Poker definitions beginning with B

Backdoor - permalink - collapse

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Catching both the turn and river card to make a drawing hand. For instance, suppose you have A♠-7 ♠The flop comes A♦-6 ♣-4♠. You bet and are called. The turn is the T♠, which everybody checks, and then the river is the J ♠. You've made a "backdoor" nut flush. See also "runner."
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Browse Related Terms: Come Hand, Draw, Draw Dead, Fast, Free Card, Implied Odds, Pot Odds, Price, Runner, Semi-Bluff, Value

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To have a hand that is a large underdog beat a heavily favored hand. It is generally used to imply that the winner of the pot had no business being in the pot at all, and it was the wildest of luck that he managed to catch the one card in the deck that would win the pot. We won't give any examples; you will hear plenty of them during your poker career.
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Browse Related Terms: Copies, Dog, Equity, Expectation, Favorite, Fold, Free Roll, High Card, Out, Underdog

Banker - permalink - collapse

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the player's opponent in a round of Pai Gow poker
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this is the person that a player bets against in a game.
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Browse Related Terms: Co-banking, Copies, Dragon Hand, Hand Behind, Hand in Front, High Card, High Hand, House Way, Low Hand, Shake

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Big Blind - permalink - collapse

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The larger of the two blinds typically used in a hold'em game. The big blind is normally a full first round bet. See also "blind" and "small blind."
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Browse Related Terms: Ante, Blind, Dealer, Dragon Hand, Extra Blind, Live Blind, Post, Protect, Ring Game, Small Blind

Blank - permalink - collapse

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A board card that doesn't seem to affect the standings in the hand. If the flop is A♠-J♦-T ♠, then a turn card of 2♥ would be considered a blank. On the other hand, the 2♠ would not be.
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Browse Related Terms: Counterfeit, Cripple, Hit, Outrun, Ragged

Blind - permalink - collapse

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A forced bet (or partial bet) put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt. Typically, blinds are put in by players immediately to the left of the button. See also "live blind."
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Browse Related Terms: Ante, Big Blind, Dealer, Dragon Hand, Extra Blind, Live Blind, Post, Protect, Ring Game, Small Blind

Board - permalink - collapse

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All the community cards in a hold'em game - the flop, turn, and river cards together. Example: "There wasn't a single heart on the board."
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Browse Related Terms: Burn, Community Cards, Flop, Hole Cards, River, Turn

Bottom Pair - permalink - collapse

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A pair with the lowest card on the flop. If you have A ♠-6♠, and the flop comes K♦-T♥-6 ♣, you have flopped bottom pair.
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Browse Related Terms: Second Pair, Split Two Pair, Top and Bottom, Top Pair, Top Set, Top Two, Trips

Bug - permalink - collapse

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a type of limited wild card in poker games: a bug always counts as an ace, unless giving it another value would enable it to complete a straight, a flush, or a straight flush
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Browse Related Terms: flush, Joker, Royal flush, Straight, Straight flush, Wild Card

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Burn - permalink - collapse

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To discard the top card from the deck, face down. This is done between each betting round before putting out the next community card(s). It is security against any player recognizing or glimpsing the next card to be used on the board.
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Browse Related Terms: Board, Community Cards, Flop, Hole Cards, River, Turn

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Button - permalink - collapse

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A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example: "Oh, the button raised."
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Browse Related Terms: Crack, Jackpot, Rake, Time, Toke

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Buy - permalink - collapse

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(1) As in "buy the pot." To bluff, hoping to "buy" the pot without being called. (2) As in "buy the button." To bet or raise, hoping to make players between you and the button fold, thus allowing you to act last on subsequent betting rounds.
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Browse Related Terms: Action, Calling Station, Cold Call, Maniac, Overcall, Under the Gun

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Backdoor - permalink - collapse

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Blank - permalink - collapse

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