ONLINE POKER - GLOSSARY OF TERMS

ONLINE POKER - GLOSSARY OF TERMS On this page we have provided you with the definitions for a list ofsome of the terms often used in poker, as well as a few computer related terms.

ACE-HIGH: A hand with an Ace but no flush,straight or pairs.ACTION: Betsor betting. "There's a lot of action on this table."

ADD-ON: An option during a tournament to purchase more chips.AGGRESSIVE: Adjective to describe a player who raises andre-raises and rarely calls.ALL-IN: When you run out of chips during a hand, but don't wish to fold,you are all-in. This means you have the potential to win a share of thepot up to and including your last contribution to that pot. You cannotshare in any bets added beyond that point. These bets form aside-pot.

ALL-IN PROTEECTION: When you cannot actin time, or disconnected from the internet, you are put all-in for the hand.The software is "protecting" your hand from being folded instead.ANGLE-SHOOTONG: Usingunfair tactics.ANTE: A forcedamount contributed by all players before cards are dealt as a way to create apot.AUTO-MUCK: To have the software automatically fold your hand at theshowdown if it isn't a winner.AUTO-POST: To have the software automatically post your blind so itdoesn't have to ask you each time.

Avatar: A term fromcomputer gaming for an image or figure used to represent a person.

BABY FLUSH: A flush made with alow.

BACKDOOR: Making a hand other than the oneintended. Example: Having J/10 of Clubs with a flop of A of Clubs, 5 of Clubs.6 of Spades. The turn and river are K & Q of Hearts. You made a straightinstead of the intended (and more likely) flush.BACK-RAISE: Re-raise another players raise.

BAD BEAT: When a good hand is beaten by ahand that gets lucky.

BANKROLL: The amount of money a player has.

BET: To place money inthe pot.BET OUT: To open the pot with a bet even though you have the opportunityto check.BET THE POT: This term is used in pot limit games. It means your betmatches the current amount in the pot. If, when your turn to bet, the potwas at $14, and you bet the pot, your bet is $14.BIG BLIND: Thelargest blind posted prior to the dealing of cards. This is usually the playersitting two seats to the left of the dealer.BLIND: A mandatory bet placed before the cards are dealt to forcemoney into the pot. You usually have to post a blind when you join a game.

Board: The community cardsin Hold'em are collectively known as the board.BOAT: A full-house.BURN CARD: InHold 'Em, the cards before the flop, turn, and river that are discarded toprevent reading of marked cards.BUST OUT: To lose all your chips.BUTTON: A marker, usually disk-shaped, to indicate which playeris the virtual dealer. The button is used in games where positionrelative to the dealer is important.BUY-IN: The amount a player spends to get into a game or tournament.

CALL: Matching a bet amount.

CAP: In alimit game, betting the last amount allowed before the maximum allowed numberof raises is reached.CARDS SPEAK: The rule that your hand is the most favorablepossible combination of cards, no matter how you call it.

CASH GAME: A game played wherethe chips have a cash value, as opposed to a tournament where the chips do nothave a cash value.CASHOUT: To transfer money from a poker site to a personal account.CATCH: To hit alot of your hands. CHECK-RAISE: Theact of checking, then re-raising a bet.CHOP: To split a pot when both people have the same winning hand.

CHOP THE BLINDS: When all theplayers fold around to the blinds, the blinds decide to take their money backinstead of playing the hand.COLLUSSION: A form of cheatingwhere two or more players attempt to gain an unfair advantage by sharinginformation. COMMUNITY CARDS: Communalcards dealt face up in Hold 'Em that all players can use.COVER: To have more chips than anotherplayer.

Crazy Pineapple:A variantof texas holdem where each player gets dealt three cards preflop and discardsone of them before the turn card is dealt.

DEAD BLIND: In a situation where you have missed your blinds andwish to re-enter the game before your turn to post the big blind. Youmust post both blinds and the small blind is termed a dead blind, meaning itdoes not count towards calling a bet. DEAL: To distribute cards to the players.

