Dictionary of Poker

As such, we thought it important to bring you a poker dictionary so your tongue never gets stuck in the middle of a card . This includes some of the most commonly used terms in slang.

Most of them are in English, and it is not possible to translate them without losing all their meaning.

It's always good to face this idea: online poker also qualifies as a living language.

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A

• Action. Opportunity to play.
• All-In. Bet and put all your chips in the pot.
• Before. A small bet at the beginning of the poker game.
• Bet / Bet . Put money on the table.

B

• Back Door. A draw that needs the turn and river card to make a hand.
• Bad Beat. Win with a much lower hand. It is used to indicate that the player was lucky to get the only card that could give him the victory.
• Big Blind. The highest blind normally used in a hold'em game.
• Blind. A mandatory bet, usually with a pre-set amount, which must be placed before the cards are dealt.
• Bluff. Strategy in poker which consists of a bet or rise with a hand that the player believes to be weaker than the opponent's.
• Board. All community cards on the table.
• Button (or Dealer). A chip that indicates the dealer's position. The last to act in most games, after the first round.

C

• Call. Place in the pot an amount equal to the previously placed bet.
• Check (pass). Do not bet or raise. Wait to see the next card or the end of the match.
• Check-Raise. Pass and raise the bet when your opponent bet.
• Community Letters. Cards from the middle of the table, shared by all players.
• Hole cards. Cards dealt to a player face down. They are usually the first two cards in Hold'em.

D

• Dealer / Dealer. Player or professional who deals the cards.
• Draw. Playing with a hand that is not yet made, but hopes that with the next cards you will get a good hand.
• Drawing Dead. Try to get a hand that, even after complete, will lose to a better hand.

E

• Expectation. The average amount you expect to win when you bet on the same situation multiple times.
• Early Positions. The first positions to have action before the flop.

F

• Favorite. A hand that has the best chance of winning.
• Flop. The first three community cards of Texas Hold'em.
• Flush. Five cards of the same suit, regardless of value.
• Flush Draw. A flush attempt. When a player has four cards, all of the same suit, and expects to receive a fifth to make a flush.
• Fold. Fold a hand when it's your turn to play.
• Full House. A trio and a pair. A famous concept in any poker dictionary.

G

• Gap. Concept that says you must have a stronger hand to call a bet than to be the first to make it.

H

• Heads-Up. Play against a single opponent.
• Hole Cards. Cards that are dealt face down and that your opponents cannot see.
• High Card. A five-card hand that contains no formed game, using only the highest card.

K

• Kicker. A card used to tie equivalent hands. In Hold'em, if you have R-5 and an R on the board, the 5 is your kicker. If an opponent also has an R and his kicker is lower, you win.

L

• Limit. Last rise allowed in a round.

M

• Main Pot. The main value of the table. Any other bets are placed on a side pot and are contested by the remaining players. This happens when a player gets all in .
• Hand/hand. The letters of player hand or a game of poker.
• Muck. Eliminated cards resulting from the forfeit.

N

• Nit. A player who plays very few hands.
• Nuts. The best possible hand at a certain point in the game.

O

• Outs. Cards, still out, that can make your hand win.
• Overcard. A group of cards that is larger than a second group, for example, cards that are larger than any community card.

P

• Pair. Two cards of the same rank (e.g. 2 aces).
• Position. Your place in the betting order. If you act first, you're in the first position.
• Pot Limit. A version of poker in which the bet limit is the amount of the pot.
• Pot / table. Amount bet on a hand.
• Pot/table odds. The amount of money in the pot compared to the amount you have to put into the pot to continue playing.

R

• Rainbow. A flop with no repeated suits.
• Raise. Raise the bet on a round after another player has placed their bet.
• Rake. An amount or percentage that the dealer withdraws from all pots. It is the profit of the House.
• Reraise. Perform a rise after another player has done so as well.
• River. It is the last Community Charter. In Hold'em and Omaha, it is also known as the 5th street or 5th community card. In Stud games, it is also called 7th street or 7th card.
• Rock. Uncreative and very predictable player. He usually only makes a rise when he has the best hands.
• Royal Flush. Maximum sequence (10-V-D-R-A ) of the same suit. It is the best possible hand in Hold'em.

S

• Semi-bluf. Betting with a hand that may not be the best, but has a good chance of becoming.
• Sit & Go. A tournament fast poker, usually lasting between 30 to 60 Minutes.
• Showdown. The moment when all the players in play turn over the cards and the winner of the hand is determined.
• Short Stack. It has fewer chips compared to other players.
• Straight. Five cards in sequence of any suit.
• Straight Flush. Five consecutive cards of the same suit.
• Suited. Cards of the same suit.

T

• Tight. Player who normally plays fewer hands than normal.
• Tilt. When a player is shaken and makes decisions without logic.
• Trio. 3 cards of the same rank.
• Turn. Fourth Community Charter.

U

• Under the Gun. The first person to act in the first betting round.

W

• Wired Pair. When your hole cards form a pair.

We do not intend in any way to present an exhaustive poker dictionary, but rather a practical list that you can use when you find it useful.

We have grouped in this poker dictionary those terms that are most often used in the Best New Zealand online casinos , on poker-related websites, in publications on the topic, and in daily life. And, of course, in the epic challenges between team members of the www.nz-rafting.co.nz when the reader is not watching!

With practice, you will soon address each of these terms as “you” and see each action in the game called by its own name.