Poker Glossary - Poker Dictionary
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	Aces High
	A hand that has no special card rankings (pair, flush etc.) and the highest card is an ace.
	Aces Full
	A hand with 3 aces and a pair of any other value.
	Action
	A check, bet, call, fold or raise.
	Active Player
	A Player who has money in the pot.
	All-In
	Having all your chips bet in the pot.
	All-in Over the Top
	Raising with all of your chips after an opponent's bet.
	American Airlines
	Pocket aces, A-A, in hold'em
	Ante
	Amount of money or chips that each player contributes to the pot before the cards are dealt.
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	Back door
	When you catch two cards in a row to make a hand.
	Bad beat
	When a strong hand is beaten by a better or lucky hand.
	Banker
	The player who is responsible for passing out chips and keeping track of money and credit.
	Bank roll
	The total amount of money you have for that session of play.
	Battle of the blinds
	When all players fold except the two players who have forced bets.
	Belly Buster
	Straight draw in which only one card is needed in the middle to complete the hand as opposed to the end. Like a 9 for a 7-8-10-J. Also know as a inside straight draw.
	Bet
	To put money into a pot.
	Bet the pot
	To make a bet that is the size of the pot.
	Betting round
	Betting that occurs from the time the first card is dealt until the action is complete.
	Big Slick
	Slang term for a player having Ace King as their hole cards in Texas hold'em
	Blank
	Any card that doesn't help you hand.
	Blind
	A mandatory bet placed by the two players to the left of the dealer button.
	Bluff
	To raise or bet a weak hand in order to make your opponent think you have a stronger hand than you really do.
	Board
	Face up cards in Hold'em, Omaha , or Stud.
	Boat
	Full house (three of a king and two pair)
	Button
	A white disc-shaped object that moves clockwise around the table each hand and indicates where the action begins.
	Busted
	To be out of chips or money. Flat broke!
	Buy another card
	To invest a bet or call to see the next card dealt.
	Buy-In
	Amount of money you start playing with or the amount it cost you to start playing a tournament.

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	Call
	To match another players bet.
	Calling station
	A player that calls other players too often.
	Cap
	The number of raises allowed in a game.
	Cards speak
	The value of the hand is determined solely by the strength of the cards
	Catch or catching
	Having a card come that is needed to make a hand or when the cards are treating you well by continuously making hands.
	Chase
	When the player is behind in the hand or in chips.
	Chasing
	Trying continually to hit long shots.
	Check
	To not bet, reserving the option to call or raise later in the betting round.
	Check raise
	To check, then wait to see if any other players bet, then raise.
	Chip Race
	In tournament games blind amounts increase at regular time intervals. Smaller chip denominations become redundant. As this happens the smaller chips are removed from the game and replaced with larger denominations, accept for any odd chip amount.
	Cold
	When a player is not winning they are considered to be cold.
	Cold Calling
	Calling multiple bets at once without having invested any money previously in the pot.
	Community Card
	Card that may be used by each player at the table.
	Connectors
	Consecutive cards which might make a straight.
	Cowboys
	Pair of kings, K-K
	Cut
	Two divide the deck in half before the deal.
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	Dead
	Card that is no longer is available to help you.
	Deal
	Passing out cards to the players and board throughout an entire hand.
	Dealers choice
	Game in which the dealers chooses on the spot what game is to be played.
	Declare
	In hi low games the player declares which way they will play high, low or both.
	Dominate
	A starting hand that will almost always beat another.
	Door Card
	First face up card dealt in stud games.
	Double Up
	When a player increases there chip stack by 100%.
	Down and dirty
	Typically refers to the last down card dealt in Seven card stud.
	Down Cards
	Players private hole cards which are dealt face down. Only that player can see.
	Draw
	Where a player needs another card to complete there hand.
	Drawing Dead
	Where a player can not win the pot even if the rest of the cards are dealt in the hand.
	Drop
	To Fold a hand.
	Dump
	To Fold a hand.
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	Early position
	A position in a round of betting where a player must act before the other players. One of the first three positions in hold'em .This is a disadvantaged position.
	Endgame
	Strategy pertaining to the last five players or fewer in a poker tournament.
	Even Money pot
	Where a players change of winning the pot is roughly 50%.
