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A person who is still playing / contributing to the 'action' and therefore, the pot

Refers to time, the game is paused in certain tournaments, in order that a player can buy more chips

A cover that occurs in the waning moments of a game

A draw to fill an inside straight

The lowest possible five-card hand in low-ball Poker, i.e., Ace, two, three, four and five

The larger of the 2 compulsory bets in a Flop poker game. This bet is made by the person sitting two seats to the left of the 'dealer'

An Ace and a King

A compulsory bet in some Poker games (Hold'em). Small and Big Blinds are posted by the 2 players to the left of the dealer. These 'Blinds' are then required to be payed by the next people round the table on the next game

When a player raises in the hope that he will frighten his opponents from the table, making them think he / she has a strong hand, when in fact they have a weak one

The cards that are dealt face-up in the middle of the table

Full house

Refers to a small cash prize given to a player for knocking out another opponent

Straight, with an Ace-High

A hand that is one card short of a flush

a small circular disk used in flop games to indicate the person dealing or to signify the player in the last position when there's a house dealer

The process of matching the current bet in order to continue to participating in the game. In Keno and Bingo, it is the process of drawing numbers for each game

The room where Poker is played

Type of Poker game with 5 cards where players go against the house

A game where all the cards are dealt face down

Refers to a hand in which all 5 cards gain favour, ie: a straight, flush, full house, or a straight flush

The money in the pot that was put there by players who have folded before things hotted up

Where the dealer choses the type of game played

The player must declare or show the value of his hand in order to take the pot

The players take it in turns to 'represent' the dealer (not actually, or necessarily dealing). The person to the left of the actual dealer commences and with each game, the 'dealer button' is moved around the table. This ensures that the blinds are always moved around the players

A game of Poker where a hand of 2 to 7, without a flush, is the best hand. It is also known as Kansas City Low Ball

A hand where there are two possible cards that can make the inside straight

A broken run of cards where either of two cards will complete the straight

Draw - Relates to the poker games. Basically it means to draw a card (e.g. if you need a card to make a straight, you are on a 'straight draw' or are 'drawing to a straight'.

When a player tries to make a hand that will in no way beat his opponent (who's hand is better), he is 'drawing dead'

A type of Poker game, where the lowest hand wins

When an opponents hand turns out to be worse than it originally appeared after the draw

A type of Poker game, where each player is dealt 5 cards, he / she can then discard one or more and swap them for new unseen ones

A hand which needs a specific card from the draw in order to fulfil its promise

The ratio of the total amount of money a player can expect to win, if he makes his hand, to the total amount of the bets he will have to call, in order to continue from the present round of betting to the end of the hand.

A share of the pot as calculated by a player

A players calculated profit or loss at the table, based on the technique used, average wagers places, number of rounds played or time spent

A pot where most of the players are still 'active', (playing) at the end of the hand

To complete the 'full house'

A defamatory term used against a player who is lacking in skill and plays badly

A player who stays in the game waiting / hoping / 'fishing' for a good card

A type of Poker game, where each player is dealt 5 cards, he / she can then discard one or more and swap them for new unseen ones

A type of Poker game, where the players get one face-down card and four face-up cards

To call a bet, without raising it

Refers to the betting limit not changing from one round to the next

In Hold'em Poker, the flop is the name for the first three community cards that the dealer places face up on the 'board', in the centre of the table. These cards are dealt after the first round of betting, and a subsequent round of betting follows their being placed on the table

The name for the Poker games played with 5 community cards, dealt out in 3 goes; the Flop (3 cards), the Turn and finally the River

A hand where the player has 5 cards all of the same suit. This hand is made up from the community cards and / or any from the ones that he was dealt

When a player doesn't 'call' a bet and drops out of the hand or round, either because he / she doesn't have enough chips to continue playing or because they don't believe their hand will win

Four cards of the same rank

Refers to a player hand consisting of four cards of the same suite, before the Turn or the River. Ie: the player still has a chance of making the 'Flush'

In Hold'em it is the fourth community card that is dealt face-up, by itself, after the 'Flop', on the 3rd round of betting. In Seven-Card Stud, it is the 2nd round of betting, because the players each hold 4 cards

