Poker Glossary
Poker Glossary
When playing poker, you are likely to come across words that are unknown to you. So we have created an easy-to-use poker term glossary to help you learn the game's phraseology. We have also created links between many terms to help you understand relationships between them.
A
Aces Full
Full of three Aces and any pair.
Ace-high (Ace Pea)
Pentecost with an Ace without a straight or flush or hand without a pair in combination.
Aces Up (Double Ace with Aces)
Poker hand with two pairs, one of which is Aces.
Act (I Do Move)
Deliberate tell ("talk") in order to give misleading information about a poker hand.
Action
Duku / Betting / Relays. A game is considered an "action" game when players play many pots.
Active Player (Active Player)
Any player who is still participating in the poker hand.
Aggresive
Surname used to describe a re-raise and back-raising player who rarely sees them.
Ajax (Ajax)
In the closed leaves, name of the Ace-Valse combination, whether in color or not.
All-in (Resto)
When a player bets all his chips.
American Airlines (American Airlines)
Two Aces.
Angle (Trick)
A movement that does not violate the rules but involves unfair methods.
Angle-shooting
The application of unfair methods.
Ante (Original bet)
The money placed in the pot before the start of the hand.
B
Bad Beat
When a poker hand loses from another that has been formed by lucky leaf opening.
Backdoor (Back door)
Forming a different poker hand from the original one. Example: you have a Vale / 10 sword and the flop is Ace Sword, 5 Sword and 6 Rat. The penultimate and last open card are respectively King and Queen Cup. You form a straight instead of the originally anticipated (and expected) flush.
Backraise
Reels by a player who originally saw them.
Bankroll ("Capital")
The total amount of money you have for the game.
Belly Buster (Wedge)
Opening and / or gripping a wedge straight.
Bet (Stake)
When chips are placed in the pot.
Bet Odds (Betting Odds)
The chances that you have a basis for estimating the number of players to follow.
Bet the Pot
When a player bets the pot amount.
Bicycle or Bike
Straight: Ace-2-3-4-5.
Big Blind
The determined amount bet by the player sitting in the second position from the dealer's right before the cards are dealt. (Players who enter a game that is in progress, but can do so from any position, must be a big opening.)
Big Slick
Poker hand contained in the Ace-King combination.
Blank ("Jiffy")
Blank sheet.
Blind (Open)
One or more bets to be made by the two players sitting to the left immediately after the dealer who start the game in the first round of betting. The openings are placed before the leaves are dealt. ("Blind" is a bet you make without looking at your cards.)
Blind Raise (Blind Raise)
When a player raises without looking at his hand.
Bluff
When a player makes the other players believe they have a better hand than they actually have, betting or raising.
Boardcards (Common cards on the table)
Leaves that are openly dealt into a poker game to be seen by all players. In the flop games five cards are opened at the center of the table. 7 Card Stud opens four cards in front of each player.
Boat
Another name of the full.
Bottom Pair (Low Pair)
When a player uses the weaker common card to pair with one of his own.
Broadway (Broadway)
Straight of Ace (Ace-Riga-Queen-Wales-10).
Bring-in (Required Stake)
The forced bet in the first round of bets made by the player with the weakest card in the 7 Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better games. The same applies to the Razz (Lowball) game, except that the bet is made by the player with the strongest open card.
Bring It In (Original Required Bet)
The start of the bet in the first round.
Broomcorn's Uncle ("Carpet and cool")
Player declaring bankruptcy.
Bullets ("Bullets")
A pair of Aces.
Bump (Hit)
I'm up and running.
Button
Also known as the dealer button, the small round mark that moves clockwise from one player to the other after each hand to indicate the virtual dealer of the next hand.
Buy-in
The minimum amount of money a player needs to pay to participate in a poker game.
C
Call (I see them)
When you agree to the amount of the bet and bet the same amount (follow the bet).
Call Cold ("I see them every now and then")
When you "see" not only the bet, but also one or more relays.
Calling Station ("Karabina")
Conservative and relaxed player who does not make many raises, but "sees" the bets more than he should.
Cap ("Cap")
When you get the last of the maximum raises allowed in each betting round.
Cardroom (Poker Room)
The room or venue of a casino poker room.
Cards Speak ("Papers speak for themselves")
When your hand consists of the most favorable combination of cards, no matter what you call it.
Case Chips
The last chips of a player.