	Expectation
	The profit or loss you would expect to make on average over a number of hands
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	Family Pot
	A pot in which most of the players at the table are still involved at the end of the hand
	Fast
	Player that plays there hands aggressively, including bets and raising.
	Favorite
	Hand that is expected to win most often in a particular situation
	Fifth Street
	In Hold'em and Omaha, the final face up card dealt (community card) of the last round of betting. In stud games the fifth card dealt.
	Fish
	A poor player who is losing all there money, a sucker, bad player or clueless.
	Fishhooks
	Two jacks
	Final table
	Final players remaining in a tournament. Last 9 for Hold'em and last 8 in stud.
	Flop
	The first three cards placed in the center of table that anyone may use to form a hand.
	Flush
	Any five cards of the same suit, but not in sequence. If two people both have a flush in the same suit, the person with the highest card is the winner.
	Flush Draw
	Player has four card of the same suit and needs only one more card of that suit to complete his hand (flush).
	Fold
	To withdraw from the game, and give up your cards rather than continue betting.
	Forced bet
	A require bet of a specific denomination of money.
	Four of A Kind
	All four cards of the same kind (Ex: Q, Q, Q, Q). Four cards of the same value.
	Fourth street
	In Hold'em and Omaha, the fourth card on the table, and the third round of betting. This is also known as "the turn."
	Free Card
	Whenever you get to see an additional card without having to call a bet.
	Freeze Out
	A game or a tournament that is played until one player has all the chips.
	Full house
	Three of a kind combined with a pair (Ex: K, K, 3, 3, 3). Ties on a full house are broken by the three of a kind, since it is impossible to have two equal sets of three of a kind in a single deck.

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	Game theory
	The way a player views there tactics for playing the game.
	Garbage
	Bad or week hand.
	Get Full Value
	To raise, bet or re-raise with the intention of getting the maximum pot odds if you win the hand.
	Gut Shot Straight Draw
	A card drawn to fill an inside straight, such as J-10-8-7.
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	Hand
	A player's best cards or the process of dealing the cards until the winning pot is dicided.
	Heads-Up
	When there are only two players left.
	High-Low
	A poker game in which the highest and lowest hands share the pot. Also called High-Low Split, 8 or better (8b).
	High society chip
	Poker chip worth one hundred dollars.
	High hand
	Simply the best winning hand held by any player.
	Hole
	The two cards dealt face down to every player at the start of a hand.
	Hot
	Player on a winning streak.
	House
	The establishment; the casino or cardroom.
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	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.
	Inside straight draw
	Draw in which only one card is needed in the middle to complete the hand as opposed to the end.. Like a 9 for a 7-8-10-J. Also know as a belly buster.
	In the dark
	Betting without looking at your cards.
	In the money
	In the paying positions in a tournament.
	Isolation
	An isolation play is usually a raise designed to encourage one or more players to fold, specifically for the purpose of making the hand a one-on-one contest with a specific opponent.
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	J
	Jacks or better
	A form of poker in which a player needs to have at least a pair of jacks to open the betting.
	Jamming the pot
	Betting and raising the maximium amount of times.
	Joker
	A joker is an additional card in the deck that is used most often as a wild card. Also known as a bug.
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	Key Hand
	In a tournament, a hand that proves to be a turning point, for better or for worse.
	Kicker
	The highest card in a player's hand that is not being used in some other way (to create straight, a pair, etc).
	Kitty
	The pot or chips in the middle of the table up for grabs.
	Knock
	Same a check.
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	Ladies
	Pair of queens.
	Late Position
	In Omaha and Hold'em it is the player with the button and the two players two the left of the button. These players acts last in a paticular betting round.
	Lay Down
	Folding. To give up your cards to the dealer.
	Legitimate Hand
	A strong hand. A hand that is not a bluff.
	Limit Poker
	A game that has fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals along with a prescribed number of raises.
	Limp in
	To enter the pot by calling rather than raising. In Hold'em and Omaha, to call the big blind bet before the flop.
	Live Card
	A card that has not been seen.
	Live Hand
	Hand that has'nt folded or been declared folded verbally and is eligible to win the pot.
	Lock up
	No chance of loosing.
	Long Run
	Over a period of time.
	Loose
	Player who plays a lot hands.
	Lowball
	A form of draw poker in which the lowest hand wins the pot.
