Hand made in the last two cards.

Losing when you have a very strong hand, usually to a very unlikely draw on the last card.

The total amount of money you plan to gamble with

Dealing cards from the bottom of the deck rather than the top. A form of cheating

7 and 2 hole cards for Texas Hold 'em. The worst possible starting hole cards

An Inside Straight draw.

An easy game, with many poor players.

A Straight, A-5.

6 - 9 unsuited in the hole.

Pocket Ace/King

Poor card that has no impact on the game. Also called a rag.

Mandatory bet before each round. Usually the player two places to the left of the dealer will have to pay the Large Blind, and the player to the immediate left of the dealer will have to bet half as much for the Small Blind

To bet strongly with a poor hand, as if you have strong hand in an attempt to make others fold.

The visible cards in a poker game. These are the community cards in games like Hold'em or Omaha, and the up cards in Stud games.

Another term for a Full House

The lowest pair on the board in Hold'em or Omaha. For example if the flop is 2c, 7h, Ks, and you have the 2h, and 10d in the hole, then your pair of twos is the bottom pair.

To open a round of betting

An Ace High Straight

Cardroom employee who handles the seating chart.

A pair of Aces in the hole.

To Raise

To discard the top card of the deck. This is done to prevent anyone from being able to determine the next card.

The marker that signifies the dealer's spot. The player with the button receives the last card dealt in a round.

The amount you must pay to enter a game.

To match the current high bet.

A player who almost always calls and seldom raises.

In many limit games there is a restriction on the number of bets allowed each round. A player caps the betting by making the last allowable raise.

A rule that says the cards determine the best possible hand, not the player. If a player has a better hand than he realizes, the better hand is the one that is used.

Player in a game who changes and varies his style of play from wild and unpredictable to tight and aggressive.

Calling when you have not yet made your hand.

To basically skip your turn to bet. This still allows you to bet later in the round should anyone else bet. This is similar to betting $0.

To check at first, then raise should anyone else bet. This is done as a way to lure other players into betting when you think they may fold if you bet outright.

See Rake

Excessive often distracting talking at the table.

To call both a bet and a raise.

A card dealt face up on the table that can be used by any player at the table.

Q 7 starting hand.

Pocket cards of sequential rank.

A card that does not help you, but is likely to make an opponents hand better than yours.

Kings

When some calls even though they are almost certain they are beat.

Two pair, Aces and Eights. Wild Bill Hickok was mudered while holding this hand.

9 - 5 hole cards

A bad player. A fish.

In stud games, the first card dealt face up to a player.

Out of money/chips.

10-2 hole cards in Texas Holdem. This is the hand with which Super System author Doyle Brunson won the WSOP.

An incomplete hand such as four cards to a straight in which you are drawing cards, hoping to make your hand.

Twos

A two

A pair of Aces in the hole.

A round where everyone calls the opening bet.

Aggressive

The fifth card dealt in stud poker, or the final card in games with five community cards.

Poor player

The first three community cards in games such as Texas Hold'em or Omaha

Five cards of the same suit. 2, 5, 7, Q, K of Clubs for example. The higher cards in a flush determine the best hand. An Ace high flush beats a King high flush. See the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.

To give up on your hand.

Four cards to a flush.

Four Cards of the Same Rank

A hand with three cards of one rank, and two cards of another rank. 7h, 7d.7s and 10h, 10c for example. See the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.

Q 3 in the hole. (Queen with a Trey)

An Inside Straight Draw

An Inside Straight Draw

The odds you are getting from the expected calls in future betting rounds.

Hand in which you have four cards to a straight, but are missing one in the middle. For example 8,9,J,Q.

Bet strongly in an attempt to make everyone fold except one other player.

Pocket Jack/5

The highest unpaired card in your hand. Used as a tie-breaker. If two players have the same pair, the one with the higher kicker will win the pot.

Pocket K/J

Queens

To fold

In the first round of betting, simply calling the big blind rather than raising. This allows the big blind to see the flop for free, and indicates a weak hand.

A hand that is guaranteed to win at least part of the pot

A player who stays in more hands than most, and stays in them longer.