DOUBLE-UP: To go all-in in atournament and win the hand and double the amount of chips you have.DOWNCARDS: The face-down cards dealt to a player.

DRAWING DEAD: This describes thesituation when a player is trying to draw a card to complete a hand when thereis already a hand that will beat it, even if made.DRAWING HAND: A hand that needs improvement to win. Usually toa straight or flush.

EARLY POSITION: Being one of the first to act in abetting round.

FIFTH STREET: The term for thefifth card in 7 Card Stud and the fifth board card in Hold'em.

FISH: A weakplayer.FIXED: A limit-game where the betting limits are fixed on each round.FLOP: 1. n.the first three community cards dealt face up on the table.2. v. used to describe what your hand was after the flop. "I flopped thenuts!"

FLOP %: The % of hands whereyou see the flop.FOURTH STREET The term for thefourth card in 7 Card Stud and the fourth board card in Hold'em.

Flush: Any 5 cards in onehand that are all the same suit.

FREEROLL: This term appliesto poker tournaments where the entry fee, the stakes, or both the entry fee andstakes are waived. In some non-freeroll tournaments, the house may guarantee aminimum prize pool.

FREEZEOUT: A game in whichplayers start with a specified amount and then can buy no further chips, withthe game continuing until one player has all the chips.GRINDING: Playingin a style with minimal risk and modest gains over a long period of time.GUTSHOT: A straight draw where only one card will complete thehand.

Hand: 1. The complete playing of all thecards given out in one deal.2. The cards used by a player.HEADS-UP: To play against only 1 other player.HIGH-LIMIT: A game that is played for higher stakes - usually $50/$100or higher.IMPLIED ODDS: The odds you are getting after the assumed result of betting for theremainder of the hand.

IN-THE-MONEY: In a tournament, toplace high enough so that you will win a cash prize.

INSIDE STRAIGHTDRAW:The term applied when a player has 4 of 5 cards needed for a straight with themissing card being inside the sequence rather than at either end, and gets themissing card. For example, a player holding 3, 4, 5, 7 needs a 6 tocomplete the straight. Getting that 6 is termed "making the insidestraight."

KICKER: The term for thecard used to break ties between two of a kind or between Two Pair.

LIVE BLIND: A blind that countstowards any bet you call or raise.LOOSE: Adjective to describe a player who plays lots of hands and getsinvolved with a lot of pots.

LOW-LIMIT: A game where the amounts wageredare small.MAIN POT: The initial pot ofmoney. When one or more players go all-in, a side pot is created for eachall-in player.

MECHANIC: A player who has the ability toillegally manipulate cards for favorable results.

MICRO-LIMIT: Games that areplayed for very low stakes - usually $.50/$1.00 or less.MONSTER: A strong hand.MUCK: As a noun, this refers to the pile of folded cards and discardedcards. As a verb, at showdown time, the act of returning a losing hand tothe dealer face-down.

MTT: Abbreviation forMulti-Table Tournament.

NH: "Nicehand".No Limit: Considered one of the last true forms of poker, where theamount you can bet is limited by the number of chips in front of you.NUTS: The best possible hand.

Omaha: A game inwhich each player receives 4 face-down cards and shares 5 communitycards. The winning hand must use exactly 2 down cards and 3 communitycards. This game also has a High/Low variant.

Omaha High/Low: This gameallows players to compete for a pot split between the highest and the lowesthands using 2 down cards and 3 community cards. A player may usedifferent sets of cards to make up the best high and the best low hands.

On the Button: Being the lastplayer to act in a betting round. Dealer's Position.

OPTION: This term refers tothe option given the big blind player the option of raising before the flop.

OUTS: The number of cardsleft in the deck that will improve your hand.

OVERCALL: To call a bet afteranother player has already called.OVERCARDS: When you have cards that are higher than all the cards on theboard.

OVERPAIR: A pocket pairhigher than any of the cards on the board.

PAIR: Also called two of akind. This is a hand where the player's best hand is made up of 2 cards of thesame rank.

