| All
in |
A
bet or raise of all your money / chips you
have on the table. |
| Ante |
Money
placed in the pot by all players before
any cards are dealt. |
| |
|
| Bad Beat |
A very strong
hand beaten by an even better hand. |
| Bet |
Money put into
play. |
| Big Slick |
An
A-K combination as pocket (hole) cards. |
| Blinds |
A
forced opening bet before any cards are
dealt. (Small Blind & Big Blind). More... |
| Bluff |
Pretending
to have a better hand than you actually
do by betting aggressively hoping that the
other player(s) will fold. |
| Board |
The
community cards on the table used by all
players. |
Bullets
|
A pair
of Aces being your pocket cards, also known
as “Pocket Rockets”. |
| Button |
A
small white disk that is used to indicate
which player the imaginary dealer is. It
moves clockwise around the table with each
hand dealt. |
| Buy-in |
The
amount of money required to join a cash
game. |
| |
|
| Call |
Making a bet
equal to a previous bet. |
| Calling Station |
A
player who always seems to call bets made
by others players. |
| Check |
Not betting money
on one's turn. |
| Check Raise |
A
player checks at first but raises subsequently
upon another player’s bet indicating
that he was trapping with a strong hand. |
| Deuces |
Pair of Twos. |
| Drawing Dead |
No
card still to come will give you the winning
hand. |
| |
|
| Family Pot |
Where
everyone at the table is still involved
in the pot. |
| Flop |
The
first 3 community cards dealt. |
| Flush Draw |
Having
made four cards of the same suit hoping
to draw a 5th card of that suit to complete
a flush. |
| Fold |
Giving
up your cards. |
| |
|
| Go on tilt |
When
a player loses emotional balance during
a game and starts playing irrationally. |
| Gut Shot |
To
draw to an inside Straight. |
| |
|
| Heads Up |
A
game with only two players (left) in it. |
| Hole Cards |
The
cards unseen by the other players. |
| |
|
| Inside Straight |
When
you're drawing to a straight which needs
a middle card to complete, i.e. when you
hold 7,9 and 10, J are on the board then
you'll need a 8 to make your hand |
| |
|
| Kicker |
A
separate high card used to break a tie. |
| |
|
| Late Position |
Being
among the last to act in a round of betting. |
| Limping in |
Calling
the Big Blind hoping to see the Flop cheaply. |
| Loose Player |
A
player who plays a lot of hands. |
| |
|
| Monster |
A
powerful hand. |
| Muck |
Folding
your cards without showing them. |
| |
|
| No-Limit |
A
game where anyone can bet all their chips
at anytime. |
| Nuts |
The
player with the best possible hand has “the
nuts”. |
| |
|
| Off suit |
Cards
of different suits. |
| Omaha |
A
form of poker where four hole cards and
five community cards are dealt, where you
must use exactly 2 of your hole cards and
3 of the community cards to form your hand. |
| Out |
A
card that gives you a potentially winning
hand if it hits the board. |
| Overcard |
A
card on the board higher than your pair. |
| Open-ended
Straight |
When
you hold 4 consecutive cards and either
the bottom card or top card will complete
your Straight |
| |
|
| Position |
The
place of a player at the table in relation
to the Button, i.e. late position. |
| Pot |
The
total money or chips on the table after
all the betting is complete. |
| Pot-Limit |
A
game where the size of the pot is the maximum
bet. |
| |
|
| Quads |
Four
of a kind |
| |
|
| Rag |
A
card that doesn’t help any of the
players to improve their hand. |
| Rake |
The
percentage the house takes from the pot. |
Raked Hand |
A hand in which the pot was big enough to
generate the house commission of usually
5% but no higher than £/$/€ 3.00.
|
| Raise |
Increasing
the bet made by a preceding player. |
| Ring Game |
A
normal real money table game, as opposed
to a tournament game. |
| River |
The
last community card dealt. |
| |
|
| Seven Card
Stud |
A
form of poker where each individual player
gets dealt 2 cards face down, then 4 cards
face up and 1 last card face down. |
| Showdown |
Showing
the hole cards after the last bet was made. |
| Slow Play |
Not
raising a strong hand to incite further
betting by the other players. |
| Stack |
Amount
of chips a player has. |
| Steal |
Trying
to win the pot by betting when all other
players have checked or not shown any strength. |
| Suited |
Cards
of the same suit. |
| |
|
| Tells |
Body
language or facial expressions made by players
that might give away their hand’s
value. |
| Tight |
A
player is called tight when he/she never
bets unless holding a hand. |
| Trips |
Three
of a Kind. |
| Turn |
The
4th community card dealt. |
| |
|
| Under the
Gun |
Sitting
next to the Big Blind being the first player
to act in a hand before the flop.
<<
Back to menu |
