ABC

A player who always plays his cards the same way.

ACE HIGH

A five-card hand containing an Ace but no pair.

ACES FULL

A Full House with Aces over any pair.

ACES UP

Two pairs one of which is an Ace.

ACTION

A player’s turn to act.

ACTIVE PLAYER

A player still in the pot.

ADD ON

The opportunity to buy additional chips.

ADVERTISE

To make a bluff with deliberate intention of being exposed as a loose player.

ALLIGATOR

Plays well under pressure or nerves of steel.

ALL IN

Betting all of your remaining chips.

AN ACE WORKING

An Ace in hand.

ANGLE

Any technically legal but ethically suspicious way to increase your expectation at a game, a trick.

AMERICAN AIRLINES

A pair of Aces in the hole.

ANTE

Forced bet that players must make before seeing any cards. This guarantees money in the kitty for each hand.

BABY

A small card.

BACK DOOR

Hand made in the last two cards.

BAD BEAT

Losing when you have a very strong hand, usually to a very unlikely draw on the last card.

BAGGAGE

An onlooker of a poker game who is broke and cannot play.

BAIT

A small bet designed to induce opponents to stay, bet or raise.

BANK

The container of poker chips representing money in the game.

BANK ROLE

The total amount of money you plan to gamble with.

BASE DEAL

Dealing cards from the bottom of the pack rather than the top. A form of cheating.

BEAT THE BOARD

A hand that can beat any exposed card or card that are shown in any player’s up-cards around the table.

BEEF

A complaint.

BEHIND

You are behind if you do not have the best hand before the last cards have been dealt.

BELLY BUSTER

An inside straight draw.

BERRY PATCH

An easy game with many poor players.

BET

To put money into the pot.

BICYCLE

A straight, A-2-3-4-5.

BIG SLICK

Pocket Ace/King.

BLANK

A card that has no value.

BLIND

Mandatory bet before each round. Usually the player two places to the left of the dealer will have to pay the Large Blind. The player to the immediate left of the dealer will have to bet half as much for the small blind.

BLIND OPENING

Compulsory opening of the pot by a blind bet s in any for of Stud And Draw Poker which has to be agreed upon by mutual consent at start of play.

BLIND RAISE

When a player raises without looking at their cards.

BLOOD MONEY

Money that is hard to come by.

BLOW

To loose.

BLOW BACK

To loose back one’s profits.

BLUFF

To bet strongly whilst holding a poor hand making other players Believe you have a strong hand and attempting to make players Fold their cards.

BOARD

The visible cards in a Poker game. These are the community Cards in games like Hold-em and Omaha and the up cards in Stud games.

BOAT

Another form of Full House.

BOTTOM PAIR

The lowest pair on the board in Hold-em or Omaha.

BOUNTY

A small amount of cash awarded to a player when he knocks Out another player.

BRICK

A blank.

BRING IN

To open a round of betting.

BROADWAY

An Ace High Straight.

BRUSH

Cardroom employee who handles the seating chart.

BUCK

In all flop games a small disk used to indicate the dealer, or Used to signify the player in the last position if a house dealer Is used.

BUG

A Joker that can be used to make straights and flushes and can Be paired with Aces but not with any other cards.

BULLETS

A pair of Aces in the hole.

BUMP

To Raise.

BURN

To deal off the top card, face-down before dealing out the cards.

BURIED PAIR

In stud games a pair in the hole.

BUST

A worthless hand that has failed to improve as the player hoped.

BUSTED FLUSH

A hand with only four or five cards in a flush.

BURN

To discard the top card of the deck. This is done to prevent Anyone from being able to determine the next card.

BUTTON

An acrylic white disk to indicate who is the dealer.

BUY IN

The amount you must pay to enter a game.

CAP

To put in the last raise allowed on a betting round.

CALL

To match the current high bet.

CALL BET

to make a bet without putting money into the pot.

CARD ROOM

A closed of room in casino where Poker is played.

CALLING STATION

A player who almost always calls and seldom raises.