	Low stakes
	Refers to a limit poker games played with a small amount of chip denomiations.
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	Main Pot
	This is the pot where any all in players can partake. A side pot is made once the all in player(s) has no more chips to bet with.
	Maniac
	A loose of very aggressive player often raising with just about anything.
	Middle Pair
	When a player makes a pair with one of hisor her down cards and the middle card on the flop.
	Middle Position
	The position a player is in at a poker table. Somewhere in the middle and not early or late position.
	Miss
	Fail to complete a hand.
	Money game
	A non tournament game played for money. Side game.
	Monster
	A very big hand.
	Move all in
	A player putting all there chips into any given pot at once.
	Multiway Pot
	Hand that has more than one opponent.
	Muck
	To fold and the pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer.
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	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 as opposed to limit poker.
	Nut Flush
	The best possible flush given the faceup cards.
	Nuts
	The best possible hand at any point in the game.
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	Odds
	The probability of making a hand vs. the probability of not making a hand.
	Off Suit
	Cards of different suits.
	Omaha
	A game in which each player is dealt four down cards with five community cards. To make your hand, you must play two cards from your hand and three from the board.
	Omaha 8 or better
	A split pot game. The very best hand and the worst hand split the pot. Also called Hi-low.
	On Board
	On the table; in the game.
	On the Button
	The best table position in Hold 'Em, benefiting from acting last. The player who acts last in a round.
	On Tilt
	Playing recklessly due to frustration.
	Open
	To make the first bet.
	Open Card
	A card that is dealt face-up.
	Open-ended Straight
	Four consecutive cards whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either end to make a straight. Such as 9-10-J-Q
	Open Pair
	Two cards of the same value that are dealt face-up.
	Option
	When a player posts a live blind, that player is given the option to raise when their turn comes around, even if no one else has raised
	Out
	A card that is still in the deck that could improve your hand.
	Out of position
	Being at the disadvantage of having to act before your opponent.
	Outdraw
	When one player beats his or her opponent by drawing a better hand.
	Overcard
	Card on the board higher than the cards you the player have.
	Overpair
	In flop games, a wired pair higher than any card on the board.
	Over the top
	Making a larger raise than your opponent.
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	Paint
	Face Card (ie J,Q,K,A)
	Pair
	Two cards that have the same value (Ex: 4, 4).
	Pass
	When a player folds his or her hand.
	Pay off
	To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand.
	Play back
	To raise or re-raise another player's bet.
	Play fast
	To bet aggressively on a hand.
	Playing the Board
	If flop games when your best five-card hand is the five cards on the board.
	Pocket
	The down cards or hole cards.
	Pocket Pair
	Two pocket cards of the same rank.
	Pocket Rockets
	Pair of aces in the hole. Also known as American airlines.
	Position
	Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in the betting order.
	Post
	To post a bet is to place your chips in the pot.
	Pot
	The chips that have been bet.
	Pot-Limit
	Game in which the maximum bet or raise is the size of the pot.
	Pot Odds
	The amount of money in the pot vs the amount of money it costs to continue playing.
	Prop
	A cardroom employee who joins a game with his own money when the game is shorthanded, or to get a game started; similar to a shill.
	Protect A Hand
	To bet in order to convince other players to fold, and reduce the risk of having them outdraw you.
	Protect Your Cards
	To protect your cards is to place a chip or some other small object on top of them so that they don't accidentally get mucked by the dealer, mixed with another player's discards.
	Puck
	Same as the button.
	Put Down
	To fold a hand.
	Putting On The Heat
	To pressure the other players by betting aggressively.
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	Quads
	Four of a kind.
	Qualifier
	In high-low, a requirement the hand must meet to be eligible for a portion of the pot.
	Qualify Low
	Make a low hand that is entitled to win half the pot in a high-low splite game. Usually eight low is a qualifying low. (Example A,2,4,5,7)
	Queen high
	No pair hand whose highest card is a queen.
	Queens full
	A full house consisting of three queens and another pair.
	Queens up
	two pair, the higher of which are queens
	Quit
	Cash in your chips and leave a game or fold.
	Quorum
	The minimum number of players, usually six, required to start a poker game.
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	Rabbit
	A week player.
