The following are a list of tmers that you should learn and use when
either playing poker online or in land-based casinos.
Ace-High: A five-card hand containing an ace but
no pair; beats a king-high, but loses to any pair or above.
Aces Full: A full house with aces over any pair.
All-In: When a player bets all his or her remaining
chips.
An Ace Working: An ace in hand.
Ante: A token bet required before the start of a
hand.
Back Door Flush (or Straight): When the last two cards make a player's
hand, even though he or she played on the flop for some other reason.
Bankroll: The amount of money you have available
to wager.
Belly Buster: A draw to fill an inside straight;
a gut shot.
Bet: To voluntarily put money or chips into the pot.
Bet The Pot: To bet the total value of the pot.
Bicycle: The lowest possible hand in lowball: Ace-2-3-4-5.
Also called a wheel.
Big Slick: The Ace-King card combination.
Blind Raise: When a player raises without first looking
at his or her cards.
Bluff: To bet or raise with a hand that is unlikely
to be the best hand.
Boat: Another name for full house.
Broadway: An ace high straight.
Bullet: An Ace.
Bump: To raise.
Buried Pair: In stud games, a pair in the hole.
Bust: A worthless hand that has failed to improve
as the player hoped; a busted hand.
Call: To match, rather than raise, the previous bet.
Cash In: To leave the game and convert one's chips
to cash, either with the dealer or at the cage.
Cash Out: To leave a game and cash in one's chips
at the cage.
Check: To abstain from betting, reserving the right
to call or raise if another player bets. Also another name for a chip.
Cheese: A very substandard starting hand.
Cold Deck: A fixed deck.
Come: Playing a worthless hand in the hope of improving
it is called "playing on the come."
Come Hand: A hand that has not yet been made, requiring
one or more cards from the draw to complete it.
Cowboy: Slang for a King.
Dead Money: Money put into the pot by players who
have already folded.
Dealer's Choice: A game in which each dealer, in
turn, chooses the type of poker to be played.
Deuce: A two, the lowest ranking card in high poker.
Draw Out: To improve your hand so that it beats an
opponent who had a better hand than yours prior to your draw.
Draw Poker: A form of poker in which each player
receives five cards and then has the option of discarding one or more
of them and receiving new cards in their place.
Drop: To fold.
Even Money: A wager in which you hope to win the
same amount as you bet.
Five-Card Draw: A draw poker game in which the players
start with five cards and then may draw to replace them.
Five-Card Stud: A stud poker game in which each player
gets one concealed card and four exposed cards.
Flop: In flop games, the first three community cards,
which are turned face up simultaneously and start the second round
of betting.
Flop Games: A family of poker games played with five
community cards. The first three cards, turned face up simultaneously,
are called the flop. Popular flop games include Texas Hold 'Em and
Omaha.
Flush: Five cards of the same suit.
Flush Draw: Having four cards of the same suit, and
hoping to draw a fifth to make a flush.
Four-Flush: Four cards of the same suit, requiring
a fifth to make a flush.
Four Of A Kind: Four cards of the same denomination.
Full House: Any three cards of the same denomination,
plus any pair of a different denomination.
Hold 'Em: A form of poker in which players use five
community cards in combination with their two hole cards to form the
best five-card hand. Also called Texas hold 'em.
Hole: The concealed card or cards.
Hole Card: A card concealed in a player's hand.
Home Run Hitter: A player who makes big plays that
require maximum risk.
House: The establishment; the casino or card room.
Hot: Said of a player on a winning streak.
Implied Odds: The amount of money you expect to win
if you make your hand versus the amount of money it will cost you
to continue playing.
Inside Straight: Four cards requiring one in the
middle to fill a straight.
Jackpot Poker: A form of poker in which the cardroom
offers a jackpot for particularly bad beats. Typically you must have
aces full or better.
Jacks Or Better: A form of draw poker in which a
player needs at least a pair of Jacks to start the betting.
Lock: A hand that cannot lose; a cinch hand.
Long Odds: The odds for an event that has a relatively
small chance of occurring.
Maniac: A very aggressive player who plays hands
that more conservative players would probably not consider.
Miss: To be unable to make your drawing hand when
the final cards are dealt.
Monster: A hand that is almost certain to win.
No-Limit Poker: A game in which players can bet as
much as they have in front of them on any given round.
Pay Off: To call a bet or raise when you don't think
you have the best hand.
Picture Cards: King, Queen and Jack; face cards;
court cards; paint cards.
Pip: The suit symbols on a non-court card, indicating
its rank.
Pocket Rockets: A pair of aces in the hole.
Pot: The money or chips in the center of the table.
Rack: A plastic tray which holds 100 chips in 5 stacks
of 20.
Rags: Worthless cards; blanks.
Rainbow: Three or four cards of different suits.
Raise: To call and increase the previous bet.
Rank: The value of a card. Each card has a suit and
a rank.
Read: To try and determine your opponent's cards
or betting strategy.
Rock: A very tight, conservative player.
Royal Flush: The best possible poker hand, consisting
of the 10 through the Ace, all the same suit.
Run: A straight, or a series of good cards.
Running Bad: On a losing streak.
Running Good: On a winning streak.
Running Pair: When the last two cards on the board
make a pair.
Scare Card: An up card that looks as though it might
have made a strong hand.
Scoop: To win the entire pot.
Semi-Bluff: To bet with a hand which isn't the best
hand, but which has a reasonable chance of improving.
Set: Three of a kind; trips (usually applies to a
pair in hand and a matching card on board).
Splash Around: To play more loosely than you should.
Straight: Five consecutive cards of mixed suits.
Straight Flush: Five consecutive cards of the same
suit.
Two Flush: Two cards of the same suit, requiring
three more to make a flush.
Two Pair: A hand with two pairs and a kicker.
Underdog: A hand that does not have the best chance
of winning before all the cards are dealt.
Wheel: The lowest hand in lowball, Ace-2-3-4-5; also
known as a bicycle.
Wild Card: A card designated as a joker, playable
as any value.
Wired Pair: A pair in hand.
