front of the player sitting in the virtual
dealer's position. The button rotates around the table so that
each player gets a chance to be the last to act. |
| Down cards
- cards that are dealt face down. |
| Deck of
cards - a single deck of 52 cards (excluding jokers) for
each hand. |
| Dead Man's Hand:- Two pair
- Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while
playing this hand). |
| Door Card This is the first
exposed card, or "up" card, in a player's hand in
Stud games. |
| Doyle Brunson It's a Holdem
hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world championship
two years in a row on the final hand with these cards). |
| Draw Lowball Form of poker
where each player is dealt five cards with the option of discarding
one or more and replacing them with new ones and the low hand
wins. |
| Draw Poker Form of poker where
each player is dealt five cards down with the option of discarding
one or more and replacing them with new ones to attempt to make
a better hand. |
| Drop Fold. |
| Ducks A pair of Twos. |
| Deuces A pair of Twos. |
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| Early Position Position on
a round of betting where the player must act before most of
the other players at the table. (It's considered the two positions
located to the left of the Blinds.) |
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| Flop
- the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously facing
up. |
| Fifth Street - Also known as
the "river" card. In flop games, this represents the
fifth community card on the table and the final round of betting.
In Stud games, this is the fifth card dealt to each player and
represents the third round of betting. |
| Five-card Draw A poker game
in which the player is dealt five cards down. They have one
draw to replace them and the best high hand wins the pot. |
| Five-card Stud A poker game
in which each player is dealt five cards, one down and four
up, with betting after 2, 3, 4, & 5 cards. |
| Flat Call Calling a bet without
raising. |
| Flop Games Poker games (Hold
'em and Omaha) that are played using community cards
that are dealt face up in the center of the table. |
| Floorman An employee of the
cardroom who makes rulings and decisions. |
| Flush Any five cards of the
same suit. |
| Flush Draw When a player has
four cards in his hand of the same suit and is hoping to draw
a fifth to make a flush. |
| Forced Bet A required bet that
starts the action on the first round of a poker hand. |
| Four of a Kind Four cards of
the same number or face value ("quads"). |
| Fourth Street
In flop games, it is the fourth community card dealt (also known
as "the turn") and represents the third round
of betting. In Stud games, it is the fourth card dealt to each
player and represents the second round of betting. |
| Full House
Any three cards of the same number or face value, plus any other
two cards of the same number or face value. |
| Fold
- Players fold when they throw in their cards. Once a player
has folded they automatically relinquish their claim on the
pot in exchange for not making any further contributions towards
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| Gut Shot To draw to and/or hit an inside
straight. |
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| High stake - The
upper limit of the game, usually the amount used when raising.
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| Heads Up Tournament
- Heads up tournaments involves rounds of tournaments where
two players play against each other..Players play each other
until one is eliminated. The winner moves to the next round,
where they play against another winner from the previous round.
This process continues until there are only two people left
to play one another. These two play one another for first and
second place.If at the beginning of a tournament not all enrolled
players are present, then some players are dropped. This ensures
that the correct number of players begin to enable two players
to finish the tournament. The last players to sign up are dropped
from the tournament. Their buy-ins and fees are refunded...
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| Hole cards - same
as down cards. |
| Hand A player's best five cards. |
| High-Low Split pot games. |
| Hold 'em Also known as Texas Hold 'em,
where the players get two down cards and five community cards.
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| House The casino or cardroom that is hosting
the poker game. |
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| Inside Straight Four cards which require
another between the top and the bottom card to complete a straight.
Players who catch this card make an Inside Straight. |
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| Keep Them Honest To call at the end of
a hand to prevent someone from bluffing. |
| Key Card A card that gives you a big draw
or makes your hand. |
| Key Hand In a session or tournament, the
one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player,
either for better or worse. |
| Kicker The highest unpaired side card
in a players' hand. |
| Kick It Raise. |
| Kill Pot A method to stimulate action.
It is a forced bet by someone who has just won a pot(s). |
| Knock Check. |
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| Low stake
- The lower limit of the game, usually the amount used in big
blinds. |
| Ladies Two Queens. |
| Late Position Position on a
round of betting where the player must act after most of the
other players have acted (usually considered to be the two positions
next to the button). |
| Lay Down Your Hand When a player
folds. |
| Lead The first player to bet
into a pot. |
| Limit Poker A game that has
fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals along with a prescribed
number of raises. |
| Limper The first player who
calls a bet. |
| Limp In To enter the pot by
calling rather than raising. (The usual concept of "Limp
In" is when the first person to speak just calls the Big
Blind.) |
| Live Blind An instance where
the player puts in a dark bet and is allowed to raise, even
if no other player raises. It's also known as an "option".
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| Live Hand A hand that could
still win the pot. |
| Look When a player calls the
final bet before the showdown. |
| Live One A not so knowledgeable
player who plays a lot of hands. |
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| Main Pot The center pot. Any other bets
are placed in a side pot(s) and are contested among the remaining
players. This occurs when a player(s) goes all-in. |
| Make To make the deck is to shuffle the
deck. |
| Maniac A very aggressive player who plays
a lot of hands. |
| Middle Pair In flop games, when a player
makes a pair with one of his/her down cards and the middle card
on the flop. |
| Middle Position Somewhere between the
early and late positions on a round of betting (the fifth, sixth
and seventh seats to the left of the button). |
| Monster A very big hand. In a tournament,
a player who begins to accumulate chips after having a small
stack is considered to be a monster. |
| Minimum Buy-In The least amount you can
start a game with. |
| Muck - If a player
does not wish to show his losing hand to the table, he can choose
to muck.The hand will then be discarded without being displayed
to the table. |
MTT - Multi Table
Tournament, which means there is more than one table per tournament.
the tournament could have any number of tables. |
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| No Limit A game where players can bet
as much as they like (as long as they have it in front of them)
on any round of betting. |
| Nuts The best possible hand at any point
of the game. A hand that cannot be beat. |
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| Odds The probability of making a hand
vs. the probability of not making a hand. |
| Offsuit Cards of a different suit. |
| Omaha A game in which each player is dealt
four down cards with five community cards. To make your hand,
you must play two cards from your hand and three from the board.
