| A |
| Ace-High | A five card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it. |
| Aces Full | A full house with three aces and any pair. |
| Aces Up | A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces. |
| Action | Checking/Betting/Raising. A game in which players are playing a lot of pots is considered an "action" game. |
| Active Player | Any player who is still in the hand. |
| Add-on | A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in a tournament. |
| All-In | When a player bets all his/her chips.: In online poker, you may be deemed "All-in" when you are disconnected (even if you have chips remaining). |
| American Airlines | It's a Holdem hand consisting of two Aces. |
| Ante | Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun. |
| B |
| Bad Beat | When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw. |
| Belly Buster | A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight. |
| Bet | To place chips into the pot. |
| Bet the Pot | When a player bets the amount of the pot. |
| Bicycle | A straight that is A-2-3-4-5. |
| Big Blind | A designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt. (Players joining a game in progress must post a Big Blind, but may do so from any position.) |
| Big Slick | A hand that contains an A-K. |
| Blind | The bet(s) that must be made by the two players sitting directly to the dealer's left which will start the action on the first round of betting. The blinds are posted before any cards are dealt. (A "Blind" bet is one that is made in the dark without looking at your cards.) |
| Blind Raise | When a player raises without looking at his hand. |
| Bluff | To make other players believe that one has a better hand than he/she might otherwise have by betting or raising when they do not have the best hand. |
| Boardcards | The cards that are dealt face-up in a poker game for all players to see. In flop games, five cards are dealt face-up in the center of the table. In Seven Card Stud, four cards are dealt face-up in front of each player. |
| Bottom Pair | When a player uses the lowest card on the flop to make a pair with one of his own cards. |
| Bring It In | To start the betting on the first round. |
| Bring-In | The forced bet made on the first round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card showing in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better. In Razz (Lowball) it is the highest card showing |
| Broadway | An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10). |
| Broomcorn's Uncle | A player who antes himself broke. |
| Bullets | A pair of Aces. |
| Bump | To raise. |
| Button | Also known as the dealer button, it is a small round disk that is moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand. |
| Buy-In | The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game. |
| C |
| Call | When a player chooses to match the previous bet. |
| Call Cold | To call both a bet and raise(s). |
| Cap | To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting. |
| Cardroom | The room or space in a casino where poker is played. |
| Case Chips | A player's last chips. |
| Cash Out | To leave a game and convert your chips to cash. |
| Check | When it's a player's turn to act and there has been no action in front of them and he opts not to bet, he "checks." |
| Check-Raise | When a player first checks and then raises in a betting round. |
| Chop | To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if no other players call. It also means to "split the pot". |
| Collusion | When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game. |
| Community Cards | Cards that are face-up and used by all players. |
| Cowboys | It's a Holdem hand consisting of two Kings. |
| D |
| Dead Man's Hand | Two pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this hand). |
| Deuces | A pair of Twos. |
| Donk | Short for donkey, this is basicaly a bad player (Online - Party Poker). |
| Door Card | This is the first exposed card, or "up" card, in a player's hand in Stud games. |
| Down Card Hole cards. | Cards that are dealt face down. |
| Doyle Brunson | It's a Holdem hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world championship two years in a row on the final hand with these cards). |
| Draw Lowball | Form of poker where each player is dealt five cards with the option of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones and the low hand wins. |
| Draw Poker | Form of poker where each player is dealt five cards down with the option of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones to attempt to make a better hand. |
| Drop | Fold. |
| Ducks | A pair of Twos. |
| E |
| Early Position | Position on a round of betting where the player must act before most of the other players at the table. (It's considered the two positions located to the left of the Blinds.) |
| F |
| Fifth Street | Also known as the "river" card. In flop games, this represents the fifth community card on the table and the final round of betting. In Stud games, this is the fifth card dealt to each player and represents the third round of betting. |
| Fish | A bad player (Online - Party Poker). |
| Five-card Draw | A poker game in which the player is dealt five cards down. They have one draw to replace them and the best high hand wins the pot. |
| Five-card Stud | A poker game in which each player is dealt five cards, one down and four up, with betting after 2, 3, 4, & 5 cards. |
| Flat Call | Calling a bet without raising. |
