Poker

Poker terms

1. Action Case, cause, suit or controversy disputed or contested before a court.
2. All-In To run out of chips while betting or calling. In table stakes games, a player -may not go into his pocket for more money during a hand.
3. Ante Before.
4. Backdoor 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♠.
5. Bad Beat 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…
6. Banker In a card game, dealer or the players who books the action of the other bettors at the table.
7. Big Blind 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."
8. Blank 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.
9. Blind A forced bet (or partial bet) put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt.
10. Board 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."
11. Bottom Pair 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.
12. Bug A problem with computer software or hardware that causes it to malfunction or crash.
13. Burn Slang for making (burning) a CD-ROM copy of data, whether it is music, software, or other data.
14. Button A white acrylic disk that indicates the (nominal) dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button. Example: "Oh, the button raised."
15. Buy (1) As in "buy the pot." To bluff, hoping to "buy" the pot without being called. (2) As in "buy the button.
16. Call In the bond markets, a call is an issuer's right to redeem bonds it has sold before the date they mature.
17. Calling Station A weak-passive player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much. This is the kind of player you like to have in your game.
18. Cap A cap is a ceiling, or the highest level to which something can go. For example, an interest rate cap limits the amount by which an interest rate can be…
19. CASE The last card of a certain rank in the deck. Example: "The flop came J-8-3; I've got pocket jacks, he's got pocket 8's, and then the case eight falls on…
20. Center Pot The first pot created during a poker hand, as opposed to one or more "side" pots created if one or more players goes all-in. Also "main pot."
21. Check A written order instructing a financial institution to pay immediately on demand a specified amount of money from the check writer's account to the person…
22. Check Raise To check and then raise when a player behind you bets. Occasionally you will hear people say this is not fair or ethical poker. Piffle.
23. Co-banking an option that may be available in some casinos whereby a player and the house are 50%-50% partners as the bank; house rules vary
24. Cold Call To call more than one bet in a single action. For instance, suppose the first player to act after the big blind raises.
25. Come Hand A drawing hand (probably from the craps term).
26. Community Cards Cards that are presented face-up in the middle of the poker table and shared among players in games like Hold'em and Omaha.
27. Complete Hand A hand that is defined by all five cards - a straight, flush, full house or straight flush.
28. connector A hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank. Examples: KQs, 76.
29. Copies this is the term used for a tie. In the case of this the winnings go to the banker.
30. Counterfeit To make your hand less valuable because of board cards that duplicate it. Example: you have 87 and the flop comes 9-T-J, so you have a straight.
31. Crack To beat a hand - typically a big hand. You hear this most often applied to pocket aces: "Third time tonight I've had pocket aces cracked."
32. Cripple As in "to cripple the deck." Meaning that you have most or all of the cards that somebody would want to have with the current board.
33. Dealer Dealers, or principals, buy and sell securities for their own accounts, adding liquidity to the marketplace and seeking to profit from the spread between…
34. Dog Shortened form of "underdog."
35. Dominated Hand A hand that will almost always lose to a better hand that people usually play. For instance, K3 is "dominated" by KQ.
36. Dragon Hand this is hand that is dealt to an empty seat at the table.
37. Draw Same as to hit. Taking additional cards in an attempt to get closer to a total of 21.
38. Draw Dead Trying to make a hand that, even if made, will not win the pot. If you're drawing to make a flush, and your opponent already has a full house, you are…
39. Equity Another word for "stock." It represents an ownership interest by shareholders in a corporation.
40. Expectation Usually expressed as a percentage, refers to the amount a player can expect to win or lose, statistically.
41. Extra Blind A blind put in by a player just entering the game, returning to the game, or otherwise changing his position at the table. See also "blind" and "post."
42. Family Pot A pot in which all (or almost all) of the players call before the flop.
43. FAST First Action System for Trademarks
44. Favorite A poker hand which is the statistical favorite to win.
45. Flop The first three community cards, put out face up, altogether.
46. flush a hand of five cards all of the same suit, irrespective of value
47. Fold To forfeit any chance of winning the current pot in poker. To lay down your hand or throw your hand in instead of calling or raising a bet.
48. Foul A hand that may not be played for one reason or another. A player with a foul hand may not make any claim on any portion of the pot.
49. Four of a kind a hand containing four cards of the same value, irrespective of suit
50. Free Card A turn or river card on which you don't have to call a bet because of play earlier in the hand (or because of your reputation with your opponents).
51. Free Roll One player has a shot at winning an entire pot when he is currently tied with another player.
52. Full house a hand of three cards of the same value and two cards of another same value, irrespective of suit, e.g. 2, 2, 2, 5, 5; i.e. a three of a kind and a pair
53. Gutshot Straight A straight filled "inside." If you have 9♠-8 ♠, the flop comes 7♣-5 ♥-2♦, and the turn is the 6 ♣, you've made your gutshot straight.
