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A
Aces Full A full house with three aces and any other pair.
Ace-high Five cards where the best you can make is a high card hand with an ace, no pair, straight, flush etc
Aces Up A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces.
Action Where two or more players become involved in a hand, there is action. If one player raised and the table folded, he would have received no 'action' for his bet. A lot of players betting would be 'heavy action'.
Active Player A player still playing in a particular hand.
Add-on In a re-buy poker tournament, at the end of the re-buy period, all remaining players will have the option to purchase an add-on, also known as a top-up. For the same fee as the original buyin, a player may increase their chip balance by the starting amount.
All-in When a player has bet/called for all of his chips, he will be deemed all-in. Any further betting by remaining active players is placed in a side-pot which the all-in player is not entitled to win.
American Airlines American poker term for two Aces, also known as 'Bullets' or 'Rockets'.
Ante Forced bets paid by all players in the later stages of tournaments in addition to the two players who must pay their 'Blinds'.
B
Back Door A draw that requires both the turn and river cards to make your hand. Eg. Both cards are diamonds to make your diamond flush.
Bad Beat A hand that loses when an opponent has been very lucky, and often when they should have folded their starting hand.
Belly Buster When a card is required to fill a straight in the middle. Eg. You hold 4-5-7-8. The 6 would be the 'Belly Buster'.
Bet The first chips to be placed in the pot on a specific betting round.
Bet the Pot When a bet is equivalent to the amount already in the pot. If the player is facing a call, the amount of the call counts towards the total value of the pot, which determines the maximum bet in a Pot Limit poker game. Eg, A player facing a call of $10, with the pot at $50, can raise by $60 (therefore putting in a total of $70 = $10 call + $60 raise).
Bicycle The lowest possible straight: A-2-3-4-5. In Omaha Hi/Lo this is a particularly strong hand as it is the best possible low hand and also counts as a high hand with a straight. Also known as 'The Wheel'.
Big Bet The betting increments used on the last two rounds of betting in a fixed limit poker game. Eg, In a $2/$4 fixed limit Holdem game, the big bet is $4, as all bets and raises on the turn and river must be in increments of $4.
Big Bet Poker A term often used to describe Pot limit and No Limit poker.
Big Blind The forced bet that initiates action on the table. This will be placed two seats to the left of the dealer button prior to any cards being dealt. All players who join a game will be asked to post the Big Blind regardless of their table seating, or wait for the Big Blind to come around.(see also Small Blind)
Big Slick A poker hand containing Ace & King as the two hidden (hole) cards in Texas Holdem.
Blank A card that is of no help to a player's hand.
Blinds Compulsory bets made by the two players to the left of the dealer button, which initiates the action in every round of betting, and must be placed before the cards are dealt. If a player misses a blind they will be asked to post the missed blind before they can re-enter the game.
Blind Raise When a player raises without checking his cards. (It is not possible to do this online!)
Bluff To bet with nothing hoping your opponent(s) will fold. Or to bet with no hand but the chance that your hand may improve with later cards to come.
Boat Another name for a full house.
Board Cards The communal cards placed in the centre of the table for all players to see and use.
Bottom Pair When a player's hand makes a pair from the lowest card on the board matching one of their hole cards.
Bring-in The forced bet in 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, it is the highest card showing.
Bring It In To start the betting in the first round.
Broomcorn's Uncle A player who antes himself out of chips.
Bullets A pair of Aces.
Bully A player who raises the betting continually to try and get others to fold their hand.
Bump A Raise.
Button A small round disk which moves clockwise around the table to indicate the nominal dealer for every hand. The player 'on the button' has the advantage of acting last on each round from the flop onwards.
Buy-In The amount of chips a player sits down at the table with. For a tournament, the buy-in is the cost of entering.
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Call When a player matches the bet made before him by another player.
Calling Station A player who invariably calls, and is therefore hard to bluff out.
Cap To make the final raise in a betting round leaving all remaining players only the option to call in limit poker games. The limit is reached after one bet and three raises in a betting round.
Cardroom The area in a casino where poker is played
Case Card The only remaining card of a certain value remaining. Eg. Three aces are out so the one in the deck is the 'case' ace.
Change Gears When a player changes his style of play to confuse his opponents, or to respond to changes in the game.
Check When a player opts not to bet on his turn. This can only be done when the player does not owe anything to stay in the pot (there has not been a bet or a raise before).
Check It Down In tournaments, when a multi-way pot has one player all-in, the others will often 'check it down' to avoid betting another player out, producing a greater number of hands to eliminate the all-in player with (see also Dry Side Pot).
Check-Raise When a player first 'Checks' and then raises when another player acting behind has bet.
Chop When all players have folded apart from the two blind players, they sometimes have the option to 'chop', meaning they both take back their blind bets and move onto the next hand. You will find this in land based poker rooms only, but it is fairly uncommon.
Coffee Housing An attempt to mislead opponents by means of devious speech or behaviour.
Collusion When two or more players conspire to try and cheat another player.
Community Cards The cards that are face up on the table, and are used by all players to make a hand. (see also Board Cards)
Cold Call To call a bet and a raise.
Counterfeited In Omaha Hi/Lo, when a board card pairs up with a key low card in your hand to decrease the value of your low hand.
Court Card Any face card, King/Queen/Jack.
Cowboys Kings
Crying Call Making a call on the river when you feel you have lost anyway.
Cut-off Last player to act before the button.
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