Cash Out
When you leave a game and redeem your chips.
Check
A player "goes to duke" when it is his turn to make a move, without having been preceded by another player, and chooses not to bet.
Check-raise
When a player goes on and then raises to the same betting round.
Chop ("Cutter")
The return of the openings to the players who placed them and the transition to the next hand if other players do not follow the bet. It also means "split the pot" ("I split the pot in two").
D
Dead Man's Hand (The Hand of the Dead)
Two pairs, one Ace and the other Eight (the hand played by Wild Bill Hickock when Jack McCall shot it back).
Dealer (Dealer)
The person who handles the cards, gives the pot and supervises the game.
Dealer's Position
When you are the last player to move on a betting round. On the button.
Diamonds (Karo)
One of the four "colors" of the deck. In the past they represented the rich commercial class.
Disconnect Protection
Tool to protect players in case of interruption of their internet connection while participating in a pot.
Dominated Hands
Poker hands that can play, but tend to lose from similar hands without a straight / flush. Example: the Ace-2 combination is "submissive" because when faced with other hands that have an Ace it loses or opens a card that cannot be improved.
Dominating Hands
Initial hands that are not only good, strong, but also have many prospects for improvement.
Door Card (Door leaf)
This is the first "exposed" or open card in a player's hand in Stud games.
Down Card
Hidden leaves or leaves that are closed.
Doyle Brunson
This is a hand in Texas Hold'em which includes 10-2 (with this combination of cards, Brunson won the World Poker Championship for two consecutive years).
Draw Lowball ("Misery")
Variation of poker in which each player is dealt five cards with the ability to change one or more cards. He wins the low hand.
Draw Poker (Poker with change)
A variation of poker in which each player is dealt five cards with the ability to change one or more cards in order to form a better hand.
Drawing (Opening a Sheet with Perspective)
When playing a poker hand to improve it.
Drawing Dead (Open sheet without perspective)
Hand with leaf opening doomed to lose even if improved.
Drawing Hand (Hand in Perspective)
Hand poker that needs to be improved to win. With perspective usually rotation or flush.
Drop
Paso.
Ducks
Another name for the pair of Dyars.
Deuces (Dyars)
Another name for the pair of Dyars.
E
Early Position
Place a betting round in which the player must move before the majority of the remaining players on the table. (Starting positions are the two places to the left of the Blinds).
F
Fifth Street (Fifth Street)
Leaf also known as "river". In flop games it represents the fifth community card on the table, as well as the final round of betting. In Stud games this is the fifth card dealt to each player and marks the third round of betting.
Five-card Draw (Change Poker)
A poker game in which five players are dealt to each player. Players have the right to change a card, and the best high hand wins the pot.
Five-card Stud (Five-card Stud)
A poker game in which each player shares five cards, one of which is closed and all four open. Bets start at second. third, fourth and fifth cards.
Flat Call ("Seka")
When you follow a bet without raising.
Flop (Shared Cards)
In Texas Hold'em and Omaha games, the first three cards are all open together at the center of the table. The term is also used to indicate the second round of bets.
Flop Games
Poker games (Texas Hold'em and Omaha) that are played with shared cards that open at the center of the table.
Floorman (Supervisor)
A poker room employee who sets up regulations and makes decisions.
Flush
Any five cards in color.
Flush Draw (Open flush sheet)
When a player has four cards in his hand and hopes to open a fifth to flush.
Fold
When it comes your turn to move and you give up your hand.
Forced Bet
Required bet with which the first round of a poker hand starts.
Four of a Kind
Four identical cards, number or figure ("frame").
Fourth Street (Fourth Street)
The fourth community card (also known as a "turn") that opens in flop games and marks the third round of betting. In Stud games this is the fourth card dealt and represents the second round of betting.
Free Card ("Free Sheet")
The card you get after half-bout from the last position so that all the players can go.
Full House (Full House)
Three identical cards, a number or a figure, in combination with two other similar cards, a number or a figure.
G
Grinding ("I set it up")
Play style with minimal risk and moderate earnings for a long time.
Gut Shot (Wedge)
When you open a sheet and / or hit a wedge straight.
H
Hand (Hand)
The five best cards of a player.
Heads-up
When only two players play a poker hand.
Hearts (Mugs)
One of the four "colors" of the deck.
High-card
To determine the first dealer in flop tournament tournaments, a single card is dealt to each player and the dealer with the strongest card (based on card and "color": sticks, cups, plaids & swords) becomes the virtual dealer.