54. Hand Behind this is the common term used for the five card hand as it is placed behind the smaller two card hand.
55. Hand in Front this is the common term used for the two card hand called this because it is placed first, or in front of the hand behind.
56. Heads Up Playing alone against a dealer.
57. High Card this is the highest card in a player's hand, which may be used as a tie-breaker if a player and dealer have the same hand.
58. High Hand this is another name for the Hand Behind or the Five Card Hand.
59. Hit To take another card.
60. Hole Cards Cards dealt face-down to a player - most commonly used when describing the first two player cards in Hold'em and the first four player cards in Omaha.
61. House The establishment running the game. Example: "The \$2 you put on the button goes to the house."
62. House Way this is a set way that all dealers must use when setting their hands. This determines which cards they use in both their hands.
63. Implied Odds Pot odds that do not exist at the moment, but may be included in your calculations because of bets you expect to win if you hit your hand.
64. Inside Straight Draw Seeking one specific card value to make a straight. For instance, a player holding 9-5 with a board of 2-7-6 can make a straight with any eight.
65. Jackpot A special bonus paid to the loser of a hand if he gets a very good hand beaten. In hold'em, the "loser" must typically get aces full or better beaten.
66. Joker this is the card that serves as a wild card. It can be used to complete a flush, straight or straight flush.
67. Kicker An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near-equivalent hands. For instance, suppose you have AK and your opponent has AQ.
68. Live Blind A forced bet put in by one or more players before any cards are dealt. The "live" means those players still have the option of raising when the action…
69. Low Hand this is another name for Hand in Front or two card hand.
70. Maniac A player who does a lot of hyper-aggressive raising, betting, and bluffing. A true maniac is not a good player, but is simply doing a lot of gambling.
71. Muck Eight card decks used in Baccarat, 416 cards in total.
72. No-Limit A version of poker in which a player may bet any amount of chips (up to the number in front of him) whenever it is his turn to act.
73. Nuts The best possible hand given the board. If the board is K♠-J ♦-T♠-4 ♠-2♥, then A ♠-X♠ is the nuts.
74. Offsuit A hold'em starting hand with two cards of different suits.
75. One pair a hand containing one pair of cards of the same value, irrespective of suit
76. One-Gap A hold'em starting hand with two cards two apart in rank. Examples: J9s, 64.
77. Open-Ended Straight Draw Seeking one of two card values to make a straight. For instance, a player holding 9-8 with a board of 2-7-6 can make a straight with either a ten…
78. Out A card that will make your hand win. Normally heard in the plural. Example: "Any spade will make my flush, so I have nine outs."
79. Outrun To beat. Example: "Susie outran my set when her flush card hit on the river."
80. Overcall To call a bet after one or more others players have already called.
81. Overcard A card higher than any card on the board. For instance, if you have AQ and the flop comes J-7-3, you don't have a pair, but you have two overcards.
82. Overpair A pocket pair higher than any card on the flop. If you have QQ and the flop comes J-8-3, you have an overpair.
83. Pay Off To call a bet when the bettor is representing a hand that you can't beat, but the pot is sufficiently large to justify a call anyway.
84. Play the Board To show down a hand in hold'em when your cards don't make a hand any better than is shown on the board.
85. Pocket A small indentation in the shoreline, sometimes referred to as a pocket cove.
86. Pocket Pair A hold'em starting hand with two cards of the same rank, making a pair. Example: "I had big pocket pairs seven times in the first hour.
87. Post After; later.
88. Pot Odds The amount of money in the pot compared to the amount you must put in the pot to continue playing. For example, suppose there is \$60 in the pot.
89. Pot-Limit A version of poker in which a player may bet up to the amount of money in the pot whenever it is his turn to act.
90. Price The pot odds you are getting for a draw or call. Example: "The pot was laying me a high enough price, so I stayed in with my gutshot straight draw."
91. Protect (1) To keep your hand or a chip on your cards. This prevents them from being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally mucked by the dealer.
92. Quads Four of a kind.
93. Ragged A flop (or board) that doesn't appear to help anybody very much. A flop that came down J ♦-6♥-2 ♣ would look ragged.
94. Rainbow A flop that contains three different suits, thus no flush can be made on the turn.
95. Raise To increase the amount of the current bet.
96. Rake An amount of money taken out of every pot by the dealer. This is the cardroom's income.
97. Rank The numerical value of a card (as opposed to its suit). Example: "jack," "seven."
98. Represent To play as if you hold a certain hand. For instance, if you raised before the flop, and then raised again when the flop came ace high, you would be…
99. Ring Game A regular poker game as opposed to a tournament. Also referred to as a "live" game since actual money is in play instead of tournament chips.
100. River The fifth and final community card, put out face up, by itself. Also known as "fifth street.