Poker Lingo
Before you get started you should read through this list of 'sayings' which are regularly used by poker players both online and offline. You will notice players saying them in the chat boxes of online poker sites so this is aimed at helping you know what they mean instead of seeming like an amateur asking.
A-D, E-L, M-R, S-W
A
Aces Full - A full house with three aces and any pair.
Ace-High - A five card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.
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 - 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.
Bottom Pair - When a player uses the lowest card on the flop to make a pair with one of his own cards.
Broadway - An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).
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.
Bring It In - To start the betting on the first round.
Broomcorns 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 players last chips.
Cash Out - To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.Check When its a players 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 - Two Kings.
D
Dead Mans Hand - Two pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this hand).
Door Card - This is the first exposed card, or “up” card, in a players hand in Stud games.
Doyle Brunson - Its 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.
Deuces - A pair of Twos.
