| If you are new to Poker then there maybe a | | | | Drawing Dead |
| few or lots of terms that you do not understand. | | | | When no cards will make your hand the winning |
| Here I have compiled a list of the main terms | | | | hand |
| used in alphabetical order. I hope you find this | | | | Early Position |
| helpful. | | | | Generally the 2 or 3 positions after the dealer, or |
| POKER TERMINOLOGY | | | | the first player to act |
| Aces Full | | | | Fifth Street |
| Three aces and any pair (Full house) | | | | Also known as the, is the fifth card to be dealt on |
| Aces Up | | | | the table Flop |
| Pair of aces and another pair (two pair) | | | | The first three community cards dealt |
| Ace High | | | | Fish |
| A poker hand that contains an ace. A hand that | | | | A player who will keep calling in order to hit cards |
| has no pair or better is decided on the highest | | | | on a long shot |
| card. Also used to determine the strength of a | | | | Fish hooks |
| good hand, as in Ace High Flush | | | | Pocket pair of Jacks |
| Act | | | | Fixed Limit |
| Is an expression used for your turn | | | | Bets can only be made in specified amounts |
| AA | | | | Flat Call |
| Online abbreviation for a pair of aces | | | | To call a bet without raising |
| Active Player | | | | Flush |
| A player who is in the pot more often than not. | | | | When all five cards in your hand are the same |
| Also known as any player still holding cards in a | | | | suit |
| game. | | | | Fold |
| Aggressive | | | | To lay your pocket cards down and withdraw |
| A player who bets and raises a lot | | | | from the hand |
| Ainsworth | | | | Forced Bet |
| 6 2 as your hole cards | | | | A blind bet or an ante (determined by game |
| Ajax | | | | operator) |
| Ace and Jack as your hole cards | | | | Free Card |
| All In | | | | A community card dealt because every player |
| A player is considered to be All-In when all their | | | | involved in the hand has checked |
| chips are in the pot | | | | Free Roll |
| Ante | | | | Free tournament entry, generally online |
| A bet required to begin a hand. Paid by every | | | | Full Boat or Full House |
| player on the table on top of the small and big | | | | Three cards of one rank and two of another e.g. |
| blind | | | | 555,44 |
| Backdoor | | | | Heads-up |
| The last two or three community cards that | | | | A poker game with only two players |
| make a hand | | | | High Card |
| Bad Beat | | | | The highest card when their is no pair or better |
| When the best hand is beaten by a lucky card, | | | | Hole Cards |
| generally drawn on the river | | | | Also known as pocket cards, these are the two |
| Big Blind | | | | cards dealt to you") |
| The biggest stake placed by the second player to | | | | Kicker |
| the left of the dealer button before any cards are | | | | Is the card that will determine the winner if two |
| dealt, determined amount set by game operator | | | | or more players have the same hand. E.g. two |
| Big Slick | | | | players have 44 88, payer one has an ace and |
| Ace King as your hole cards | | | | player two has a king. Then player one wins with |
| Blind | | | | high card ace. |
| A forced bet put in by the two players to the | | | | Ladies |
| left of the dealer button before any cards are | | | | Pocket queens River |
| dealt | | | | Also known as fifth street, it's the fifth and final |
| Board | | | | card to dealt Under the Gun |
| All the community cards in a poker game | | | | The player who must act first in the betting |
| Bottom Pair | | | | round, generally sitting to the left of the big blind |
| The lowest pair in the hand. The pair of 2's is the | | | | Limping |
| lowest in the game but not necessarily the lowest | | | | Calling the big blind |
| pair in the hand | | | | Nuts |
| Bluff | | | | The best possible hand |
| To bet aggressively in order to trick your | | | | Pockets |
| opponent in to believing you have a better hand | | | | Your private two hole cards, dealt face down |
| than them | | | | Pocket Pair |
| Boat | | | | A hold'em starting hand with two cards of the |
| Nick name for a full house | | | | same rank, making a pair |
| Bubble | | | | Pocket Rockets |
| The point in the game where only one player has | | | | A pair of Aces as your pocket cards |
| to go out before every player is guaranteed to | | | | Position |
| win something | | | | Your position at the table relative to where the |
| Bullets | | | | dealer button is placed |
| Pair of aces | | | | Pot |
| Burn | | | | The money/chips in the middle of table from |
| The burn card is the card discarded by the dealer | | | | blinds and bets |
| before dealing the flop, turn and river | | | | Pre-Flop |
| Button | | | | Actions before the first three community cards |
| The button indicates where the cards get dealt | | | | are dealt |
| from | | | | Quads |
| Buy the pot | | | | Also known as four of a kind e.g. 4 4 4 4 |
| Making a big enough bet to make your opponents | | | | Rainbow |
| fold before a showdown | | | | When the community cards of all different suits |
| Buy-in | | | | Raise |
| The cost to buy in to a tournament or cash | | | | To increase the bet a player will have to call to |
| game | | | | stay in the pot |
| Call | | | | Re-raise |
| To match the current bet | | | | When you raise the bet once another player has |
| Check | | | | made an initial raise |
| When there are no bets you will have the option | | | | Ring Game |
| to check, which will allow you to see the next | | | | Also know as a cash game |
| card for free. | | | | Semi-bluff |
| Check-Raise | | | | To make a bluff when you still have a chance of |
| When a player checks, to allow another player to | | | | making the winning hand by drawing cards |
| bet and then raises | | | | Small Blind |
| Community Cards | | | | The first player to the left of the dealer has to |
| The cards in the middle of the table that all | | | | post the small blind before any cards are dealt. |
| players can use | | | | Stack |
| Connectors | | | | Also know as a players chips |
| Two hole cards that can make a straight with | | | | Starting Hand |
| three other cards, for example 4,5 | | | | Your pocket cards |
| Cowboys | | | | Suited Cards |
| Pair of Kings | | | | Hole cards of the same suit |
| Dead Man's Hand | | | | Tilt |
| Two pairs - Aces & Eights | | | | When a player has lost to a bad beat or has lost |
| Dealer-button | | | | in some other way and begins to play wildly |
| Is a large chip used to determine where the cards | | | | Tight |
| are dealt from, usually determined as an "D" online | | | | A player who only plays with good cards |
| Deuces | | | | Trips |
| Pair of 2's | | | | Also known as three of a kind, e.g. |