| O |
| Odds | The probability of making a hand vs. the probability of not making a hand. |
| Offsuit | Cards of a different suit. |
| 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. |
| Open | To make the first bet. |
| Open Card | A card that is dealt face-up. |
| Open Pair | A pair that has been dealt face-up. |
| Open-ended Straight | Four consecutive cards whereby one additional (consecutive) card is needed at either end to make a straight. |
| Option | An option is a Live Blind made in the dark before the cards are dealt. If no one raises, the "option" player may raise the pot. |
| Out Button | A disc placed in front of a player who wishes to sit out a hand(s) but remain in the game. |
| P |
| Paints | Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
| Pair | Two cards of the same face or number value. |
| Pass | To fold. |
| Pay Off | To call on the final round of betting when you may or may not think you have the best hand. |
| Picture Cards | Face cards (Jack, Queen and King). |
| Play Back | To raise or re-raise another player's bet. |
| Playing the Board | In flop games when your best five card hand is all five of the community cards. |
| Pocket | The down cards or hole cards. |
| Pocket Rockets | It's a Holdem hand consisting of a pair of Aces in the pocket or hole. |
| Position | Where a player is seated in relation to the dealer, therefore establishing that player's place in the betting order. |
| Post | When you post a bet, you place your chips in the pot. (You must post the Blinds.) |
| Pot | The money or chips in the center of a table that players try to win. |
| Pot Limit | This is a game where the maximum bet can equal the pot. |
| Prop | A person hired by the cardroom to work as a shill. |
| Push | When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player at the end of a hand. It's also when dealers rotate to other tables. |
| Put Down | To fold a hand. |
| Q |
| Quads | Four of a kind. |
| Qualifier | In High-Low games, it is a requirement the Low hand must meet to win the pot. |
| R |
| Rack | A tray that holds 100 poker chips in five stacks of twenty chips each. |
| Rail | The rim of a poker table or a barrier outside a poker area. |
| Railbird | Someone who hangs around a poker room who watches the games and/or is looking to get into action. |
| Raise | To increase the previous bet. |
| Rake | Chips taken from the pot by the cardroom for compensation for hosting the game. |
| Rank | The value of each card and hand. |
| Rap | When a player knocks on the table indicating that he/she has checked. |
| Razz | Seven Card Stud where the lowest five cards win the pot. |
| Re-buy | The amount of money a player pays to add a fixed number of chips to his/her stack in a tournament. |
| Re-raise | To raise a raise. |
| Ring Game | A "live" game that is not a tournament. |
| River | This is the last card given in all games. In Hold'em and Omaha, it is also known as 5th street. In Stud games, it is also known as 7th street. |
| 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. This is also the name of a popular poker movie starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton. |
| Royal Flush | This is an Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10) of the same suit. It is the best possible hand in poker. |
| S |
| Satellite | It is a mini-tournament to gain an entry into a larger tournament. |
| Scoop | To win the entire pot. |
| Seating List | A waiting list. A player would put his or her name on this list if there were no seats at the table at which they wish to play. |
| Second Pair | In flop games, when you pair the second highest card on the board. |
| See | To call. |
| 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. |
| Seventh Street | This is the final round of betting in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better. |
| Shills | Shills are paid props who help start and maintain poker games. |
| Showdown | At the end of the final betting round, it's when all active players turn their cards faceup to see who has won the pot. |
| Side Pot | A separate pot(s) which is contested by remaining active players when one or more players are all-in. |
| Sixth Street | In Seven-card Stud, this is the fourth "up" card dealt to the player (their 6th card). It is also the 4th round of betting. |
| Small Blind | The amount put in the pot by the person immediately to the left of the dealer "button" prior to the cards being dealt. |
| Solid | A fairly tight player (and reasonably good). |
| Speed Limit | A pair of fives. |
| Split | Tie. |
| Stack | A pile of chips. |
| Stay | When a player remains in the game by calling rather than raising. |
| Steel Wheel | A five high straight (A-2-3-4-5) of the same suit. |
| Straddle | A straddle is a Blind bet which is usually double the size of the Big Blind\ (and that player may raise when the action gets to him). |
| Straight | Five consecutive cards of any suit. |
| Straight Flush | Five consecutive cards of the same suit. |
| Structure | The limits put on the blinds/ante, bets, and raises in any particular game. |
| Stuck | A player who is losing in a game. |
| Stud Games | Games in which players get down cards and up cards. |
| T |
| Texas Hold'em | This is also the name for Hold'em, the most popular form of poker. |
| Third Street | In Seven Card Stud and Seven Card Stud 8 or Better, this is the first betting round on the first three cards. |
| Thirty Miles | Three tens. |
| Three of a Kind | Three cards of the same number or face value ("trips"). |
| Tight | A player who doesn't play many pots. A tight game is one that doesn't have much action. |
| TOC | Tournament of Champions. |
| Top Pair | In flop games, when the player pairs one of his down cards with the highest card on board. |
| Treys | A pair of threes. |
| Trips | Three of a kind. |
| Turn | In flop games, this is the fourth card dealt. It is the third round of betting. |
| Two Pair | A hand consisting of two different pairs. |
| U |
| Up Card | A card that is dealt face-up. |
| V |
| Vnh | Very nice hand. If you don't have nice hand it means they are angry. |
| W |
| Walking Sticks | A pair of sevens. |
| Wild Card | A card that can be played as any value. |
| Worst Hand | A losing hand. |
| WSOP | World Series of Poker. |
| X |
| XXXX | A four letter swear word. Swearing in online poker rooms are censored. |
| Y |
| YW | Short for "You welcome", some players are polite. |
| Z |
| ZZZ | Someone is playing to slow. |
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