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***POKER GLOSSARY*** |
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This guide to online Poker contains some special terminology which may be unfamiliar. We provide this useful glossary, written in a clear and concise manner, to help you understand the terms and play a better game.
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Aces Full
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Full house with three aces plus any other pair of cards (good poker hand)
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Action
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Any type of bet or wager, many bets and raises is 'a lot of poker action'
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Ante
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Small bet as the minimum bet that each player is required to put into the pot before a new hand starts, compulsory opening bet
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Bad Beat
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Losing a poker pot holding a very strong hand you were sure would win
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Behind
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Before the last cards have been dealt, if you don't have the best hand you are 'behind'
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Bet the Pot
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When a bet is equivalent to the cash amount already in the poker pot
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Bicycle Wheel
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The poker hand Ace,2,3,4,5, also called a wheel or bicycle
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Big Bet Poker
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A term often used in poker to describe a pot limit and No Limit poker
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Blank
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A card that does not to help any poker player
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Boat
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Also called a full house
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Bump
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To raise the poker bet
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Busted Hand
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A poker hand worth less than a pair (for example, if you miss a straight, you have a busted straight)
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Call
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To call is to match the poker game's current bet
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Check
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Pass the turn of calling the first bet in a betting round to the next poker player
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Cold Call
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To call more than one bet (for example, one player bets, the next raises and the next calls)
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Collusion
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When two or more poker players plan to try and cheat another player
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Dead
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A poker hand that is no longer eligible to win the pot
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Drop
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To Fold or abandon your poker hand, or throw away your cards without calling a bet
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Fill
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To draw a card that makes a good solid five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush)
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Flush
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Five cards of the same suit for a poker hand
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Fold
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To lay down your hand when it is your turn, a folded hand gives up any chance of winning the poker pot
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Freeroll
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Used in online poker rooms in order to show a site's looks and feel to new players before playing for real money
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Inside Straight (Draw)
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A draw to a straight is missing one a middle card, 4578 is an inside straight, 4567 is an outside straight (called a one-gapper or gutshot)
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Jammed Pot
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A poker pot that has been raised the maximum amount of times
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Kicker
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The highest unpaired card in your hand not in a straight or flush, a card that does not add to a better poker hand
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Limit (Limit Poker)
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Any poker game in which there is a fixed maximum limit on how much you can bet or raise in any round
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Monster
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A very strong hand in poker, one that is almost certain to win the pot
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Outdraw
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To make a better hand than an your opponent when you more cards
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Paint
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All face cards, Jack, Queen & King
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Pass
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To not bet, or to fold
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Poker Hand
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A set of exactly five cards that make up a hand according to the accepted list of poker hands
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Qualifier
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The minimum standard a poker hand must meet to be eligible to win part of the pot
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Rake
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The percentage of a pot that the casino keeps, usually a percentage (5-10%) or flat fee is taken from the pot after each round of betting.
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River
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The 7th and last card dealt in Hold'em, Omaha, or Seven-Card Stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river
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Royal Flush
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Also called a Royal Straight Flush or Royal, it is an Ace-high straight flush, the best poker hand
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Scare Card
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A card that that increases your chances for a better hand (In Hold'em, a third suited card on the river because you might get a flush)
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Short Call
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To call part of a bet in table stakes with all your poker money
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Tap You
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A raise, it is also used when a player bets an amount equal to all the money their opponent has on the table in table stakes
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Thirty Days or Thirty Miles
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Three tens
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Tiger
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A low hand in poker from the two to the seven cards
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Tight Player
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A poker player who bets infrequently unless he has a strong hand
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Tilt (Tilting)
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Poker players 'on tilt' make bad betting decisions based o their emotions
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Time Cut
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Also called Axe or Collection, its the money charged each player on a time basis, usually on a three minute or an hourly basis
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Trap
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You're 'trapped' if after putting money in the pot you're faced with having to call a raise to continue
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Unlimited Poker
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Poker games with no limits placed on bets or raises
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Wire-up
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Three-of-a-kind poker hand pulled off with the first three cards
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