To remain in a hand without having to call a bet. A player may get a 'free ride' if he / she has a bad hand, but it costs them nothing to stay in a game

A tournament where all the players start with the same stake, and by the end, the winner has all the chips

Refers to a hand where a player has 3 cards of the same rank and 2 cards of another rank between the cards tha the holds and the community cards, ie; 'Three of a Kind' and a 'Pair'

To call a bet or to raise with a drawing hand whenever the pot odds are favorable enough to do so

To make a good hand by drawing the right cards

To bet, call, raise or re-raise - ie: to be active

Refers to a player committing all their remaining chips in one fail swoop. In Poker, it is calling with (betting) everything you have left. In a No Limit game, if another player bets more chips than you have left, you can still bet what you have, against the same amount of his / her chips

To draw to and / or hit an inside straight

Refers to a player holding a certain run of cards, and the flop showing more cards to enhance the run - however a key linking card is missing - if this linking card then comes down on the turn the player has made a 'gut-shot straight

To limp in to a game

Refers to the cards that you hold, or make between the cards that you hold and the community cards (totaling 5), or everything that happens between shuffles of the cards

To contest a pot at a table that that has no other players.

Standard type of game, in which high hand wins

The highest and lowest hands split the pot

In Poker 'to get hit' is a positive thing - it means that your hand has been improved by the 'Flop', the 'Turn' or the 'River'

To take a big win and then leave the table after only playing a short time

Type of poker game where a player receives 2 'hole' cards, and can use these in conjunction with the 5 'community' cards to make the best 5 card hand he / she can

To pass a small amount of chips to another player upon winning a pot

A low-end straight

The odds you are getting after the assumed result of betting for the remainder of the hand

A player who has called all the bets and is 'active'

Kind of a 'Ready, Steady, Go' for a tournament. The director will say this to the dealers to get the games underway

To check or bet blind, without looking at one's cards

Four cards which require another between the top and the bottom card to complete a straight. Players who catch this card make an Inside Straight

To raise in a round of Poker with the intention of reaching a heads-up with one other player

A special bonus paid in a high-stakes poker tournament, if they are beaten whilst holding a good hand

To bet or raise the maximum allowed.

A pot that has been raised the maximum amount possible

A type of Poker where the low cards win - ie: 2's to 7's

To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing

The card that a player needs to complete their hand

The hand that changes a players run of luck for the better or worse

To raise the bet

In Draw Poker, an odd high card that doesn't help the straight or flush that a player has

Also 'Kill Blind'. An oversize blind, usually twice the size of the big blind and doubling the limit. Sometimes a 'half-kill' increasing the blind and limits by fifty percent is used. A kill can be either voluntary or mandatory. The most common requirements of a mandatory kill are for winning two pots in a row at lowball and other games, or for scooping a pot in high-low split.

When a player reveals their hand by placing it face-up on the table

To fold

A type of Poker

A type of poker with fixed limits on betting and raising

To call rather than raise in a betting round

A player who puts in the minimum bet

A card in Stud Poker games that is presumed to be in action, but has not been seen yet

Any hand that is eligible to win the pot

A derogatory term for a bad player who seems to have a lot of money to loose

To call the final bet prior to the showdown

A game with most of the active players in most pots

A type of poker where the winner has the lowest poker hand

To attempt a bluff

A derogatory term for a player who does lots of raising and bluffing, whose 'strategy' is to take risks

A cover that occurs in the waning moments of a game

The name of a Queen and Jack in the pocket be they suited or otherwise

To call a players bet

To fail to get a drawing hand on the final deal

A strong hand that should not loose

The pile of folded and burned cards or a verb, to 'muck' a hand, to fold

When a player bides their time, waiting for a good hand to come up

The best flush that a player can get

Where the two 'hole' cards are of different suits in Hold'Em Poker

A type of poker, similar to Hold'Em, but the player is dealt 4 'hole' cards rather than 2. The player must use 2 of their hole cards to form the final hand

A hand that is drawing to a straight or a flush

Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset

The player who makes the first bet

Games where some of the cards must be dealt face-up

Four consecutive cards whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either end to make a straight

