POKER TERMS

### add-on

Usually in Re-buy
tournaments, a single rebuy which all players are eligible regardless of their
stack size. This is usually allowed only once, at the end of the rebuy period.
The add-on often offers more chips per Peso invested than the normal buyin and
rebuys.

### aggressive

When a player
usually opens with a bet or raise rather than to call or check.

### all in

betting all of your
chips in the hand.

### ante

A forced bet
required from all players before the hand begins.

### bad beat

Losing with a
considerably stronger hand at the time the chips are bet.

### bankroll

The amount of money
that a player has to bet for the duration of his or her poker career.

### bankroll management

Choosing the
correct stakes and game type to avoid running out of funds due to variance or
downswings.

### bet

Any money wagered
during the play of a hand.

### big blind

The larger of the
two forced bets which is usually twice the small blind.

### board

The set of
community cards in a community card game.

### bounty

An feature of
certain poker tournaments that rewards players for eliminating other players
with a cash prize for each player they eliminate which is separate from the
tournament payout structure.

### bubble

The last finishing
position in a poker tournament before winning a prize.

### button

The marker that
indicates the dealer position at the table.

### buy-in

The minimum
required amount of chips that must be “bought” to become involved in a game or
tournament.

### call

To match a bet or
raise.

### cap

A limit on the
number of raises allowed in a betting round. Typically three or four (in
addition to the opening bet) in fixed limit holdem.

### cash game

A game where each
hand is played for real money as opposed to tournament play.

### check

To bet nothing or
to not bet. You can also check if you have posted the Big Blind and there has
been no raises.

### check-raise

A play where a
player initially checks with the intention of raising when another player bets

### chip dumping

A strategy whereby
one player deliberately loses chips to another player. Where players have
agreed to take such action together, this is a form of collusion and strictly
forbidden.

### chop

To split a pot
because of a tie

### collusion

A form of cheating
involving cooperation among two or more players.

### cutoff

The seat
immediately to the right of the dealer button.

### final table

The last table in a
multi-table poker tournament. The final table is set when a enough people have
been eliminated from the tournament leaving an exact amount of players to
occupy one table

### flop

The dealing of the
first three face-up cards or community cards.

### fold

To discard one’s
hand and forfeit interest in the current pot.

### freeroll

A tournament which
is free to enter but has actual prizes.

### freezeout

The most common
form of tournament where there are no rebuys.

### heads up poker

Playing against a
single opponent.

### hero call

Calling when a
player has a relatively weak hand but believes that the opponent may be
bluffing.

### hijack seat

The seat to the right
of the cutoff seat, or second to the right of the button.

### hole cards

Face-down cards the
player receives.

### last to act

A player is last to
act if all players between the player and the button have folded.

### level

Used in tournament
play to refer to the size of the blinds that are periodically increased.

### limit

The minimum or
maximum amount of a bet.

### no-limit

Rules where players
are allowed to bet any or all of their chips in a single bet.

### nut hand (the nuts)

The nut hand is the
best possible hand in a given situation.

### offsuit

Cards that are not
of the same suit. The ace of clubs and the king of spades are called ace-king
offsuit

### orbit

A full rotation of
the blinds at a table. Equal to the number of people at the table.

### out of position, OOP

A player is said to
be out of position, if he is either first to act, or is not last to act on a
betting round.

### overpair

In community card
games such as Texas holdem and Omaha, a pocket pair with a higher rank than any
community card.

### pocket pair

In community card
poker when two of a player’s private or hole cards make a pair.

### pot

The total amount of
bets in the middle

### pre-flop

The time when
players already have their pocket cards but no flop has been dealt yet. It's
also the first round of bets.

### rainbow

Three or four cards
of different suits, especially said of a flop.

### rebuy

An amount of chips
bought after the buy-in. In some tournaments, players can rebuy chips one or
more times for a limited period after the start of the game.

### river

The river or “river
card” is the final card dealt in a poker hand, to be followed by a final round
of betting and, if necessary, a showdown. In Texas holdem and Omaha, the river
is the fifth and last card to be dealt to the community card board, after the
flop and turn.

### satellite

A tournament in
which the prize is a free entrance to another (larger) tournament.

### shootout

A poker tournament
format where the last remaining player of a table goes on to play the remaining
players of other tables. Each table plays independently of the others; that is,
there is no balancing tables as players are eliminated.

### sit and go

A poker tournament
that does not have a scheduled starting time that starts whenever the necessary
players have joined. Single-table sit-and-goes, with nine or ten players, are
the norm, but multi-table games are common as well.

### small blind

The smaller of the
two forced bets which is usually half the big blind.

### suck out

A situation when a
hand heavily favored to win loses to a less favored hand after all the cards
are dealt.

### suited

Having the same
suit.

### three bet

To be the first
player to put in a 3rd unit of betting.

### tilt

Poor play as a
result of emotional upset or anger as a result of the outcome of a previous
hand or hands.

### trips

When one of a
player’s hole cards in Texas holdem connects with two cards on the board to
make three of a kind. This differs from a “set” where three of a kind is made
when a player's pocket pair connects with one card on the flop to make three of
a kind.

### turbo

A turbo is a type
of tournament where the blind levels increase much faster than in standard
play.

### turn

The turn or “turn
card” is the fourth of five cards dealt to a community card board, constituting
one face-up community card that each of the players in the game can use to make
up their final hand.

### under the gun

The playing
position to the direct left of the blinds in Texas holdem or Omaha. The player
who is under the gun must act first on the first round of betting.

### value bet

A bet made by a
player who wants it to be called. This is usually because he has a stronger
hand that he expects to win at showdown.