PASSIVE: Adjective todescribe a player who frequently calls and rarely bets.PF: (abbev.). Pre-flop.PLAY BY THE BOOK: To play according to the conventional wisdom regardingbasic poker strategy

PLAY THE BOARD: Using all thecommunity cards in Hold'em as your best hand.

PL: (abbev.).Pot-limit.

PLO: (abbev.).Pot-limit Omaha.POCKET CARDS: The term for the two down cards at the start of the hand.

POSITION: The location of theplayer relative to the dealer.POT ODDS: The odds you get when analyzing the current size of the potvs. your next call.

POT-LIMIT: A variation onbetting where each player may bet up to the current amount in the pot (PL).

PROP PLAYER: A player who ispaid by the house to play in games with their own money as a way to fill upgames.PROTECTING YOUR CARDS: (phrase): To place a chip over your pocketcards so the dealer doesn't accidentally muck them.

RABBIT-HUNTINGAsking to seeadditional cards even though the hand has already ended.

RAG: A useless card.RAG FLOP: A flop with bad cards - usually low cards.RAKE: The amount of money, in chips, taken by the house as the servicefee.

RB: (abbev.).Rebuy.READ: Analysis of a player based on how they play, mannerisms, and tells.

REVERSE TELL:Intentionallyacting in a different way to give a false image.

RING GAME: Any non-tournamentgame.RIVER: The fifth and last community card dealt face up in a Hold 'Emgame.ROUND: This refers to the dealing of a set of cards and associatedbetting. For example, the dealing of the river and the bets that followare a round.

ROUNDER: Someone who playspoker for a living.RUNNER-RUNNER: When a player hits two running cards to make a hand.

SANDBAGING: Holding back andcalling despite the fact that you have a very good hand.

SATELLITE: A tournament thatlets you enter another tournament if you win.SB: (abbev.). Small-blind.SHARK: A good player or player who disguises his skill to trick others.SHILL: A player who is paid an hourly rate with house money to play ingames as a way to fill them up.

SHOOTOUT: A tournament wherethere are several tables and the winners of each table plays against eachother.SHORT STACK: A player that doesn't have many chips left. Usually used ina tournament or a no-limit cash game.SHOWDOWN: After the final bet, when all players show their hands or muck, isknown as the showdown.

SIDE POT: This is a potcreated when a player goes all-in. The side pot is the pot available tothose players not all-in at that point. There can, on occasion, be morethan one side pot.SNG: (abbev.). Sit N Go.SOFT GAME: A game with a lot of bad players.SPLASH THE POT: An illegal move where chips are placed in a haphazardway.

SPLIT POT: A pot where morethan 1 person are tied for the best hand and they have to split the winnings.SPREAD LIMIT: A game in which there are betting limits with a fixedminimum and maximum bet for each betting round.STARTING HANDS: The first 2 cards a player receives in Hold 'Em or first3 cards in Seven Card Stud.STEAL: To bluff and win a pot.

STEAL-RAISE: A raise by someonein late position in an attempt to reduce the number of players and/or steal thepot.STEAMING: Being on "Tilt".

STRING BET: An illegal bet in which a player makes a betwith more than 1 motion.

T: (abbev.). Tournament.TABLE STAKES: The value of the chips with which a player sits down at atable. Also a term for no-limit poker.

TELL: An action that gives clues about the cards someone is holding.TIGHT-AGGRESSIVE: A player who doesn't play many hands but plays hishands aggressively.TILT: To play badly as a result of losing.TIMED-OUT: When an online game folds you hand because you didn't act intime.TRIPS: A nickname for three of a kind.

UNDERPAIR: A pair lower thanany card on the board. UPCARDS: Cards that are dealtfaceup.UTG: (abbev.). Under-the-gun. To be the first one to act. Theposition to the left of the Big Blind.WSOP: (abbev.). "World Series of Poker". The mostprestigious tournament in poker, held at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas.WPT: (abbev.). "World Poker Tour".

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