About Texas Holdem Poker Glossary

GLOSSARY 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.


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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. 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. 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.


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C Call When a player
chooses to match the previousbet. 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 yourchips 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 ina poker game. Community
Cards Cards that
are face-up and used by all players. Cowboys Two Kings.

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D Dead Man’s
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 player’s hand in Stud
games. Down Card


Hole
cards. Cards that aredealt 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. Deuces A pair of
Twos.


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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.)

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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. 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. 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. Floorman
An employee
of the cardroom who makes rulings and decisions. 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.


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G Gut Shot
To draw to
and/or hit an inside straight.


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H Hand A player’s
best five cards. 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.