CARDS SPEAK

A rule that says the cards determine the best possible hand, not The player. If a player has a better hand than he realizes, the Better hand is the one that is used.

CAP

The limit on the number of raises in a round of betting.

CARD MECHANIC

An expert who manipulates cards for the purpose of cheating.

CARD MOB

Two or more players working in a team to cheat other players.

CARD ROOM

The room in a casino where poker is played.

CASE

The last card of a certain rand in the deck.

CASH IN

To convert your chips into cash.

CASH OUT

To leave the game and cash your chips at the cage.

CAUGHT SPEEDING

Slang for getting caught bluffing.

CENTRE POT

The first pot created during a poker hand.

CHECK

To not bet with the option to call or raise in later betting round.

CHECK RAISE

To check and raise when player behind you bets.

CHASE

To stay in against a stronger hand usually in hope of filling A straight or a flush.

CHECK

To basically skip your turn to bet. This still allows you to bet Later in the round should anyone else bet?

CHECK RAISE

To check at first then should anyone else bet. This is done as A way to lure other players into betting when you think they may Fold if you bet outright.

CHEESE

A very substandard starting hand.

CHOP

To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move On to the next hand if nobody calls the blind.

CINCH HAND

An unbeatable hand.

CLOSED HAND

A hand that is concealed from the other players.

CLOSED POKER

When all the cards are dealt face-down.

COFFEE HOUSING

An attempt to mislead opponents about one’s hand by devious Behaviour.

COLD

If a player says his cards have ‘gone cold’, it means he is having A bad streak.

COLD CALL

To call both a bet and a raise.

COME

Playing a worthless hand in the hope of improving it is called ‘Playing on the come’.

COME HAND

A hand that has not been made yet requires one or more cards From the draw to complete it.

COME OVER THE TOP

To raise or re-raise an opponent’s bet.

COMPLETE HAND

A hand that is defined by all five cards.

COMMIT FULLY

To put in as many chips as necessary to play your hand to the River even if they are your case chips.

COMMUNITY CARD

A card dealt face up on the table that can be used by any player.

CONNECTORS

Pocket cards of sequential rank.

COUNTERFEIT

A card that does not help you but is likely to make opponents Hand better than yours.

COURT CARD

A picture or face card.

COWBOYS

Kings.

CRACK

To beat a powerful hand.

CRIMP

To bend the cards in a deck so that a cheat can cut the deck at a Certain place.

CRIPPLE

To cripple the deck is when you have most of the cards that Another player would need.

CRYING CALL

When some calls even though they are almost certain they are Beat.

CUT IT UP

To split the pot after a tie.

DEAD MANS HAND

Two pair, Aces and Eights.

DEALER’S CHOICE

A game in which each dealer in turn chooses the Type of Poker to be played.

DECLARATION

In high-low Poker, declaring by the use of coins Or chips whether one is aiming to win the high or the Low end of the pot or both.

DEUCE

A two which is the lowest rank card in high poker.

DEUCE TO SEVEN

A two to seven without a flush being the best hand.

DISCARD

Cards no longer required by players.

DOMINATED HAND

Hands hat will always loose to a better hand.

DOOR CARD

In stud games the first card dealt face up to the player.

DOWN CARDS

Hole cards.

DOWN TO THE FELT

Out of money.

DOYLE BRUNSON

10-2 Hole cards in Texas Hold’em.

DRAW DEAD

To make a hand that when complete will not win the pot.

DRAW OUT

To improve your hand so that it beats an opponent who had A better hand than yours prior to the draw.

DRAW POKER

A form of poker in which players receive five cards and then has Option to draw more cards to make a better pack.

DRAWING HAND

An incomplete hand such as four cards to a straight in which you Are drawing cards, hoping to make your hand.

DRIVER’S SEAT

The player who is making all the betting and thus appears to hold The strongest hand is said to be in the driver’s seat.

DROP

To fold.

EARLY POSITION

A position on a round of betting in which you must act before Most of the other players.

EFFECTIVE ODDS

The ration of the total amount of money you expect to win if you Make your hand to the total amount of bets you will have to call To continue from the present round of betting to the end of the Hand.