K - 8 in the hole

To get a certain hand. For example, if you have 4,5,6,7 then you need a 3 or an 8 to Make your hand.

A very loose and aggressive player. Rarely folds or calls. Bluffs often and raises frequently.

Someone who cheats by manipulating the cards while dealing

9-2 in the hole (article 92 made poker legal in Montana)

J 5 in the hole

Pile of discarded cards.

Pocket 7's in Texas Hold 'em.

Highest possible flush

The best possible hand, given the cards on the board.

Highest possible straight.

The probability of making your hand.

Cards with different suits, usually referring to hole cards. For example 8c, 9s might be called 8, 9 off suit.

Betting wildly or making poor bets. Usually after a bad beat.

Make the first bet in a round.

A hand with four consecutive cards. A straight can be completed by drawing the fifth card at either end. For example, 5,6,7,8.

Any remaining card that will give you the winning hand. For example if you have the 8, 9, 10, Q in various suits, and have not seen a Jack, then you have four outs to a Straight.

A hole card higher than the highest card on the board

To raise a large bet.

Face Card

In draw games, being dealt a made hand.

First two down cards in poker game.

Two cards of the same rank in the hole

A limit on the maximum allowable raise. The limit is the amount currently in the pot.

The ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount it will cost you to call the current bet

6 - 9 suited in the hole.

To guess what someone is holding. If someone starts betting when a queen comes up, you might "put" him on a pair of queens.

Four of a Kind

Looking through the muck for undealt cards after a hand.

Poor card that has no impact on the game.

Spectator

A Deck of Cards

A flop containing three different suits.

To increase the amount of an opponent's bet

Set amount or percentage that the house claims from each pot.

Generally frowned upon practice of taking money off the table after winning some pots.

To be able to gauge a person's hand based on their actions.

To have the appearance of a certain hand. For example, if the flop comes up with three spades, anyone who bets heavily might represent a Flush.

Standard nontournament poker game.

The last card dealt in a game.

A tight and aggressive player who folds often and doesn't play a lot of hands.

In seven card stud, three of a kind with your first three cards

10-A Straight Flush See the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.

A pair of fours in the hole

Slow Play. To play a strong hand as if it is weak in an effort to lure opponents into betting.

Q 3 in the hole. (Queen with a trey)

A card on the board that could mean a monster hand for someone. The fourth card to a flush or strait for example.

To Call

Like a bluff except that your hand might be good enough to win if someone calls you.

Three of a kind.

Having less chips than every one else at the table.

When all cards have been dealt and betting is complete, player hands are revealed.

If a player goes all-in, and there are two or more bettors with more funds that call, they may continue to bet. Their future bets are placed in a separate pot.

A pair of queens in the hole

When you have a strong hand, to represent that you have a weak hand, to encourage others to bet.

Sit n Go. Small tournament with no set start time. Players sit down and the tournament starts as soon as there are enough players.

A pair of 8's in the hole.

Tossing your chips into the pot before anyone can verify the amount.

To make a strong bet when it appears no one else has a good hand, causing everyone to fold.

Five sequential cards. For example 8, 9, 10, J, Q. Suits can be mixed. See the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.

Five cards with sequential rank, all in the same suit.

Illegal bet made by placing chips in the pot, then going back to your stack for more chips. This allows you to guage an opponent's reaction with each chip amount.

Cards of the same suit

Sequential hole cards in the same suit. For example 10h, Jh

Out of money/chips

Something a player will do that gives away the strength of his hand.

Three cards of the same denomination. 4h, 4c, 4s for example. See the Poker Hand Rankings page for more details.

A conservative player who doesn't play many hands.

The highest pair on the board in Hold'em or Omaha. For example if the flop is 2c, 7h, Ks, and you have the 10h, and Kd in the hole, then your pair of Kings is the top pair.

Three of a kind

The fourth card in Texas Hold'em or Omaha.

First to bet in a given round

A pair of 7's in the hole

Pocket cards of the same rank.

The World Series of Poker. Annual series of poker tournaments held at Binions Horseshoe Casino in Las Vegas. The final event is a No Limit Texas Holdem tournament with a buy in of $10,000.