A card remaining somewhere in the deck that will complete a winning hand

To defeat another player by drawing to a better hand

To defeat another player by drawing to a better hand

To call a bet that has already been called

A 'hole' card that is higher than any of the cards on the 'flop'. In Stud Poker, it is a card that is higher than the opponent's probable pair

Not to call or check - to fold

In Draw Poker, a hand that is complete, in Blackjack, a hand between 17 and 21

To have a player call or raise a bet in Poker when he does not think he has the best hand, usually on the final round

To raise or re-raise a bet

To play the community cards rather than the hole cards held. A player will always have to split the pot in this way, if the community cards aren't beaten by any of the other players hole cards

Refers to a player that has had a run of good luck and then won a large pot. Their confidence is affected by the big win and their subsequent 'playing the rush' shows this.

A pair of Aces in the hole

The chips, cash or vouchers amassed from the blinds, the raises and the re-raises during a hand. It is found in the middle of the table and collected by the winner of the hand, or shared, 'split' amongst players

An type of Poker, where players are restricted from placing enormous bets by only being allowed to bet the total of the Pot at the time.

The playing odds, determined by the amount of money in the 'pot' relative to the amount a player will have to put in the pot to continue with the hand. To call a bet of $1, when there is $9 already in the pot would give pot odds of 10:1

To bet or raise with the intent of pushing other players into folding, to limit the possibility of being 'out-drawn'

a small circular disk used in flop games to indicate the person dealing or to signify the player in the last position when there's a house dealer

To move the won pot to over to the winner

To fold

To guess an opponents hand and play accordingly

When a player puts pressure on his / her opponents and by raising and re-raising, in order to make the most of their hand

Four cards of the same rank

The minimum ranking a hand must have in order for it to be eligible to take part of the pot

When a player gets a card that doesn't help their hand on the 'river', the final card in a flop game

A flop that doesn't appear to help any of the players is said to be 'ragged'

Cards of little or no help to a hand

Refers to a flop that contains three different suits or all the community cards not having more than 2 matching suits. It is not possible therefore to make a flush

When a player matches and then increases upon a bet

The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker played. The money (a flat fee or 5-10%) is usually taken from the pot after each round of betting

Seven-card stud low-ball

To re-enter an ongoing tournament after being knocked out, for an additional entry fee

When a player draws and even stronger hands than his present (pot-winning) one

To raise a raise

A regular game, where real money (cash) is used as opposed to chips / vouchers or tokens

A player who is good, yet predictable and only raises with the best hands. He / she will not tend to bluff

A table with a number of 'rocks' on it

Three of a kind on third street

A hand in low-ball Poker that isn't perfect

The period during which each active player has the right to check, bet, raise or call. The round ends when the last bet or raise has been called by all players still in the hand

An Ace-high straight flush; 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace, all of the same suit. Unbeatable

A straight, or a series of good cards

To play aggressively, in an attempt to win the pot

Two essential cards that come up on the 'Turn' and the 'River'

When the last two community cards make a pair

To check a strong hand with the intention of raising or re-raising later in the betting round

A term for a regular Poker game, not tournament

To win the pot

To pass a small amount of chips to another player upon winning a pot

An hourly charge for playing in many public card rooms

A list to which you add your name and wait for a place to become available at a table

A pair made with the second-highest card on the flop

When a player makes a bet or raises based on a reasonable hand. If he / she is called on the bet, there is a possibility of winning the pot, if the opponent if bluffing or semi-bluffing with a worse hand

To bet exactly the amount that your opponent has left

In Seven-card stud, the fifth and final round of betting, where the players have 7 cards

A good player, who often pretends to be less able early in the game

After the last betting round all the 'active' players must show their cards. It is often a tense moment, hence the dramatic term 'showdown'

An unmatched card in the 'hole', which determines the winner when two players have equal hands. Eg: in Hold'Em Poker, the higher this card the greater the liklihood of winning the pot

A 'side pot' will be created when one or more players wants to call a bet, but doesn't have sufficient chips remaining to match the bet exactly. Whatever the player has, will be put into the main pot, along with an equal amount from any other player calling during that round. The extra chips / money, that the 'all in' player couldn't match then go into a side pot. The all in player will not be able to win that pot, as they have not contributed to it, they can only stake a claim on the main pot