High Limit
A game that bets high money.
Hi / lo (High / Low)
Split pot games (where the pot is dealt).
Hold'em
Also known as "Texas Hold'em". A game in which players play with two hidden and five community cards. See the full Texas Hold'em rules on our website.
Hole Cards
These are the "closed cards" in front of each player.
House (Bank, house)
The casino or poker room hosting the poker game.
I
Image (Image)
The way other players see you.
Implied Odds
The probabilities you calculate by taking into account the estimated result if you bet for the remainder of the hand.
Inside Straight
Four cards that still need an intermediate to complete a straight. Players who take that card form a wedge straight.
J
Jackpot (Jackpot)
A cash prize awarded to a player who meets a set of predefined conditions. For example, some casinos give a jackpot to a player who loses while having a frame or a stronger combination.
Jackpot Poker (Poker Jackpot)
A variation of poker in which the poker room or casino offers a jackpot to a player who lost while having a very strong hand (usually Full House or Ace).
Jacks-or-better (Jacks and up)
A variation of poker in which a player must have at least one pair of Jacks to start the bet.
K
Kansas City Lowball (Kansas City Variation of "Misery")
Variation of lowball ("misery") poker in which the strongest hand is the worst poker hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 of different "color"). It is also known as Deuce to Seven (Duplex at Seven).
Keep Them Honest ("Keep The Honest")
When you are betting at the end of a hand in order to prevent someone from bluffing.
Key Card
A sheet that gives you plenty of abundance or makes your hand.
Key Hand
In a batch or tournament, the hand that ends up playing a decisive role for the player, for the best or worst outcome of the game.
Kicker (Kicker [aggressive player and usually scorer in football])
The strongest single card in the hand of a player.
Kick It (Rheins)
Stacking, raise.
Kill Pot (Required Bet)
A method designed to trigger motion. This is a forced bet from someone who has just won one or more pots.
Knock
Doctor.
Kojak (Kotzak)
Poker Hand containing a Riga-Wales combination.
L
Ladies ("Ladies")
Two Queens.
Late Position
Placement on a betting round in which the player must move after the majority of the remaining players (the last position is usually considered to be the two positions next to the dealer on the right).
Lay Down Your Hand (Let Down My Hand)
When a player folds.
Lead ("Front")
The first player to bet on a pot.
Limit Poker (Limit Poker)
A game with a predetermined minimum and maximum stakes height, as well as a predefined number of allowed raises.
Limper ("Burdock")
The first player to follow a bet.
Limp In ("I enter the game like a burdock")
When entering the pot by following the bet instead of launching. The most common use of the term is for the first person to speak and say "inside" for the grand opening.
Live Blind
Time at which the player makes a blind bet and has the right to raise even if no other player races. Also called "option".
Live Card (s) (Unshaded)
In Stud games (variations of the poker), cards that have not yet appeared and conclude that they are still playing.
Live Hand
A hand that still has a chance to win the pot.
Live One
Infinite player who plays many hands.
Long Shot
When you make a poker hand despite the fact that you have few outs and / or a low chance of winning the pot.
Look (Inside)
When a player follows the final bet before opening the cards.
Loose
The player who plays a lot of hands.
Lowball ("Misery")
This is a variation of draw poker where the lowest hand wins the pot.
Low Limit
Game with low stakes.
M
Main Pot (Main pot)
The main pot. All other bets are placed in one or more pots and are claimed by the remaining players. This happens when one or more players play their shifts.
Make (Mix)
I mix the deck.
Maniac (Maniac)
Very aggressive player who plays many hands.
Maverick ("Sniper")
The name of the combination of Queen-Wales in the hidden leaves. In color or not.
Meet (Inside, I see them)
Another name for the term "I see" or "inside".
Middle Pair
In flop games, when a player forms a pair with one of their own closed cards and the middle card at the table.
Middle Position
Somewhere between the original and the last place in a betting round (the fifth, sixth and seventh place to the dealer's left).
Mnemonics (Memo)
Mnemonic tricks used to store information in memory. In Texas Hold'em, players often give names to their hidden cards, such as Big Slick or "Maverick".
Muck (Variation of "I fold")
When you throw down or throw down your hand. The term is also used to describe the stack of cards that is no longer in play.
Minimum Buy-in
The minimum amount of money you can start a game with.