	Rabbithunt
	After the deal is over, search through the undealt cards to see what you would have made if you had stayed in the pot. This is considered bad etuquette in poker.
	Race (aka chip race)
	In tournament games blind amounts increase at regular time intervals. Smaller chip denominations become redundant. As this happens the smaller chips are removed from the game and replaced with larger denominations, accept for any odd chip amount.
	Rack
	Chip rack or container that holds 100 chips. Also the act of placing the chips in the rack.
	Rag
	Any week hand. In hold 'em, a card in the flop that probably doesn't help players who started with good cards
	Raise
	Increase the bet. In a limit game, this means add a bet equal to the betting limit; in a no-limit game, this means increase by anything equal to or greater than the previous bet or raise.
	Raise blind
	Raise without having looked at your cards.
	Raised pot
	A pot in which there has been a raise.
	Rake
	The money removed from each pot by the house.
	Ram and jam
	Bet and raise frequently and aggressively as much as you can.
	Rank
	The value of each card and hand.
	Razz
	Seven Card Stud where the lowest five cards win the pot.
	Read
	Making a educated guess based on that player's exposed cards, at what your opponent's hand is. Trying to determine whether your opponent's hand is weak or strong. Make such a conclusion based on the player's actions, remarks, betting patterns, etc.
	Re-buy
	The amount of money a player pays to add a fixed number of chips to his/her stack in a tournament.
	Represent
	Pretent that and play in such a way as to indicate you have a strong hand.
	Reraise
	To raise an opponents raise.
	River
	The final community card dealt; all players may use it to form their best hand.
	RGP
	Online poker newsgroup rec.gambling.poker.com
	RNG ( Random Number Generator )
	A system generates innumerable permutations and combinations in the 52-card deck when dealing cards that it is virtually impossible to predict. To be considered truly random, numbers must be unpredictable and not related to each other in any way.
	Rock
	A player who plays an extremely tight (conservative player). One who takes few chances.
	Rough
	Low hand that ranks among the worst possible low hands.
	Round of Betting
	This is when players have the opportunity to bet, check or raise. Each round of betting ends when the last bet or raise has been called.
	Rounders
	Guys who hustle for a living. Also a professional player who frequents high-stakes tournaments.
	Royal flush
	A royal flush is a straight flush that has a high card value of Ace (Ex: A, K, Q, J, 10)
	Running Bad
	On a losing streak.
	Running Good
	On a winning streak.
	Rush
	On a winning streak.

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	Satellites
	Ten handed mini tournament in which each player puts up one tenth of the buy in to a poker tournament. The winner is assured a seat in the main tournament.
	Scoop
	To win the entire pot.
	Seat
	A chair at a poker table or more particularly, the player in that chair, or the seating position of that player.
	Seating position
	Where a player sits in relation to the others at the table
	Second Pair
	In flop games, when you pair the second highest card on the board.
	Second nuts
	Having the second-best possible hand for the situation or the actual second-best hand in such a situation.
	See
	To call a bet.
	Semibluff
	A bet made on a hand that is probably not the best at the time of the bet, but that has a possibility of improving to the best (has one or more outs).
	Set
	Three of a kind.
	Seven card stud
	A well-known poker game in which players get three down cards and four up cards. You play the best five of those seven cards.
	Seven card stud eight or better (stud 8/b)
	Dealt like stud but in this game the pot is split between the high hand and the qualifying low hand if it is eight or lower.
	Seven card stud high low split
	Same as eight or better.
	Seven card stud low (Razz)
	Stud game in which the best low hand wins the pot.
	Seventh Street
	This is the final round of betting in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better.
	Shark
	Expert player
	Short handed
	A game with four or fewer players in it.
	Short Odds
	When there is a very high probability that something will happen.
	Short Stack
	The player with the fewest chips at the table has the "short stack."
	Showdown
	After the final round of betting, the player's cards are turned face-up to see who won.
	Shuffle
	Mix the cards prior to dealing. Mathematicians calculate that a dealer must shuffle the deck at least seven times to create a truly random deal.
	Side game
	Nontournament poker game.
	Side pot
	A separate pot contested by other players when one player is all-in.
	Sixth street
	The sixth card dealt in stud games.
	Slow playing
	Underbetting a strong hand in order to lure the opponents to call.
	Slow roll
	Stalling before showing a winning hand to frustrate your opponent.
