Internet Poker Glossary

ACTIVE PLAYER - A player who is still in. .
ALL-IN - To bet all the money you have available
AMERICAN AIRLINES - A pair of Aces.
ANTE - A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt.
BACK TO BACK - Two of the same cards in a row
BAD BEAT - A usually unbeatable hand that is defeated by an even better hand.
BANKROLL - Current total gambling funds available.
BARN - Short for a Full Barn which is slang for a Full House.
BET - To put money into the pot
BICYCLE - The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5.
BLANK - A card that does not add value to a hand
BLIND - A forced bet to open the pot, usually instead of an ante.
BLUFF - A bet or raise made with a poor hand to try and convince the competition to fold.
BOARD - The exposed cards
BOAT - Short for a Full Boat which is slang for a Full House.
BROADWAY - An Ace high straight.
BURN - discard the top card of the deck before dealing.
BUTTON - A distinctive token placed in front of the player sitting in the dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. This is done so that every player has a chance to be the last person to act
BUY-IN - The amount of money needed to join in a game
CALL - To put the minimum amount of money needed to continue playing a hand into the pot
CALLER - A player who makes a call bet
CALLING STATION - A player that usually only checks or calls, rarely opening or raising a bet. A passive player.
CASE CARD - The last card of a rank to become available
CHANGE GEARS - When a player changes his or her style of play, he or she changes gears.
CHASE - To continue to play a hand, usually at very poor odds.
CHECK- To bet zero
CHECK RAISE - To check, then later in that round of betting, raise
CHIP - A token used instead of cash at the poker table.
COME HAND - . A hand that is not yet made, for example having four cards of a flush
COLD CALL - When a player with nothing invested in the pot except an ante raises and reraises the bet
COMMUNITY CARDS - Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Generally these cards are dealt in the center of the table, face up
CONCEALED PAIR - Both of the pair cards are face down.
COURT CARD - A jack, queen or king.
COWBOY - A king.
CUT THE DECK -To divide the deck, fairly evenly, into 2 stacks.
DARK BET - When a player makes a bet without looking at their hand.
DEAD HAND - A hand that has been fouled or has too many or too few cards.
DEAD MAN'S HAND - Two pair, aces and eights. This was reportedly the hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot and killed
DEALER'S CHOICE - a rule that allows the dealer to choose which poker game will be played that hand.
DEUCE - A two.
DOOR CARD - A player's first upcard in stud games.
DOWN TO THE GREEN - When a player has gone all in.
DRAW - To discard some number of cards and receive an equal number of cards in return from the dealer
DRAWING DEAD - Drawing to a hand that can not possibly win.
EARLY POSITION - Being one of the first players to act in a betting round.
EXPOSED PAIR - An exposed pair, as opposed to a split pair or a hidden pair.
FACE CARD - A jack, queen or king.
FILL - To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
FILL UP - To fill a Full House.
FLOP - In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt all at once.
FLUSH - A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
FOLD - To decline to call a bet, and drop out of a hand, losing any money that a player has already put into the pot
FORCED BET - In some stud games, the bet a player is forced to make after the first card is dealt
FOUR FLUSH - Four cards to a Flush.
FREE CARD - A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
FULL HOUSE - A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a pair.
HELP CARD - A card that improves a player's hand
HIGH-LOW SPLIT - Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best low hand.
HOLE CARDS - In stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
HOUSE CUT - a term for how the house profits from hosting a game.
INSIDE STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. ( 4-5-6-8.)
JACKS OR BETTER - Draw poker in which a pair of jacks is the minimum hand allowed to start the action.
KICKER - A single high card usually held with a pair of another denomination in draw poker; also a term for the highest side card that is not part of the basic final hand.
LADY - A Queen.
LIMIT POKER - A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed
MIDDLE POSITION - Betting positions approximately halfway around the table
MISDEAL - A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
NICKEL - Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino chip
NO-LIMIT POKER - A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can bet any amount up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
ON THE COME - A situation where the player does not yet have a complete hand.
ON TILT - Playing worse than usual, usually more aggressively, because a player has become emotionally upset.
OPEN - Take the first bet in a hand
OPEN-ENDED STRAIGHT - Four cards to a straight in denomination sequence; this is a good straight to have because either of two cards will complete the hand
OPENER - The player who starts the betting, usually in draw poker.
PAIR - Two cards of the same rank.
PASS - Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
POT - The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
POT LIMIT - A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time.
POT ODDS - The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call.
PREMIUM HANDS - The best possible hands.
QUADS - Four of a kind.
QUALIFIER - A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
RAISE - To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
RAISER - One who raises.
READ - To determine what kind of hand an opponent has, good or bad, by trying to read his or her behavior
REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
RERAISE - To raise after an opponent has raised.
RING GAME - A standard game where players can come and go as they choose.
RIVER - The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
Rock - A very tight, solid poker player
ROLLED UP - In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
ROYAL FLUSH - An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker, assuming there are no wild cards available
SANDBAG -. Playing a strong hand as if it were only a fair one.
SEE - To call a bet
SHORT-STACKED . Playing with a only a small amount of money.
SHOWDOWN - The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
SLOWPLAY - To play a hand passively and risking as little as possible.
SOLID PLAYER - A strong, all around player.
SPLIT OPENERS - In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush.
SPLIT PAIR - A pair in Stud with one card up and the other down.
SPLIT POT - A pot that is split between two or more hands.
SPREAD - For a casino to offer a particular game.
STACK - The amount of money (the stack of chips) a player has on the table.
STACKED DECK - A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage.
STAKE - The amount of money that a player bought in with; the amount a player is willing to play in a session
STUD -. Any poker game in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
SUICIDE KING King of Hearts; he is called this because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
SUITED -. Two or more cards all the same suit.
TABLE STAKES - A standard rule that states during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table.
TAP - In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
TAPPED OUT - Out of money.
TELL - Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand.
THREE OF A KIND - Three cards all the same rank.
THREE FLUSH - Three cards of the same suit.
TOP PAIR - In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
TURN - The fourth community card in Hold'em.
TWO FLUSH - Two suited cards.
UNDERDOG - Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not look to be a winning hand
UNDER THE GUN - The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
UPHILL - To try to outdraw a better hand.
VALUE BET - A small bet to get calls and increase the pot.
WHEEL - The best possible low hand. Also called a "Bicycle".
WILD CARD - A joker or standard card that can be used to represent any card desired.
WIRED PAIR - A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card