EQUITY

The value of a hand or combination of cards.

EVEN MONEY

A bet in which you hope to win the same amount as you bet.

EXPECTATIONS

The profit or loss you would expect to make on an average Number of bets.

EXPOSED PAIR

A face-up or open pair in Stud and community cards.

FACE CARD

Picture cards.

FAMILY POT

A round where everyone calls the opening bet.

FAST

Aggressive.

FIFTH STREET

The fifth card dealt in stud poker or the final card in games with Five community cards.

FISH

Poor player.

FIVE CARD DRAW

A draw poker game in which the players start with five cards and Then may draw to replace them.

FIVE CARD STUD

A stud poker game in which each player gets one concealed card A four exposed cards.

FLUSH

Five cards of the same suit.

FLUSH DRAW

Four cards of the same suit.

FOLD

To give up your hand.

FOUL

A hand that may not be played for any reason and may not make Claim to the pot.

FOUR OF A KIND

Four cards of the same index.

FOUR FLUSH

Four cards of the same suit.

FREE CARD

A turn or river card on which you do not have to call bet Because of play in previous hand.

FREE ROLL

For one player to have a shot at winning the entire pot when he is Currently tied with another player.

FULL HOUSE

A hand with three cards of one index and two cards of another.

GET THE PRICE RIGHT

The pot odds are favourable enough for you to justify calling A bet or a raise with a drawing hand.

GET THERE

To make your hand.

GIVE ACTION

Betting, calling, raising or re-raising.

GUNSHOT/GUTSHOT

An inside straight draw.

HAND

A player’s best five cards.

HEADS UP

A one on one poker match.

HIGH LOW

A poker game in which the highest and lowest hands share the Pot.

HIGH SPADE BET

A side bet made in Draw Poker in which the hand containing the Highest spade wins.

HIGH SOCIETY

The highest denomination of chips in a particular establishment.

HIT

To pull the card one is seeking.

HIT AND RUN

A player who has only been at the table for a short while and Leaves after winning big.

HOLD”EM

A form of Poker in which players use five community cards in Combination with their two hole cards to form the best five-card Hand.

HOLE

The first two down cards in Poker game.

HOLE CARD

A concealed card in player’s hand.

HOME RUN HITTER

A player who makes big plays that requires maximum risk.

HOUSE

The establishment running the game.

HORSING

Passing a small amount of money to another player after Winning.

HOT

Said of a player on a winning streak.

INSIDE STRAIGHT

A hand in which you have four cards to a straight but missing One in the middle.

IGNORANT END

The low end straight.

IMPLIED ODDS

The amount of money you expect to win if you make your hand Versus the amount of cash it will cost you to continue playing.

IN

A player is ‘in’ when they call a bet.

IN THE DARK

To check or bet blind without looking at your cards.

INSIDE STRAIGHT

Four cards requiring one in the middle to fill a straight.

INSURANCE

Selling the outcome of the hand for its mathematical equity.

ISOLATE

Bet strongly in an attempt to make everyone fold except one.

JACKPOT

A special bonus paid to the looser of a hand if he gets a very Good hand beaten.

JACKPOT POKER

A form of poker in which the card room offers a jackpot for Bad beats.

JACKS OR BETTER

When a player needs a pair of Jacks to start betting.

JAM

To bet the maximum.

JOKER

The fifty-third card in the pack used as a wild card.

KANSAS CITY LOWBALL

A form of lowball poker played for a deuce to seven low.

KEEP HONEST

To call an op0ponenet on the river, even if you believe he has a Better hand than yours.

KEY CARD

The one card that will make your hand complete.

KEY HAND

In a tournament the hand that proves to be a turning point for Better or worse.

KICKER

An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near- Equivalent hands.

KICK IT

To raise.

KICKER

The highest unpaired card in your hand.

KILL

A kill game is when a player may place extra bets causing The betting limits to go up for that particular hand. The player Posting the bet is known as the ‘killer’ and the hand is known As a ‘kill pot’.

KNAVE

A Jack.

LADIES

Queens. Indicates the weak hand.

