Poker Terms Dictionary
This Poker Terms Dictionary includes
the games of Texas Hold
‘em, Omaha
and Stud Poker.
Action:
is the term for a game where the player’s goal is to win the
pot against other players.
Texas Hold’ Em Poker Terms
All In: Betting
your available bankroll at one time.
Bad
Beat: You
take a bad beat when an opponent draws out on you. See Drawn Out.
Big Stick: Ace or
King in the hold—great starting hand. There are several possibilities
from this
hand: high pair and/or high straight.
Blind:
The
mandatory bet that one or all players must make before the start of a
particular game and before any cards are dealt.
Broadway:
the
likely-profitable ace-high straight
Button:
the last
player to bet. This is an advantage in that you have the opportunity to
watch
the other players before making a decision.
Calling
Station: players
who calls many bets, however rarely bets/raises his own hand.
Check-Raise: Using
this strategy to receive extra bets, the player checks at his/her turn
then
raises after another player’s bet.
Cover:
Player’s
available bankroll can cover another player’s all-in bet.
Drawn Out: a come
from behind move that makes a winning hand.
Fill
Up: you want
to complete a full house with your pair or three of a kind.
Fishy: A weak
player
Flop: The first
three community cards dealt and placed in the center of the table in
the game
of Hold ‘Em Poker.
Gutshot:
a one
draw to complete an inside straight. Example is 6, 7, 9 10 requires an
8.
Heads Up: two
players trying for one pot.
Hit With
the Deck:
excellent cards coming your way for quite a while.
Muck: The name of
the discard pile for Poker.
Nuts:
the best of
hands in the game thus far.
Overcard:
a card
that is higher than the highest cards on board.
Rainbow:
a flop
that displays three different suits, therefore a flush cannot be made.
Rake: A
percentage and/or flat fee deducted from the pot after each betting
round for
the casino services. These services include a dealer and
equipment.
Rock: player who
raises or folds and rarely calls thus playing few hands.
Spike: snagging
that winning card on the turn or river card.
Washing
the Cards:
The dealer blends the deck of cards in a circular motion with both
hands before
a shuffle is performed.
Hi/Lo Omaha
Poker Terms
Baby:
is a low
card, generally a 5 or lower and offers the possibility of making a
perfect
low.
Banana: same as a
Brick, a card between 9 and a King.
Brick:
term for a
card between 9 and a King as it is unlikely to qualify for an 8 low.
Escape: you have
just snagged a card that will likely win half the pot.
Free Roll: a nice
position. You are guaranteed the high or low plus the possibly of
winning the
other half puts you in a Free Roll.
Quartered:
a
split between two players for half the pot.
Runners:
two
consecutive cards that boost your hand are termed as runners.
Scoop: you have
just won the whole pot—Congratulations!
Wheel:
a very
strong hand containing A-2-3-4-5 is termed a Wheel because it counts as
a
perfect low and a five high straight.
Stud Poker
Terms
Ante:
A small bet
is place before receiving your hand. The ante is not part of a call
made with
the first bet or if the decision is to fold, the ante bet is lost.
Blank: card that
appears to be of no help to your current hand.
Bring
In: Once
all cards are dealt, the lowest card on the table must make a small bet
of
approximately 1/3 the size of the lower limit set, and cannot fold.
Example:
for a $10/$20 stake, the player must bet at least $3. If another player
raises
to $10, the bring-in player has three options: a) fold, b) call the
additional
$7 or c) raise to $20.
Door Card:
First
upcard dealt in a round of Stud Poker.
Fifth Street: This is your third up card received to
include two hole cards
already received. At this juncture in the round, betting limits double
and some
players fold.
Hole Cards:
two
cards known only to the player therefore held ‘in the hole’.
Pocket Pair:
dealt a pair in the hole. Pocket Pair term is used for Stud and Hold’
Em.
Rag: weak hole
cards.
Trips: term for
three-of-a-kind. Example: AAA
Turn:
Your fourth
card received to include the two hole cards already received.
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