Monster
Very strong hand. In tournaments, a monster is considered a player who starts picking up chips while starting with a small stack.
N
No Limit (No Limit)
A game where players can wager whatever amount they wish (provided they own this amount) in any betting round.
Nuts (Best Hand)
The best possible hand at any stage of the game. A hand that can not lose.
O
Odds (Probabilities)
The chance to form a hand against the chance not to form.
Offsuit (Not in color)
Sheets of different color.
Omaha
A game in which four players are dealt four cards and open five in common. To make a hand you have to play two cards from your hand and three from the table.
On the button
When you are the last player to move on a betting round. The Dealer's Position.
Open (Open)
When you make the first bet.
Open-ended Straight
Four consecutive cards that still need one (upward) up or down to form a straight.
Open Card
Sheet that shares open.
Open Pair (Open Couple)
Couple who shared open.
Option (Option)
This is a live blind before the cards are dealt. If no one raises, then the "option" player has the right to raise the pot.
Out Button
Button placed in front of a player who wants to stay away from one hand but stay in the game.
Outs
The number of cards left in the deck and that can improve your hand.
Overpair (Long Couple)
The strongest pair of hidden cards from all the cards on the table.
P
Paints
Leaves with figures (Jacks, Queens and King).
Pair (Pair)
Two identical cards, numbers or figures.
Pass (Pass)
Pass.
Pay Off
When you are betting on the final betting round without knowing if you have the strongest hand.
Picture Cards (Figures)
Leaves with figures (Jacks, Queens and King).
Play Back
When raising or raising a bet in another player's bet.
Playing the Board (Playing the Table)
In flop games, when your best five-leafs are all five cards.
Pocket (Hidden Leaves)
Closed or hidden leaves.
Pocket Cards
The two cards you share at the beginning of a Texas Hold'em hand and no one has the right to see them.
Pocket Rockets (Hidden Aces)
A pair of Aces in the closed or hidden leaves.
Position (Position)
The point where a player sits in relation to the dealer and therefore determines the order in which the player wins.
Post
If you lose the blind, then you have to "place", that is, add as many chips as there were in the blind.
Pot (pot)
The money or chips at the center of the table claimed by the players.
Pot Limit (With pot limit)
This is a game in which the highest bet amount can match the pot.
Prop (Kachtis)
Person who is hiring the poker room at the station of the avant-garde.
Push
When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player at the end of a hand. The term is also used to describe the circular switching of the dealer from one table to the other.
Put Down (Download)
When you fold a hand.
Q
Quads
Four identical cards.
Qualifier (Under the conditions)
In Hi / Lo games, this is a condition that must meet the low hand in order to win the pot.
R
Rack (Chassis with Chips)
A tray-pouch that holds 100 poker chips arranged in five columns of 20 each.
Rail (Railing)
The edge of a poker table or the divider that delimitates a poker room.
Railbird (Poker Viewer)
A person who wanders in a poker room and watches games and / or seeks action.
Raise (Rheins)
Raising the previous bet.
Rake (Rake)
Marks that he holds from the poker room pot as a fee for organizing the game.
Rank (Ranking of combinations)
The value of each hand and each hand.
Rap (Crook)
When a player clicks on the table declaring he is coming.
Ratholing (Stealing money from the table)
Illegal money take money from the table and place it elsewhere.
Razz
Stud Heart (variant of a quadrilateral) in which the five lower cards are won.
Reading (Reading)
Analysis of a player based on the way he plays, his peculiarities and his "speeches".
Rebuy (Repurchase, Cava)
The amount of money a player pays to add a predefined number of chips to his stack in a tournament.
Re-Raise
When you redeem a bet.
Ring Game (Normal game)
"Live" game which is not a tournament.
River (River)
This is the last card given in all the games. In Texas Hold'em and Omaha games, it is also known as 5th street (fifth street). In Stud games (variations of the poker), it is also known as 7th street (seventh street).
Rock (Rock)
Conservative, tight player.
Round of Betting
Term used when players are able to bet, go or raise. Each betting round ends when a player follows the last bet or the last raise.
Rounders (Players)
Professional players. It is also the title of a popular movie on poker and starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton (Greek title of the film: The Players).
Royal Flush
It is the Ace's Ace (Rigas-Queen-Valce-10) in color. It is the strongest hand in poker.
Run (Race)
When playing with more money than usual or imposed by reason.