LAY DOWN

To reveal your hand in a showdown.

LAY THE ODDS

To bet more money on a proposition than you hope to win.

LEAD

To be the first to enter the pot after the blind.

LIMIT POKER

A game with fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals.

LIMP IN

In the first round of betting calling the big blind rather than raising. This allows the big blind to see the flop for free and indicates the weak hand.

LIVE BLIND

A forced bet put in by one or more players before any hands Are dealt.

LIVE CARD

A card that has not yet been seen in stud games.

LOCK

A hand that cannot loose.

LONG ODDS

The odds for an event that has a small chance of occurring.

LOOK

To call the final bet before showdown.

LOWBALL

A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.

LADIES

Queens.

LOOSE

A player who stays in more hands than most and stays in them longer.

MAKE A HAND

To get a certain hand.

MAKE A MOVE

To try and bluff.

MANIAC

An aggressive player who plays hands that other players Would not consider.

MARK

A sucker.

MARKER

An I.O.U.

MECHANIC

Someone who cheats by manipulating the cards while dealing.

MEET

To call.

MISS

To not make your drawing hand when final cards are dealt.

MONSTER

A hand that is almost certain to win.

MOVE

To go all in.

MUCK

Pile of discarded cards.

NIT

To bide your time whilst waiting for a playable hand.

NO LIMIT POKER

A game in which players can bet as much as they have in Of them at any given round.

NUTS

The best possible hand given the cards on the board.

ODDS

The probability of making your hand.

OFF SUIT

Cards with different suits usually referred to as Hole cards.

ONE GAP

A hold-me starting hand in which the two cards are two apart In rank.

OMAHA

A flop game similar to Hold-em. Each player is dealt four Cards instead of two and a hand must be made using two Pocket cards plus three community cards.

ON TILT

Betting wild or making poor bets.

ONE GAP

Inside straight.

OPEN

To make the first bet in a round.

OPEN ENDED STRAIGHT

A hand with four consecutive cards. A straight which can be Completed by drawing the fifth card at either end.

OUTS

Any remaining card that will give you the winning hand.

OUTRUN

To beat.

OVERCALL

To call a bet after one or more other players have already called.

OVER CARD

A higher card than any card on the board.

PAINT

Face card.

PAIR

Two cards of the same denomination.

PASS

To fold your cards.

PAT HAND

In draw games being dealt a made hand.

PAY OFF

To call a bet where the bettor is representing a hand that you Cannot beat but the pot is large enough to justify a call.

POCKET

Your unique cards that only you can see.

POCKET PAIR

Two cards of the same rank in the hole.

PLAY THE BOARD

To show down a hand in holdem when your cards do not make any better than shown on the board.

PIP

The suit symbols on a non-court card indicating its rank.

POT LIMIT

A limit on the maximum allowable raise. The limit is the Amount currently in the pot.

POST

To put in a blind bet.

POT LIMIT

A version of poker in which a player may bet up to the amount Of money the pot when it is his turn to act.

POT ODDS

The ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount it Will cost you to call the current bet.

PRICE

The pot odds you get for a draw or a call.

PROTECT

To keep your hand or a chip on your cards.

PUSH

When a hand is finished and the winner is determined the dealer Pushes the winnings towards the winner.

QUADS

Four of a kind.

RACK

A tray that holds a hundred chips in five stacks of twenty.

RAG

Poor card that has no impact on the game.

RAINBOW

A flop containing three different suits.

RAISE

To call and increase the previous bet.

RAKE

Set amount of percentage that the house claims from each pot.

RANK

The numerical value of a card.

RAZZ

Seven-card stud lowball.

READ

To be able to assume a person’s hand based on their body Language.

REDRAW

A draw to an even better hand when you are holding the best Hand.

REPRESENT

To have the appearance of a certain hand.

RING GAME

A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament.

RIVER

The last card dealt in a game.

ROCK

A very tight player.

RIVER

In flop and stud games the last round of betting, Fifth street And seventh street card.

ROYAL FLUSH

10 – A Straight Flush.