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| Open To make the first bet. |
| Open-ended Straight Four consecutive cards
whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either
end to make a straight. |
| Open Card A card that is dealt face-up.
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| Open Pair A pair that has been dealt face-up.
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| Option An option is a Live Blind made
in the dark before the cards are dealt. If no one raises, the
"option" player may raise the pot. |
| Out Button A disc placed in front of a
player who wishes to sit out a hand(s) but remain in the game.
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| Paints Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen
and King). |
| Pair Two cards of the same face or number
value. |
| Pass To fold/Check. |
| Pay Off To call on the final round of
betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand.
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| Picture Cards Face cards (Jack, Queen
and King). |
| Play Back To raise or re-raise another
player's bet. |
| Playing the Board In flop games when your
best five card hand is all five of the community cards. |
| Pocket The down cards or hole cards. |
| Pocket Rockets A pair of Aces in the pocket
or hole. |
| Position Where a player is seated in relation
to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in
the betting order. |
| Post When you post a bet, you place your
chips in the pot. (You must post the Blinds.) |
| Pot The money or chips in the center of
a table that players try to win. |
| Pot Limit This is a game where the maximum
bet can equal the pot. |
| Prop A person hired by the cardroom to
work as a shill. |
| Push When the dealer pushes the chips
to the winning player at the end of a hand. It's also when dealers
rotate to other tables. |
| Put Down To fold a hand. |
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| Quads Four of a kind. |
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| Rake - Chips taken
from the pot by the cardroom as compensation for hosting the
game. |
Raked Hands - A
point credited towards a player who has been dealt cards during
a hand when the pot is raked. The minimal pot rake is 25c.
Note: Raked Hands are not accumulated during tournament games.
Certain amounts of Raked Hands qualify you to enter certain
tournaments, such as Free Roll Tournaments. |
Raked Games - A
game in which the player contributed to the pot and a rake for
the house has been taken.
Note: tournaments do not have rakes, as the entrance fees cover
the house charges. |
| Raise To increase the previous bet. |
| Rank The value of each card and hand.
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| Rap When a player knocks on the table
indicating that he/she has checked. |
| Re-raise To raise a raise. |
| Ring Game A "live" game that
is not a tournament. |
| Round of Betting This is when players
have the opportunity to bet, check or raise. Each round of betting
ends when the last bet or raise has been called. |
| River - the fifth
and final community final card to be dealt in a hand. The river
is dealt face-up. |
| RNG - Random Number
Generator - The RNG system generates a random set of numbers.
Each newly generated deck is rosette scrambled twice and split
once to ensure randomness and credibility. Decks are shuffled
before each new hand and each newly created deck is used for
that particular hand only. |
| Royal Flush This is an Ace high straight
(A-K-Q-J-10) of the same suit. It is the best possible hand
in poker. |
| Run - a betting
cycle around the table. A cycle from the first player to the
last player is considered one run. |
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| Satellite It is a mini-tournament to gain
an entry into a larger tournament. |
Showdown - This
occurs after the last betting round when the remaining players
compare their hands to determine the winner.
The player with the highest hand wins the pot. |
| Small blind - The
amount put in the pot by the player to thet dealer button's
left before any cards have been dealt. The small blind is usually
equal to half (or less) of the big blind. |
| Stake - The amount
of a player's Buy-In, or the amount of money a player is willing
to play within a given game. |
| STT - Single Table
Tournament |
| Scoop To win the entire pot. |
| Solid A fairly tight player (and reasonably
good). |
| Side Pot A separate pot(s) which is contested
by remaining active players when one or more players are all-in.
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| Small Blind The amount put in the pot
by the person immediately to the left of the dealer "button"
prior to the cards being dealt. |
| Split Tie. |
| Steel Wheel A five high straight (A-2-3-4-5)
of the same suit. |
| Straddle A straddle is a Blind bet which
is usually double the size of the Big Blind\ (and that player
may raise when the action gets to him). |
| Stack A pile of chips. |
| Stud Games Games in which players get
down cards and up cards. |
| Stuck A player who is losing in a game.
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| Sit & Go - a
tournament in which you can enter at any time by "buying-in".
Just log on and sit. When the table is full...go a head and
play. Each Sit & Go tournament has a different buy-in amount
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| Third Street In Seven Card Stud and Seven
Card Stud 8 or Better, this is the first betting round on the
first three cards. |
| Three of a Kind Three cards of the same
number or face value ("trips"). |
| Tight A player who doesn't play many pots.
A tight game is one that doesn't have much action. |
| Texas Hold'em This is also the name for
Hold'em, the most popular form of poker. |
| Top Pair In flop games, when the player
pairs one of his down cards with the highest card on board.
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| Treys A pair of threes. |
| Trips Three of a kind. |
| Two Pair A hand consisting of two different
pairs. |
| Turn
- fourth community card, dealt face up. |
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