Poker Glossary - Terms and Lingo
Glossary is one of the most important points in any gambling game. Sure you cannot learn any strategies or tips, cannot use card counting game variations if you do not know the meaning of this or that term, especially you can't play winning poker without the knowledge of the terms.
Action
The player’s turn to act in the round of betting.
Ante
The compulsory bet placed by all the poker players before the cards are dealt.
All-In
To bet all the chips into the pot by betting, raising or calling.
Bad beat
When the poker player loses in spite of high probabilities in his/her favor.
Big blind
The forced bet posted by the second poker player after the button.
Blank
The weak community card that can not help any gambler in the hand.
Boat
Second name for the Full House.
Bottom pair
When the weakest card on the board and your lowest pocket card create pair.
Bubble
The placings at poker tournament that do not get any prizes.
Burn
To discard the top card of deck just before dealing the community cards.
Button
The special mark that indicates that poker player is in the dealer’s place.
Buy-in
The fee to enter the poker tournament.
Call
To match previously made raise or bet.
Calling station
The player who calls and rarely raises and bets.
Check
To skip the turn to place bet with not wagering any amount to the pot. It is allowed to check just if the bet wasn’t posted before.
Connector
The starting hand that contains two or more cards in sequence.
Dead money
Money contributed into the pot by poker player who isn’t in the hand.
Draw
The hand which can be quite strong in case some specific cards appear on the board.
Draw dead
The hand that has low probabilities to win anyway (also used in online casino.
Fast play
Aggressive poker play with many bets and raises.
Fish
Bad gambler.
Flop
The name for first community cards in the game.
Freeroll
The kind of poker tournaments with no the buy-ins.
Gutshot straight
Not completed straight hand which requires one particular card.
Heads-up
The poker game with only two participants.
Kicker
The unpaired card in the hand that is used to break the ties.
Maniac
Very aggressive poker player that all the time bets and bluffs.
Muck
The discards of gambler that forfeited the hand.
Monster
The strong poker hand.
No-Limit
Poker structure which permits the poker players to wager and bet any amount.
Off suit
The starting hand that consists of two cards with the different suit.
Out
The cards left in the deck that may help to form strong poker hand.
Play the board
To use all the community cards to create your poker hand.
Pot limit
Betting structure which allows the players to raise and bet up to the amount of whole pot.
Quads
Four of a Kind in free online poker.
Rainbow
The flop cards of different suit.
Re-buy
To buy some more poker chips during the game without giving up.
Ring Game
The name for Cash poker game.
River
Last community card on board.
Satellite
The type of poker tournament that takes place as the entrance competition for the bigger tournaments.
Showdown
The end of the poker game in which the poker players reveal their cards and the winner is awarded.
Side pot
The pot made if several poker players go all-in with not equal amounts.
Small blind
The type of the compulsory bet placed by the first player after the dealer’s position. The small blind is the half of big blind amount.
Split pot
The poker pot divided between the players who hold the hands with the same value.
Suited
The starting hand that consists of two cards with one suit.
Tilt
To lose patience in the game cause of great losses and make mistakes.
Turn
The fourth community card.
To know the terms you can read more poker info on gambling guides or forums.