	Small blind
	The forced bet that is made by the person sitting one seat to the left of the button. This bet is half the size of the big blind.
	Smooth call
	Just calling an opponents bet when you have a strong hand. A tactical lure,with the hope more will provide money to the pot.
	Solid
	A fairly tight player. Plays only the best hands.
	Speed Limit
	A pair of five's.
	Split pot
	Pot (money) is divided in half in high low split games.
	Square game
	An honest game, as indicated by its being played with a deck containing no trimmed or shaved or otherwise marked cards.
	Stack
	A pile of chips.
	Stakes
	Amount of money being played for with respect to its betting increments or limits
	Stand
	Stop letting opponents bluff you or steeling your blinds.
	Steaming
	Playing recklessly due to frustration or fatigue
	Steal the blinds
	Raising the pot usually in late position trying to get the blind hands to fold thus winning the whole pot.
	Straight
	Five consecutive cards of mixed suits.
	Straight flush
	Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
	Structure
	The schedule by which the antes and blinds (forced bets) increase.
	Stud
	Any form of poker in which the first card or cards are dealt down, or in the hole, followed by several open, or face up, cards.
	Suited
	In hold 'em or seven-card stud, descriptive of the first two (hole) cards being of the same suit.
	Suited Connectors
	Two cards that are consecutive in rank and of the same suit.
	Swing
	The way your chips might increase or decrease in any given situation or day.
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	Table image
	How other players view your playing ability and or style of playing.
	Table stakes
	That players can wager only the money in front of them at the start of a hand, and can put more money on the table or buy more chips only between hands and cannot remove money or chips from the table unless leaving the game.
	Take Off A Card
	To call a single bet in order to see one more card.
	Tapped Out
	Broke, out of chips, or money.
	Tell
	An involuntary gesture or expression that indicates the strength of your hand.
	Texas Hold'em
	Same as holdem, where the players get two down cards and five community cards.
	Three of a kind
	Three cards of the same number or face value. AKA trips.
	Tight
	A conservative player who only plays strong hands.
	Tilt
	Playing recklessly due to frustration or fatigue.
	Top kicker
	Best possible high card that goes with your pair. A,A with a king kicker.
	Top pair
	In flop games, pairing the highest card on board.
	Trips
	Three of a kind.
	Turn
	In flop games, the fourth card, also called fourth street.
	Two Pair
	A hand consisting of two different pairs.
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	Underdog
	A hand that does not have the best chance of winning before all the cards are dealt.
	Underpair
	A player's pair lower than any card among the community cards.
	Under The Gun
	The first to bet.
	Up Card
	Card dealt face up.
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	Vig
	Same as Viggerish see below
	Viggerish
	House take by time charging or taking a rake.
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	Weak
	Pertaining to a poor hand, one that will likely lose a given pot.
	Wheel
	The term for the best possible low hand, also known as a bicycle.
	Whipsaw
	The action of two players who keep raising and reraising each other and a caller who gets caught in the middle.
	Wild Card
	A card designated as a joker, playable as any value.
	Wired Pair
	A pair in hand.
	World Poker Tour
	A series of tournaments , held throughout the year at various casinos and cardrooms and online, the winners of which advance to a $25,000 invitation-only buy-in final event that crowns a world champion. Televised on the travel channel on Wednesdays!
	World series of poker ( WSOP )
	The premier tournament on the tournament trail.Held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas, consisting of more than 33 events with buy-ins ranging from $1500, to $10,000 for the main event. Thw WSOP is the most prestigious series of poker tournaments in the world.
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	X
	$10, Comes from the Roman numeral.
	X marks the spot
	A variant of Southern Cross. A form of Cincinnati, in which each player is dealt five cards face down, and nine cards are dealt face down in the center (widow), in the form of a cross, forming five vertical and five horizontal cards, with each player allowed to combine any or all of either the vertical or horizontal cards together with his original cards in forming a five-card hand.
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	Yard
	$100
	Yeast
	Raise
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	Zone
	A special place where you can almost know and act perfectly making all the right calls, raises and moves.
	Zombie
	A poker player with no tells (see tell), one who has a poker face, shows no emotion, and otherwise exhibits no behavior to give away his holdings.
	Zoo
	A home game out of controll either by frustration or mostly by drinking.
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