Action - The amount of money wagered. In poker, the placing of money into the pot.
Add on - The place where a player may purchase additional chips in a Poker tournament.
Ante - In poker, a small portion of the minimum bet that each player is required to put into the pot before a new hand starts.
Blind Bet - A bet that certain poker players are required to make as a result of their betting positions.
Bluff - In poker, players bluff when raising a weak hand in the hope of driving out players with a stronger hand.
Board - In poker, the community cards dealt face-up in the center of the table are referred to as on the board.
Bring-in - In 7 card stud poker, this is the mandatory bet made by the player with the lowest upcard in the first round of betting.
Button - In poker, a small plastic disc used as a marker that is moved from player to player after each hand to designate the dealer position.
Call - In poker, when a player matches the current bet on the table. In keno and bingo, to draw the numbers for each game.
Cap - Definition 1: Maximum amount a player may wager on a specific bet or event. Definition 2: Maximum amount a player may increase a previous bet (at poker, etc). Definition 3: Maximum amount bet before the casino/bookie changes odds and/or the points.
Caribbean Stud Poker - A 5 card poker game where all players play against the house.
Check - A check is another term for a chip. In poker, a player can check in order to stay in the game but not bet.
Complete Hand - A poker hand that is defined by all five cards. That is a straight, flush, straight flush, or a full house.
Copy - In pai gow poker, when a player and the banker have the same 2 card hand, or the same 5 card hand.
Credit Button - A button in video poker that allows the player to bank coins won as credits and to use the credits to play without depositing more money.
Cycle - In video poker it's the statistically predicted average number of hands dealt per top jackpot, usually a royal flush.
Designated Dealer - In poker games like Texas hold em,the player to the left of the dealer bets first.In a poker room where each game has a resident dealer, a different player serves as the designated dealer for each hand.
Draw - In draw poker, the second round of cards that are dealt.
Draw Button - Allows video poker player to draw up to five new cards.
Expected Return - In video poker it's the average amount paid back on a particular play for a particular bet.
Family Pot - In poker, when everyone at the table decides to enter a pot.
Fill - In poker, to draw a card that makes a 5 card hand.
Fill up - In poker, to fill a full house.
Fishing - A player who stays in a poker game longer than advisable generally is fishing for the card or two that will make the hand a winner.
Flush - In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of one suit.
Fold - In poker, when a player declines a bet and drops out of the hand.
Foul - In Pai Gow Poker, a hand is fouled when the 2 card low hand is set higher than the 5 card high hand, or when the hands are set with the wrong number of cards. A fouled hand is a losing hand.
Full House - In poker, a hand consisting of a three of a kind and a pair.
Full Pay - In video poker it's usually the best payoff schedule offered for a particular game.
High Poker - Standard poker, as compared to low poker or lowball.In high poker, high hands win.
Hold ‘em - A class of poker games.
Inside Straight - In poker, four cards of a straight where the straight can only be completed one way.
Jacks or Better - Draw poker in which a pair of Jacks is the minimum hand permitted to start the action.
Kicker - In a draw poker game, an odd high card held that doesn’t contribute to a straight or a flush, usually an ace or a king.
Let It Ride - A poker game.
Limp In - In Poker, To enter the pot by calling rather than raising.
Low Ball - A Poker game in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value.
Low Poker - A Poker game in which the pot is awarded to the hand with the lowest poker value.
Muck - In Poker, To discard or throw away your hand.
Open - In poker, the player who bets first.
Pat - In blackjack, an unbusted hand worth at least 17 points. In draw poker, a hand that does not need any more hands.
Payoff Schedule - A posting somewhere on the front of a slot or video poker machine, that tells the player what each winning hand will pay for the number of coins or credits played.
Payout Table - A posting somewhere on the front of a slot or video poker machine, that tells the player what each winning hand will pay for the number of coins or credits played.
Pocket Cards - Playing cards that are dealt face down during a Poker game.
Pot - In a poker game, the amount of money that accumulates in the middle of the table as each player antes, bets, and raises. The pot goes to the winner of the hand.
Qualifier - In Poker, the minimum standard a hand must meet in order for it to be eligible for part of the pot.
Raise - In poker, a player raises by matching the previous bet and then betting more, in order to increase the stake for remaining players.
Rake - The money that the casino charges for each hand of poker. It is usually a percentage or flat fee that is taken from the pot after each round of betting.
Ring Game - A regular poker game rather than a tournament. May be referred to as a live game because actual money is used rather than chips.
River - In poker, the final card dealt in a hand of stud or hold 'em. In 7 card stud, staying in until the fifth and final round of betting is called going to the river.
Royal Flush - In Poker, an ace-high straight flush which is the best possible hand.
Rush - A streak of winning many consecutive hands in Poker.
Set - In Pai Gow Poker, players set their seven cards into two separate hands of two and five cards each.
Showdown - In poker, after the last betting round, the players who remain in the pot must show their hands in the showdown to determine the winner.
Singleton - In poker, a card that is the only one of its rank.
Skin Game - In poker, a game having two or more cheaters.
Skinning The Hand - A cheater's way of getting rid of excess cards in Poker.
Steal - In poker, to win the pot by bluffing.
Straight - In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks, but not of the same suit.
Straight Flush - In poker, a hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks of the same suit.
Stud Poker - A poker game with no draw.
Table Stakes - When the amount of money wagered is limited to the amount of money on the Poker table.
Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same denomination.
Trips - In poker, 3 of a kind.
Two Pair - In Poker, a hand consisting of two sets of pairs and a singleton.
W.S.O.P - The World Series of Poker.
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