Losing when you have a
very strong hand, usually to a very unlikely draw on
the last card.
Bankrole
The total amount of
money you plan to gamble with
Base Deal
Dealing cards from the
bottom of the deck rather than the top. A form of
cheating
Beer Hand
7 and 2 hole cards for
Texas Hold'em. The worst possible starting hole
cards
Belly Buster
An Inside Straight
draw.
Berry Patch
An easy game, with
many poor players.
Bicycle
A Straight, A-5.
Big Lick
6 - 9 unsuited in the
hole.
Big Slick
Pocket Ace/King
Blank
Poor card that has no
impact on the game. Also called a rag.
Blinds
Mandatory bet before
each round. Usually the player two places to the
left of the dealer will have to pay the Large Blind,
and the player to the immediate left of the dealer
will have to bet half as much for the Small Blind
Bluff
To bet strongly with a
poor hand, as if you have strong hand in an attempt
to make others fold.
Board
The visible cards in a
poker game. These are the community cards in games
like Hold'em or Omaha, and the up cards in Stud
games.
Boat
Another term for a
Full House
Bottom Pair
The lowest pair on the
board in Hold'em or Omaha. For example if the flop
is 2c, 7h, Ks, and you have the 2h, and 10d in the
hole, then your pair of twos is the bottom pair.
Bring in
To open a round of
betting
Broadway
An Ace High Straight
Brush
Cardroom employee who
handles the seating chart.
Bullets
A pair of Aces in the
hole.
Bump
To Raise
Burn
To discard the top
card of the deck. This is done to prevent anyone
from being able to determine the next card.
Button
The marker that
signifies the dealer's spot. The player with the
button receives the last card dealt in a round.
A player who almost
always calls and seldom raises.
Cap
In many limit games
there is a restriction on the number of bets allowed
each round. A player caps the betting by making the
last allowable raise.
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.
Chameleon
Player in a game who
changes and varies his style of play from wild and
unpredictable to tight and aggressive.
Chase
Calling when you have
not yet made your hand.
Check
To basically skip your
turn to bet. This still allows you to bet later in
the round should anyone else bet. This is similar to
betting $0.
Check Raise
To check at first,
then raise 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.
Chop
See Rake
Coffeehousing
Excessive often
distracting talking at the table.
Cold Call
To call both a bet and
a raise.
Community Card
A card dealt face up
on the table that can be used by any player at the
table.
Computer Hand
Q 7 starting hand.
Connectors
Pocket cards of
sequential rank.
Counterfeit
A card that does not
help you, but is likely to make an opponents hand
better than yours.
Cowboys
Kings
Crying Call
When some calls even
though they are almost certain they are beat.
The fifth card dealt
in stud poker, or the final card in games with five
community cards.
Fish
Poor player
Flop
The first three
community cards in games such as Texas Hold'em or
Omaha
Flush
Five cards of the same
suit. 2, 5, 7, Q, K of Clubs for example. The higher
cards in a flush determine the best hand. An Ace
high flush beats a King high flush.
Fold
To give up on your
hand.
Four Flush
Four cards to a flush.
Four of a Kind
Four Cards of the Same
Rank
Full House
A hand with three
cards of one rank, and two cards of another rank.
7h, 7d.7s and 10h, 10c for example.
In the first round of
betting, simply calling the big blind rather than
raising. This allows the big blind to see the flop
for free, and indicates a weak hand.
Lock
A hand that is
guaranteed to win at least part of the pot
Loose
A player who stays in
more hands than most, and stays in them longer.
Cards with different
suits, usually referring to hole cards. For example
8c, 9s might be called 8, 9 off suit.
On Tilt
Betting wildly or
making poor bets. Usually after a bad beat.
Open
Make the first bet in
a round.
Open Ended Straight
A hand with four
consecutive cards. A straight can be completed by
drawing the fifth card at either end. For example,
5,6,7,8.
Outs
Any remaining card
that will give you the winning hand. For example if
you have the 8, 9, 10, Q in various suits, and have
not seen a Jack, then you have four outs to a
Straight.
Overcard
A hole card higher
than the highest card on the board
Slow Play. To play a
strong hand as if it is weak in an effort to lure
opponents into betting.
San Francisco Busboy
Q 3 in the hole.
(Queen with a trey)
Scare Card
A card on the board
that could mean a monster hand for someone. The
fourth card to a flush or strait for example.
See
To Call
Semi-Bluff
Like a bluff except
that your hand might be good enough to win if
someone calls you.
Set
Three of a kind.
Short Stack
Having less chips than
every one else at the table.
Show Down
When all cards have
been dealt and betting is complete, player hands are
revealed.
Side Pot
If a player goes
all-in, and there are two or more bettors with more
funds that call, they may continue to bet. Their
future bets are placed in a separate pot.
Siegfried and Roy
A pair of queens in
the hole
Slow Play
When you have a strong
hand, to represent that you have a weak hand, to
encourage others to bet.
SNG
Sit n Go. Small
tournament with no set start time. Players sit down
and the tournament starts as soon as there are
enough players.
Snowmen
A pair of 8's in the
hole.
Splash
Tossing your chips
into the pot before anyone can verify the amount.
Steal the Pot
To make a strong bet
when it appears no one else has a good hand, causing
everyone to fold.
Straight
Five sequential cards.
For example 8, 9, 10, J, Q. Suits can be mixed. See
the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.
Straight Flush
Five cards with
sequential rank, all in the same suit.
String Bet
Illegal bet made by
placing chips in the pot, then going back to your
stack for more chips. This allows you to guage an
opponent's reaction with each chip amount.
Suited
Cards of the same suit
Suited Connectors
Sequential hole cards
in the same suit. For example 10h, Jh
Something a player
will do that gives away the strength of his hand.
Three of a Kind
Three cards of the
same denomination. 4h, 4c, 4s for example.
Tight
A conservative player
who doesn't play many hands.
Top Pair
The highest pair on
the board in Hold'em or Omaha. For example if the
flop is 2c, 7h, Ks, and you have the 10h, and Kd in
the hole, then your pair of Kings is the top pair.
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