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Ace-High
A five-card hand that has no hand combinations (flush, straight, pair etc), but
contains one Ace.
All-in
When you bet all your money on a hand, either voluntarily in the
belief that you have the strongest hand, or because do not have enough money to cover the full
amount bet by someone else. You then contend for the pot in an amount proportional to what you
contributed.
Ante
The minimum bet that players must place into the pot by each player before betting begins. The ante
is placed before any cards are dealt.
Bad
Beat
When a good hand that would have been expected to win the pot is beaten by a lucky
draw.
Backdoor
Backdoor making a hand you weren't playing for, eg. You play for a full house but make a
flush.
Big
Blind
The first bet posted by the player to the left of the player who posts the small blind. It is a
forced bet. The big blind bet amount is equal to the lower bet. For example, in a $10 - $20 game,
the big blind is $10
Big
Slick
An A-K combination as pocket (hole) cards.
Blind
Bet
A forced bet that is placed before any cards are dealt. It is considered a live bet for the first
round of betting. You have big blind and small blind bets in the first round of betting
Bluff
To pretend that you have a better hand than you actually do, by betting aggressively, in the hope
that the other players will fold.
Boat
Slang for a full house.
Board
The cards seen by all the players, the community cards in the center of the table or in a players
hand in a game like stud poker.
Bullets
A pair of Aces. If these are your pocket cards, they are also known as “Pocket Rockets”.
Burning a
Card
Discarding the top card from the deck.
Buy-in
Amount
The amount you must bring into a game.
Call
When you place a bet equal to the previous bet.
Cash Out
To finish playing and exchange your chips for 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.
Community
Cards
Cards that are dealt to the table. All players can use these cards to complete a five-card hand.
Dead Man's
Hand
Two pair hand consisting of Aces & Eights. This is 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.
Early
Position
In an early betting position for a hand weakest position.
Family
Pot
When
everyone at the table is still involved in the pot.
Fast
Play
Betting and raising aggressively.
Flop
The first three community cards dealt to the table
Fold
When players throw in their cards. They give up any claim on the pot in exchange for not having to
contribute more money to the pot.
Forced
Bet
A bet that a player has no choice but to make, a blind bet.
Flush Draw
When a player holds four cards of the same suit and is hoping to draw a fifth card of that suit to
complete a flush.
Go on tilt
When a player loses emotional balance during a game and plays irrationally.
Gut Shot
To draw to an inside straight.
Heads Up
A game with only two players in it.
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).
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.
Kicker
The highest unpaired card of a player’s pocket cards.
Limping In
Calling the big blind rather than raising.
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 show down, or the winning hand if everyone else has
folded before you.
Nuts
The best possible hand that cannot be beaten, at a particular point of the game.
Nut Flush
A flush containing the Ace.
Off suit
Cards of different suits.
Outs
Cards that will make the hand that the player is drawing to.
Over
card
A card on the board higher than your pair.
Paint
Cards
The picture cards (King, Queen, Jack).
Pocket
Cards
The cards dealt face down to each player. (Also known as “Hole Cards”)
Pocket
Rockets
A pair of Aces as your pocket cards (hole cards).
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. It is dependant on the stakes involved and the
amount the Players bet. The pot goes to the winner of each round.
Note:
The House takes a small percentage of the pot. This is known as the “rake”.
If two or more Players have the same winning hand, they split the pot
equally.
Pot-Limit
A game where a player's maximum bet is the size of the pot.
Pot
Odds
The calculated amount of
money in the pot represents in relation to how much it will cost to play the
hand and the players chances of winning the hand.
Quads
Four of a kind (four cards of the same denomination).
Rake
Percentage of the pot taken by the house.
Rags
Useless cards - cards that don’t improve a hand.
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 dealt.
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 acknowledged weakest starting card combination in Texas
Hold-em (7-2)
Show down
After the last betting round when the remaining players compare hands to determine the winner. The
player with the highest value hand wins the pot.
Sitting
Out
When you choose to leave a table for a few hands.
Note:
If a player sits out for more than fifteen minutes, or has missed two rounds of blinds, they are
usually removed from the table.
Slow
Playing
Playing non-aggressively with a powerful hand; calling and betting instead of raising. This is done
in the hope of not driving players out of the hand and thus sucking more money into the pot. This
is 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. For example, in a $10 - $20 game, the small blind is $5.
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.
Tells
Gestures or words by a player that give away the value of his/her hand.
Stack
A tight player is a player who never bets unless they hold a good
hand.
Turn
The fourth community card dealt
Under the
Gun
The player who must act first in the betting round.
Visible
Cards
Cards dealt face up to each Player. Players use these cards to complete a five-card combination.
WSOP
World Series of Poker
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