| Floorman | An employee of the cardroom who makes rulings and decisions. |
| Flop | In Hold'em and Omaha, the first three community cards that are dealt face-up in the center of the table all at one time. The "flop" also indicates the second round of betting. |
| Flop Games | Poker games (Hold 'em and Omaha) that are played using community cards that are dealt face up in the center of the table. |
| Flush | Any five cards of the same suit. |
| Flush Draw | When a player has four cards in his hand of the same suit and is hoping to draw a fifth to make a flush. |
| Fold | To throw your hand away when it's your turn to act. |
| Forced Bet | A required bet that starts the action on the first round of a poker hand. |
| Four of a Kind | Four cards of the same number or face value ("quads"). |
| Fourth Street | In flop games, it is the fourth community card dealt (also known as "the turn") and represents the third round of betting. In Stud games, it is the fourth card dealt to each player and represents the second round of betting. |
| Full House | Any three cards of the same number or face value, plus any other two cards of the same number or face value. |
| G |
| Gut Shot | To draw to and/or hit an inside straight. |
| H |
| Hand | A player's best five cards. |
| High-Card | To decide the first dealer in the flop tournaments each user is dealt a single card and the player with the highest card (based on the card and the suit order - of spades, hearts, diamonds & clubs) becomes the theoretical dealer. |
| High-Low | Split pot games. |
| Hold 'em | Also known as Texas Hold 'em, where the players get two down cards and five community cards. See our complete Hold 'em rules in our Game Rules section. |
| Hole Cards | These are the Down Cards in front of the players. |
| House | The casino or cardroom that is hosting the poker game. |
| I |
| Inside Straight | 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. |
| J |
| Jackpot Poker | A form of poker in which the cardroom or casino offers a jackpot to a player who has lost with a really big hand (usually Aces full or better). |
| Jacks-or-Better | A form of poker in which a player needs to have at least a pair of jacks to open the betting. |
| K |
| Kansas City Lowball | Form of lowball poker in which the worst poker hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 of different suits) is the best hand. It's also known as Deuce to Seven. |
| Keep Them Honest | To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing. |
| Key Card | A card that gives you a big draw or makes your hand. |
| Key Hand | In a session or tournament, the one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player, either for better or worse. |
| Kick It | Raise. |
| Kicker | The highest unpaired side card in a players' hand. |
| Kill Pot | A method to stimulate action. It is a forced bet by someone who has just won a pot(s). |
| Knock | Check. |
| Kojak | A hand that contains a K-J. |
| L |
| Ladies | Two Queens. |
| Late Position | Position on a round of betting where the player must act after most of the other players have acted (usually considered to be the two positions next to the button). |
| Lay Down | Your Hand When a player folds. |
| Lead | The first player to bet into a pot. |
| Limit Poker | A game that has fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals along with a prescribed number of raises. |
| Limp In | To enter the pot by calling rather than raising. (The usual concept of "Limp In" is when the first person to speak just calls the Big Blind.) |
| Limper | The first player who calls a bet. |
| Live Blind | An instance where the player puts in a dark bet and is allowed to raise, even if no other player raises. It's also known as an "option". |
| Live Card(s) | In Stud Games, cards that have not yet been seen and are presumed to still be in play. |
| Live Hand | A hand that could still win the pot. |
| Live One | A not so knowledgeable player who plays a lot of hands. |
| lol | Laugh out loud (Online - Party Poker). |
| Look | When a player calls the final bet before the showdown. |
| Loose | Is a player who plays a lot hands. |
| Lowball | Is a form of draw poker in which the lowest hand wins the pot. |
| M |
| Main Pot | The center pot. Any other bets are placed in a side pot(s) and are contested among the remaining players. This occurs when a player(s) goes all-in. |
| Make | To make the deck is to shuffle the deck. |
| Maniac | A very aggressive player who plays a lot of hands. |
| Middle Pair | In flop games, when a player makes a pair with one of his/her down cards and the middle card on the flop. |
| Middle Position | Somewhere between the early and late positions on a round of betting (the fifth, sixth and seventh seats to the left of the button). |
| Minimum Buy-In | The least amount you can start a game with. |
| Monster | A very big hand. In a tournament, a player who begins to accumulate chips after having a small stack is considered to be a monster. |
| Muck | To discard or throw away your hand. It's also a pile of cards that are no longer in play. |
| N |
| Nc | Nice Catch (Online - Party Poker). |
| Nc | Nice Call (Online - Party Poker). |
| Nh | Nice Hand (Online - Party Poker). |
| No Limit | A game where players can bet as much as they like (as long as they have it in front of them) on any round of betting. |
| Nuts | The best possible hand at any point of the game. A hand that cannot be beat. |
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