A card that is the only one of its rank

Seven-card stud, the 4th round of betting, which is when players have 6 cards

A game where there are two or more cheats working together

A cheats manner of getting rid of extra cards

A strong hand that is being played weakly, to entice other players into contributing to the pot

The smaller of the 2 compulsory bets in a Flop poker game. This bet is made by the person sitting to the immediate left of the 'dealer'

The best possible low hand with a particular high card

When a player calls rather than raises

To win a hand, without a particularly strong hand. Usually happens against a 'bluffer'

To throw chips into the pot, rather than place them infront of you. Not a polite way of contributing to the pot!

When the pot is shared out amongst players due to them having hands of equal value

In Hold'Em Poker when a player has two cards that are then paired up on the 'flop'. The pairs are 'split' across the hole and the community cards

To remain in a hand by calling a bet and not re-raising

To win the pot on a bluff, usually a player will do this if they are late in the betting order

A straight flush in Low-ball, i.e., ace, two, three, four and five.

An optional, extra, blind bet before the deal, typically made by the player who is one to the left of the big blind, equal to twice the big blind - in effect, it is a raise on the blinds

A hand of any suit where the five cards run from one rank through to four ranks above that, eg: 5c, 6h, 7d, 8s, 9c

A hand of the same suit where the five cards run from one rank through to four ranks above that, eg: 5c, 6h, 7d, 8s, 9c

A call bet, though more typically a raise, in which a player doesn't get all the chips required for the raise into the pot in one motion. Unless he verbally declared the raise, he can be forced to withdraw it and just call. This prevents the unethical play of putting out enough chips to call, seeing what effect that had, and then possibly raising

The rules set for a game, which may vary according to the table, game or establishment

A flop game that has set amounts for all the bets in the round

When a player is in a in a negative position during a game and can't seem to extricate themselves

Games where the first cards are delt face-down and the following cards face-up

To win a hand despite poor pot odds, without a particularly strong hand

A defamatory term used against a player who is lacking in skill and plays badly

To put money into the pot

To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing

To call a bet in order to see one more card

To adopt an aggressive betting strategy in order to bully opponents

Type of poker game where a player receives 2 'hole' cards, and can use these in conjunction with the 5 'community' cards to make the best 5 card hand he / she can

A pair in flop games, made by matching one of the two hole cards with the third-highest card on the board

In Seven-card stud, the first round of betting, where the players have 3 cards

A hand with three cards of the same suit that needs two more cards of the suit to make a flush

Three cards of the same rank

A rather patronising term for a group of naïve and inexperienced players who are making significant contributions to the pot

A game with fewer than the desired number of players in most pots

To play recklessly of wildly

If a player needs extra time to make a decision, they may call 'time please' and be allowed a brief break. If they do not call for extra time, the dealer may rule that the player has folded

An amount of money collected by the house every half hour or on the button

The amount needed for a player to enter the pot

A pair made with the highest card on the flop

Three cards of the same rank

Three cards of the same rank

In Hold'em it is the fourth community card that is dealt face-up, by itself, after the 'Flop', on the 3rd round of betting

Two cards of the same suit, requiring 3 more of the same suit to fulfil the 'flush'

A strong hand that is being played weakly, to entice other players into contributing to the pot

A player who has to bet first on a betting round. They are in a disadvantageous position, as they can't see what the other players have in mind

When a player raises a smaller amount than the previous bet, which is only allowed if a player is going 'all-in'

All the community cards are up cards, as they are dealt face 'up', so that everyone at the table can see (and use) them

The lowest possible five-card hand in low-ball Poker, i.e., Ace, two, three, four and five

To raise before and after a caller who gets caught in the middle and might be happy to check otherwise!

A Royal Flush with a 'wild card' in the run

In poker, a pair, three, or four of a kind dealt consecutively or back-to-back in a hand, usually in a stud hand starting with the first card

A wired pair in a hand

A series of tournaments on the tournament trail, 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. The individual events are shown later on television

A Hold 'em tournament with a $10,000 buy-in held every May at Binion's Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas

A term for someone who is holding a fantastic hand, they may show you the 'World's Fair and the Holy City'!