Rush
Luck that brings profits.
S
Sandbagging
When restraining and following bets despite the fact that you have a very strong hand, usually to hide your hard card, cause bluffing and re-raise.
Satellite (Tournament Satellite)
Mini tournaments to qualify for bigger tournaments.
Scoop ("Broom")
When you win the entire pot.
Seating List
Waiting list. A player can put his name on that list if there are no available seats on the table where he wants to play.
Second Pair (Second Pair)
In flop games, when you are pairing with the second stronger card on the table.
See (I see them)
I follow the bet, "inside".
Semi-bluff
When you wager moderately or manually with a prospect.
Set (Series)
Having a pair of hidden cards that matches one of the cards on the table.
7 Card Stud (Variation of the Quadruple Pointer)
A particularly popular poker game in which players get three closed cards and four open and play the five best of the seven cards. For more information about 7 Card Stud click here.
Seventh Street (Seventh Street)
This is the final betting round at 7 Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better.
Shills
They are professional dealers who facilitate the launch and maintenance of poker games.
Short Buying
Buy chips after the original. Usually the minimum purchase is less than the original purchase.
Short-handed
A "short-handed" game has few players.
Showdown
At the end of the final betting round, when all active players open their cards to see who won the pot.
Side Pot (Supplemental Pot)
One or more pots claimed by the remaining active players when one or more players play their turn.
Sixth Street (Sixth Street)
In 7 Card Stud, this is the fourth open card dealt to a player (6 the card). It also represents the 4 round of bets.
Small Blind
The amount of money placed in the pot before the cards are dealt to the person sitting right next to the left of the dealer button.
Soft Seat (Soft Seat)
Favorable position or favorable game due to lack of skill at the table.
Solid (Strong)
Pretty tight player (and relatively good).
Speed Limit (Pentagons)
Couple from Pentara.
Split (Deal on Two)
Draw.
Stack
Stack of chips.
Stay (I'm Following)
When a player stays in the game following the bets rather than raising.
Steal Raise
Role from someone to the last position in an attempt to reduce the number of players and / or steal the pot.
Steamrolling ("I draw")
Counter-raise, which aims to make one or more players follow two bets instead of one.
Steel Wheel ("Steel Wheel")
Straight of five (Ace-2-3-4-5) in color.
Straddle (Double Blind)
This is a Blind bet which is usually double the Big Blind (and which a player can raise when it comes to making a move).
Straight
Five consecutive cards of any color.
Straight Flush
Five continuous cards in color.
Structure
Limits placed on blinds / ante, stakes and raises in a particular game.
Stud Games
Games where players receive closed and open cards.
Stuck ("Crowded")
Player losing the game.
Suit ("Color")
Play card symbol. A card may be in checkers, mugs, sticks or swords.
T
Table (Table)
The surface on which poker is played.
Tell ("Speech")
An action that gives information about a player's cards.
Texas Hold'em
Another name of Hold'em, the most popular poker variant.
Third Street (Third Street)
In the 7 Card Stud and 7 Card Stud 8 or Better games, this is the first round of bets on the first three cards.
Thirty Miles (Thirty Miles)
Three Thirties.
Three of a Kind (Three Similar Leaves)
Three identical cards, number or figure ("trips").
Tight
Either a player who does not play a lot of pots or a game that does not have much action.
Tilt, On (Deviation)
Behavior, usually negative, a consequence of a heap.
TOC
Tournament of Champions.
Top Pair (Top pair)
In flop games, when the player forms a pair with one of his closed cards and the strongest card at the table.
Top Two Pair (Two Top Pairs)
When both your hidden cards match the two strongest cards on the table.
Treys
Pair of Triars.
Trips (Three Similar)
Three identical cards.
Turn
In flop games, this is the fourth card to be dealt. The term is also used to mark the third round of bets.
Two Pair (Double Pair)
Poker Hand consisting of two different pairs.
U
Underpair (Low Couple)
Pair of hidden cards which is less valuable than the weaker card at the table.
Under the Gun (With the gun on the temple)
When you are the first person to move, as you are in the starting position.
Up Card
Sheet that shares open.
V-W
walkingSticks (Eftals)
Couple of Eftals.
ItCard (Wild)
Sheet that can be played with any value.
MeatHand (The worst hand)
Hand that loses.
WSOP
World Championship Poker (WorldTV ShowsofPoker).
