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Poker Glossary

Sep 4, 2008 5:55 pm Report Abuse

mentioned before it, we have: no pair, one pair, 2-pair, 3-of-a-kind, straight, flush, full house,

quads, straight flush, and royal flush.

2. You’ll make some full houses, but the hands that beat full houses are quite rare. Don’t expect

to see quads and straight flushes in every play! Some people play for years before they make

their first royal flush.

Summary of Appendix B

Hello it has been a very long time since I have posted a blog.

So I thought I would post something useful.

Glossary

Act:
To fold, call, or raise when it’s your turn to do so in a poker hand.
Action:
Lots of chips going into the pot during the play of a hand.
Aggressive:
To bet, raise, and re-raise frequently.
Air:
A hand worth nothing; it implies action with a bad hand.
All-in:
Betting all your remaining chips at any time during a poker hand.
Ante:
An obligatory amount that all players must put into the pot before the cards are dealt.
Around back:
To be in late position.
Bad beat:
To lose a hand in a mathematically improbable way.
Backdoor flush:
Making a flush by catching two consecutive cards of the same suit on the turn and river.
Bet:
To make a wager during a poker hand by placing chips into the pot.
Betting line:

the line often constitute a bet that can’t be taken back.
A line behind which you can organize your chips prior to betting. Any chips that go over

Big-bet:

big blind every time it’s your turn to act.
Pot limit or no-limit poker where you can bet an amount equal to or greater than the size of the
Big blind:

which is to stimulate action. It’s usually two places to the left of the button.
The largest of the mandatory bets into the pot before the cards are dealt, the purpose of
Bingo:
To catch a winning card.
Blank:
A card that doesn’t improve any of the existing hands.
Blind:

’em, the small blind is half the size of the big blind.
Forced bet that’s put into the pot before the cards are dealt to stimulate action. In no-limit hold
Blocking bet:
A smallish bet, often on the river, to discourage your opponent from making a larger bet.
Bluff:
To wager with an inferior hand hoping to win the pot by getting your opponent to fold.
Board:
The face-up community cards available to everyone still active in the hand.
Bricks-and-mortar:
A physical location, such as a casino, where you go to play poker.
Broadway straight:
A straight comprised of AKQJT—the highest possible straight.
Bubble:
One place out of the money.
Burn:
Placing the top card face down before dealing the community card(s).
Busted:
also Bust-out: A player who has been eliminated from the competition.
Busted flush draw:
A hand with flush possibilities that misses making the flush.
Button:

professional dealer). The button moves clockwise around the table after each hand is completed,

dictating where the dealing begins for each hand, as well as the location of the blinds.
An acrylic disc that symbolizes the dealer (all games played in a casino or online use a
Call:
To match a bet that has been already made.
Casino; card room; club; host; house:
The location of poker games.
C-Bet:
Continuation bet.
Chasing:
Calling in hopes of catching a card that will allow an inferior hand to win.
Check-raise:
To check initially, then raise after another player bets.
Chip-chop:
Settlement on the final table that uses the player’s chip counts as a guideline.
Chips:
Clay disks that represent money and come in various denominations.
Chip Stack Index (CSI):
The cost of a round of poker (blinds and antes) divided into your stack.
Chop:
To split a pot when two or more opponents have the same hand after all the cards have been dealt.
Chopping:
To win many small pots against your opponent.

Cold call:
To call one or more raisers when you have nothing in the pot prior to your action.
Come:

current value, but great potential.
From ‘on the come’ describing bets, raises, and semi-bluffs that are made with a hand with little
Come over the top:
To re-raise or re-re-raise.
Community cards:
Cards placed face up on the table that can be used by any player with a live hand.
Continuation (bet):
A bet on the flop after raising pre-flop, regardless of the value of your hand.
Cost per round (CPR):
The cost of a round of poker including the blinds and antes.
CPR:
Cost per round.
CSI:
Chip stack index.
Cut:
To place the upper part of the deck on the bottom of the deck, as is customarily done prior to dealing.
Cutoff (CO):
The position exactly one to the right of the button.
Dead Money (noun 1):

Chips left in the pot by players no longer involved in the hand.
A player entering an event without much of a chance of winning it. (noun 2):
Deal (verb):

money in a tournament.
To deliver the cards. (noun): An agreement made to divide a pot in a cash game or the prize
Dealer:
The one who delivers the cards to the players.
Dominate:
Two hands that hold a common card, but one has a bigger kicker. Example: AK dominates AQ.
Donkey:
A stubborn player who calls most bets.
Double through; Double Up:
To win a hand when you’re all-in, thereby at least doubling your chip stack.
Downcard[s]:
Cards that are seen and can be used only by one player. Also called “hole” cards.
Drawing dead:
When no card or cards can possibly convert your hand from a loser to a winner.
Drawing hand:
A hand that needs a particular card to come for it to become a winner.
Dry pot:

competing in an empty side-pot.
A pot with three or more players, where one player is all-in and the other players are
Early position:
One of the first players to act; the first three positions after the blinds.
EV:
Expected value.
Exposed card:
A card that was accidentally turned up for all to see.
Fear equity:
Value achieved by instilling fear in opponents by playing aggressively and unpredictably.
Felted:
To bust someone. Brought into use by Phil Laak.

