| Ace High:
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When the highest hand you can make is an Ace with no
pair.
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| All in: |
When a player chooses to bet his last chips (he can never win more
than he risks from the remaining players).
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| Ante: |
Money placed in the pot before the hand is dealt.
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| Auto Blind: |
A button that will automatically post the small or big blind.
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Bad Beat:
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When a hand is lost with a hand that usually would win.
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| Bankroll:
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The amount of money a players has in play. |
| Bet: |
Money put in play. |
| Big Blind: |
A full forced bet before any cards are dealt. |
| Blind: |
An opening bet before any cards are dealt. |
| Bluff: |
A bet with a weak hand.
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| Board: |
The cards used by all the players. |
| Burn a Card: |
Removal of the top card of a deck by the dealer.
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| Button: |
A disk that is used to show who the theoretical dealer is.
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| Buy in: |
The amount of money it requires to get into a game. It is the
money available to bet in the game. |
| Call: |
Making a bet equal to the previous bet. |
| Calling Station: |
A player who always seems to call and rarely folds.
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| Cap: |
The number of times a raise can be re-raised.
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| Catch: |
When a draw makes a hand.
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Check:
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When you do not bet on one's turn to bet. |
| Check Raise: |
A player checks on the first opportunity to bet then raises on his
next opportunity. |
Cold Call:
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Calling a bet and raise at the same time after
first checking, or betting for the first time.
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| Deal: |
Distribute the cards to the players.
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| Draw: |
Receiving more cards in a game. |
Drawing Dead:
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When you draw the exact card you need and you still don’t have a
winning hand. |
| Early Position: |
Being in an early betting position.
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| Family Pot: |
Where everyone at the table is still involved in the pot.
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| Flop: |
The first community cards dealt at once in a game. |
| Fold: |
To give up your cards and remove yourself from play of the hand.
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| Flush:
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A hand where all five cards share the same suit.
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| Free Card: |
You get to see an additional card without having to call or bet. |
Freeze Out:
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A tournament format whereby you cannot re-buy. Your buy in is the
limit of your play. |
| High Hand: |
The best hand in any round of poker.
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| Heads Up: |
One on one play, only two players are involved. |
| Hold'em: |
Poker game where each player receives 2 pocket cards and tries to
make the best hand using these 2 cards and 5 community cards dealt to the
table. Bets can be made after the 2 pocket cards are dealt, after the first 3
community cards are dealt and after the 4th and 5th community cards are dealt.
It is the most popular poker game played online.
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Hole Cards:
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The card or cards unseen by the other players.
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| House: |
The owner’s management of the game who takes the rake and manages
the games.
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| Ignorant End: |
The lower end of the straight. |
| Kicker: |
A separate high card used to break a tie.
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| Late Position: |
Being among the last to act in a round of
betting. |
| Loose Player: |
A player who plays a lot of hands, good and bad.
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| Monster: |
A powerful hand. |
| Muck: |
Fold without showing your hand. |
| No Limit: |
A game where anyone can bet all their chips at anytime.
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| Nuts: |
The highest possible hand in a poker game.
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| Omaha: |
A game with four down cards and four board
cards. You must use exactly 2 down cards and 3 board cards. |
| Overcard: |
A card on the board higher than your pair.
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| Pair: |
Two cards of the same rank.
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| Position: |
The place of a player at the table in relation to the opener.
Positions can be early, middle or late. |
| Pot: |
The total money or chips on the table after all the betting is
complete.
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| Pot Limit: |
A game where a player's maximum bet is the size of the pot.
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| Pot Odds: |
The calculated odds that the 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. |
Rag: |
A card that helps no ones hand. |
| Rake: |
The money the house takes on each hand. |
| Raise: |
When you increase the amount of a bet after
betting has opened.
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| River: |
The last community card dealt.
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| Rock: |
A player who only plays extremely good hands.
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| Seven Card Stud: |
A form of poker where 2 cards are down, 4 face up and 1 last card
down. Also, any variation of stud poker with 7 cards.
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| Showdown: |
The showing of cards after the last bet has been made. |
| Side Pot: |
A second pot formed when a player is all in. The side pot holds
money the “all in” player can’t win.
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| Slow Play: |
Not raising a good hand to incite further betting. |
| Small Blind: |
Forced half bet made before any cards are dealt.
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| Spit Pot: |
Hands in which the pot is split between more than one player. |
| Steal: |
Raising in expectation that all other players will fold.
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| Stud: |
Games in which there are no community cards. The player plays only
the cards in his/her hand. |
| Table Stakes: |
Betting is restricted to the chips on the table.
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| Tells: |
Gestures or words by a player that give away the value of his/her
hand. |
| Texas Hold'em: |
Also called Hold'em. Poker game where each player receives 2
pocket cards and tries to make the best hand using these 2 cards and 5
community cards dealt to the table. Bets can be made after the 2 pocket cards
are dealt, after the first 3 community cards are dealt and after the 4th and
5th community cards are dealt. It is the most popular poker game played online.
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| Tight: |
A tight player is a player who never bets unless they hold a good
hand.
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| Turn: |
Fourth Street in a 7 card poker game. |