RUN

A series of good cards.

RUSH

Several winning hands in a short space of time.

SCARE CARD

A card that can turn the best hand into trash.

SECOND PAIR

A pair with the second highest card on the flop.

SEE

To call.

SELL

As in ‘sell a hand’. To bet less than the maximum when you Have a very strong hand, hoping players will call when They would not have called a maximum bet.

SEMI-BLUFF

Like a bluff except that your hand might be good enough to Win if someone calls you.

SET

Three of a kind.

SEVENTH STREET

The final betting round on the last card in seven-card stud.

SCHOOL

the players in a regular game.

SCOOP

To win the entire pot.

SHOWDOWN

The point at which all players remaining in the hand Turn their cards over and determine who has the best hand.

SHORT STACK

Having fewer chips than all the other players.

SIDE POT

If a player goes all in and there are two or more betters with More funds that call. They may continue to bet. All future bets Are places in a separate pot.

SIXTH STREET

In Seven-card stud, the fourth round of betting on the sixth card.

SLOW PLAY

When you have a strong hand and pretend that you have a weak Hand to encourage others to bet more.

SMOOTH

The best low hand with a high card.

SPLASH

Throwing your chips into the pot before anyone can verify the Amount.

SPLIT

A tie.

SPLIT TWO PAIR

A two pair hand in which one of each of your card’s ranks Appear on the board as well.

SPREAD LIMIT

A betting structure in which a player may bet any amount on Every betting round.

STAY

To remain in hand with a call rather than a raise.

STEAL THE POT

To make a strong bet when it appears that the other players have Weak hands causing all to fold.

STRADDLE

An option extra blind bet made by the player to the left of the Big blind, equal to twice the big blind. An effective raise which Forces any player who wants to play to pay for two bets.

STRAIGHT

Five sequential cards.

STRAIGHT FLUSH

Five cards with sequential rank all in the same suit.

STRING BET

A bet in which the player does not get all the chips required for The raise intro the pot in one motion.

STREAK

A run of good or bad cards.

STRUCTURED

Used to apply to a certain betting structure in ‘flop’ games.

STUD

Any form of Poker where the first cards are dealt down or in the Hole followed by face-up cards.

SUITED

Cards of the same suit.

SUITED CONNECTORS

Sequential hold cards in the same suit.

TABLE COP

A player that calls with the intention of keeping other players Honest.

TABLE STAKES

A rule in a poker game which means a player may not go into his Pocket for money during a hand. He may only use the money in Front of him into the current pot.

TAKE OFF A CARD

To call a single bet in order to see one more card.

TAPPED OUT

Broke or busted.

TELL

Something a player will do that gives away their hand.

TEXAS HOLD’EM

A form of Poker in which players use five community cards In combination with their two.

THIRD PAIR

In Seven-card stud, the first round of betting on the first three Cards.

THREE FLUSH

Three cards of the same suit.

THREE OF A KIND

Three cards of the same denomination.

TILT

To play recklessly.

TIGHT

Conservative player.

TO GO

An amount ‘to go’ is the amount it takes to enter the pot.

TOKE

A tip to the dealer.

TOP PAIR

The highest pair on the board in Texas Hold’em or Omaha.

TREY

A three.

TRIPS/TRIPLETS

Three of a kind.

TURN

The fourth card in Texas Hold’em or Omaha.

TWO FLUSH

Two cards of the same suite requiring three more to make a Flush.

TWO PAIR

A hand with two pairs.

UNDER DOG

A person or hand that is not favoured to win the pot.

UNDER-RAISE

To raise less than the previous bet which is allowed if a Player is going all-in.

UNDER THE GUN

First to bet in any given round.

UP CARD

An open card dealt face-up.

VALUE

Bet for value as opposed to bluffing.

VARIANCE

A measure of the up and down swings of your bankroll.

WALK

To be away from the table long enough to miss a few hands.

WHEEL

The lowest hand in lowball, A-2-3-4-5.

WILD CARD

A card designated as a joker.

WORLDS FAIR

A big hand.

W.S.O.P

World Series of Poker.