Fish:
A sucker. A player who loses regularly.
Flop:
The three community cards turned face up after the first round of betting.
Flush:
Five cards of one suit. See Appendix B.
Fold:
To act by choosing not to play at the required price.
Fold equity:
The value realized when an opponent folds to either a bet or raise.
Forward motion:
Moving toward the pot with chips.
Free card:
To allow the next card to come without betting.
Full house:
A poker hand comprised of three of a kind and a pair.
Gappers:

a three-gapper.
Hands where numbers are skipped. Example: 97 is a one-gapper, J8 is a two-gapper, and 73 is
Gestalt:
An understanding that is larger than the sum of its parts.
Getting busted:
Losing all your chips.
Ghost:
A person who makes seemingly weak plays that win consistently.
Gutshot:

will complete the straight.
A straight draw that only one specifically ranked card will complete. Example: 3567. Only a 4
Hand:
The cards you start with.
Heads-up:
Playing poker with only two players.
Hijack:
The seat two to the right of the button.
Hole:
A player’s position at the table.
Hole cards:
The exclusive down cards that each player receives.
Hollywooding:
Acting.
In the tank:
The time it takes to have a long think, often several minutes long.
Inside Straight:
To have a straight draw that can only be made in one way. See Gutshot.
Insta-call:
To call instantly, usually indicating a strong hand.
Kicker:
The side card of any holding.
Late position:
One of the last players to act before the flop.
Lay down:
Folding a hand.
Leading at the pot:
Being the first one to bet at any pot.

Limit:
Poker where the betting limits are preset for every round.
Limp:
Calling the minimum amount before the flop.
Live hand:
A hand that can be played (not yet folded).
Live player:
A player who plays a lot of hands.
Loading up:
To organize a bet or raise before putting it into the pot.
Look you up:
To call another player.
Loosey-goosey:
A player who’s in far too many hands.
Maniac:
A person who plays a lot of hands with reckless abandon.
Micro-limits:

mortar casino.
Very small limits, invariably played online. Lower stakes than could be found in a bricksand-
Middle position:
Usually the 4th and 5th players to act after the blinds.
Mini-raise:
The minimum raise.
Misdeal:
A cancelled distribution of cards because of a mistake.
Monster:
A very powerful hand or a huge draw.
Move:
To make a play at winning a pot, possibly without having the best hand.
Muck (noun):
The discard pile. (verb): To throw away a hand.
No-brainer:
A hand that virtually plays itself.
No-limit:
Being able to bet everything in front of you at any time.
No pair:
The lowest hand ranking. See Appendix B.
Nut-flush:
The best possible flush.
Nuts:
The best possible hand.
Offsuit:
To hold two unsuited cards in the hole.
One-gapper:
A hand with one number missing, such as 97.
Open-ended:

Example: 6789.
A straight draw that can be completed by catching a card on either side of the sequence.
Over-bet:
To bet more than expected, perhaps far more than the pot.
Over-card:
To have a card bigger than any on the board.
Over-pair:
To hold a pair in the hole that’s bigger than the highest card on the board.

Over the top:
To raise, re-raise, or move all-in after another player has already bet or raised.
Pair:
Two cards of the same rank.
Play back:
To re-raise a raiser, usually a raiser who’s in a late position.
Ploy:
To intentionally misrepresent the value of your hand by any legal means.
Pocket pair:
Two down cards of the same rank.
Poke:
A stash of money.
Position:
Where you’re in relationship to the blinds or to other (active) players.
Post-flop:
After the flop.
Pot:
The chips, or money, that have been put into play.
Pot-committed:

committing 1/3 of your chips or greater is enough so that folding is no longer a recommended option.
Making a bet or raise that’s sufficiently large that it’s incorrect to fold. In this book,
Pot-limit:
A top-end bet that’s limited to the size of the pot.
Pre-flop:
Action taken before the flop arrives.
Profiling:
A way of categorizing opponent’s playing styles.
Quads:
4-of-a-kind. See Appendix B.
Rainbow (flop):
A flop of three community cards all of different suits.
Raise:
To wager at least twice what the bettor or blind has in the pot.
Read:

and to act accordingly.
Putting together a number of bits of information to work out an opponent’s most likely holdings
Represent:

you really have.
To bet or act in a manner that leads opponents to believe you have a hand other than what
Re-raise:
To raise a raiser by putting in at least twice the amount of his raise.
Re-steal:

raiser you suspect is trying to steal the blinds with a weak hand.
To re-raise a player you think is raising with less than a premium hand, such as a late-position
Ring game:
A full, or nearly full, cash game (not a tournament), usually with 8 or more players.
River:
Common slang for the final community card in a hold ’em hand.
RNG:
Random number generator.
ROI:
Return on investment.
Royal Flush:
The best possible hand in hold ’em, an ace-high straight flush. See Appendix B.

