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Online - Commonly Used Poker Terminology:
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
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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