Runner-runner:

a winner.
Catching an essential card on both the turn and the river that converts a losing hand to
Rush (noun):

“high” or “joyful” feeling from making a good play.
To win a series of hands, or several big hands, in a short period of time. (verb): To get a
Satellite:
A tournament where the winner goes on to a more expensive tournament.
See:
To access and play future streets by calling a bet or raise.
Set:
A pocket pair plus a card of the same rank amongst the community cards.
Semi-bluff:

potential to improve to a winner.
To make a bet or a raise with what is likely to be the worst hand at the time, but has the
Shorthanded:
Play with 6 or fewer players.
Showdown:
Turning the cards face up to see who wins after all betting has been completed.
Shuffle:

random number generator.
Mixing the cards so that their distribution is random. Online, this is accomplished by using a
Side pot:

players still remain in the hand.
A secondary pot that’s established when one player is all-in and two or more additional
Sit-n-go (SNG):
A one- or two-table tournament.
Slow roll:
To turn up a winning hand after a lengthy delay. Considered to be very poor etiquette.
Small blind:

of the dealer once each round.
A mandatory bet of half the size of the big blind posted by the player immediately to the left
SNG:
Sit-n-go.
Sooted:
Slang for suited. Often used when referring to people overplaying suited cards.
Spike:
To hit a winning card.
Stack:

2) The total amount of chips that you have.
1) Twenty chips of a particular denomination.
Stacked:
Modern slang in no-limit used to connote winning all of an opponent’s chips.
Standard raise:
In no-limit hold ’em, when a player raises to three times the big blind.
Stare-down:

to make a decision.
To stare at an opponent for a prolonged period of time, searching for information in order
Steal:
To attempt to win a pot without holding the best hand.
Steal position:
A late position, usually the button, hijack, or cutoff seats.
Stone-cold:

Or “He had the stone-cold nuts.”
Absolute. Often used to describe a bluff, or the best hand. “He was on a stone-cold bluff.”

Straight:
Five cards in succession regardless of suits. See Appendix B.
Straight flush:
Five cards in succession, all of the same suit. See Appendix B.
Street:
A round of betting that follows each revealed community card(s).
Structure:
The schedule for escalation of the blinds and antes in a poker tournament.
Stud:
A form of poker with some cards revealed and others concealed.
Suited:
Two cards of the same suit.
Suited ace:
A holding of an ace with another card of the same suit.
Suited hand:
A holding of two cards of the same suit.
Table stakes:
Betting that’s limited to the amount you have in front of you at the start of a hand.
Texture:
The make-up of [the hand][the board][the game].
Three bet:
A re-raise. Raising subsequent to a bet and a raise.
3-of-a-kind:
To have three cards of any rank. See Appendix B.
Tilt:
To play poorly because you lost a prior hand or hands, often as the result of a bad beat.
Trap:
To get someone else to put chips into the pot when you have a big hand.
Trips:
To have two of any rank on board and a third one (of that rank) in your hand. See Appendix B.
Tournament:
An event where entrants are progressively eliminated until only one player has all the chips.
Turbo:
An accelerated tournament where the blinds and antes progress faster than usual.
Turn:

that follows the flop has been completed.
Sometimes called fourth street. Slang for the single community card exposed when the betting
2-pair:
Two sets of two cards of the same rank, such as 9944. See Appendix B.
Underdog:
The hand that has less than a 50% chance of winning.
Under the gun:
The first person to act after the cards are dealt.
Unsuited:
Two cards in your hand of different suits.
Up card[s]:
The exposed part of your hand.
Up front:
One of the first three players to act in a poker game.
UTG:
Under the gun.
Value bet:
A bet made by a player with a hand that he believes is best.
WCOOP:
World Championship of Online Poker.

Weak lead:
To make a small bet into a pot after the flop or turn.
Weak-tight:
A passive player.
Wheel:
A five-high straight.
WPT:
World Poker Tour.
WSOP:
World Series of Poker.

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Univarn

Sep 4, 2008 6:00 pm

You're right it has been a long time since you posted a blog! I was worried! Stayed up all nights crying wondering where you were, if you even still loved me! WHY!!!!!!!!!!!! :P

Good post btw, I'll be sure to favorite it incase someone confuses me at the tables Railbird smilie

OntheFlops

Sep 4, 2008 6:19 pm

Thanks for posting..there were a few on the list that I didnt know Railbird smilie ..

~Flops~

A55A55IN

Sep 5, 2008 3:05 am

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