Glossary of poker terms
The following is a glossary of poker terms used in the card game of poker. It supplements the glossary of card game terms. Besides the terms listed here, there are thousands of common and uncommon poker slang terms. This is not intended to be a formal dictionary; precise usage details and multiple closely related senses are omitted here in favor of concise treatment of the basics.
A
; ace in the hole; ace-to-five, ace-to-six
; act
; acting out of turn
; action
; action button
; action card
; action only
; active player
; add-on
; advertising
; aggressive, aggression
; aggression factor
; air
; all in
; angle
; angle shooting
; ante
; ante off
; any two cards
B
; baby; backdoor
; back in
; back into
; backraise
; bad beat
; balance
; bank
; bankroll
; bankroll management
; behind
; bet
; betting structure
; big bet
; big bet game
; big blind
; big blind special
; big full
; big stack
; blank
; blaze
; bleed
; blind
; blind defense
; blind steal
; blind stud
; blind off, blinded
; blocker
; blocking bet
; bluff
; bluff catching range
; bluff induce
; board
; boat
; bomb pot
; both ways
; bottom dealing
; bottom end
; bottom pair, bottom set
; bounty
; box
; boxed card
; break
; brick
; brick and mortar
; bridge order
; bring in
; broadway
; brush
; bubble
; bubble factor
; buck
; bug
; bully
; burn card, burn
; busted
; button
; buy-in
; buy short
; buy the button
; buy the pot
C
; call; call the clock
; calling station
; cap
; cap game
; card protector
; cards
; cards speak
; case card
; cash game
; cash plays
; cashing
; cashing out
; catch
; catch up
; catch perfect
; center pot
; chase
; check
; check out
; check-raise
; chip
; chip declare
; chip dumping
; chip leader
; chip race
; chip up
; chop
; chopping the blinds
; click raise
; closed
; coffee housing
; coin flip
; cold call
; cold deck
; collusion
; color change, color up
; combo, combination game
; come bet, on the come
; community card
; complete hand
; completion
; connectors
; continuation bet
; cooler
; countdown
; counterfeit
; cow
; cripple
; crying call
; cut
; cut card
; cutoff
D
; dark; dead blind
; dead button
; dead hand
; dead man's hand
; dead money
; deal
; deal twice
; dealer
; dealer's choice
; declare
; deep stack
; defense
; deuce
; deuce-to-seven
; dirty stack
; discard
; dominated hand
; donk bet
; donkey
; door card
; double-ace flush
; double belly buster straight draw
; double-board, double-flop
; double-draw
; double raise
; double suited
; double up, double through
; downbet
; downcard
; downswing
; drag light
; draw, drawing hand, come hand
; drawing dead
; drawing live
; drawing thin
; drop
; dry ace
; dry board
; dry pot
; duplicate
E
; early position; eight or better
; equity
; expectation, expected value, EV
; exposed card
F
; family pot; fast
; favorite
; feeder
; felt
; field
; fifth street
; fill, fill up
; final table
; first position
; fish
; five of a kind
; fixed limit, flat limit
; flash
; flat call
; float
; floorman, floorperson
; flop
; flop game
; flush
; fold
; fold equity
; forced bet
; forced-move
; forward motion
; fouled hand
; four-flush
; four of a kind
; four-straight
; fourth street
; free card
; freeroll
; freezeout
; full house, full boat, full hand, full
; full bet rule
; full ring
G
; gap hand; get away
; going north
; going south
; grinder
; guts, guts to open
; gut shot, gutshot, gutter
; gypsy
H
; half bet rule; hand
; hand-for-hand
; hand history
; hanger
; heads up poker
; heater
; hero call
; high hand, high
; high card
; high-low, high-low split
; hijack seat
; hit and run
; hole cards, hole
; hole cam
; Hollywood
; home game
; horse
; H.O.R.S.E.
I
; ICM; ignorant end, idiot end
; implied pot odds, implied odds
; improve
; in position
; in the middle
; in the money
; in turn
; inside straight
; insurance
; irregular declaration
; irregularity
; isolation
; ITM
J
; jackpot; joker
; juice
; junk
K
; kicker; kill button
; kill game, kill pot
; kill hand
; kitty
L
; lag; lammer
; last to act
; laydown
; lead
; level
; leg-up, leg-up button
; light
; limit
; limp, limp in
; limp-reraise
; live bet.
; live cards
; live hand
; live game
; live poker
; lock up
; loose
; low
M
; M-ratio; made hand
; maniac
; mark
; match the pot
; micro-limit
; middle pair
; middle position
; misdeal
; missed blind
; move in
; multi-table tournament
; muck
; multi-way pot
N
; negative freeroll; nit
; no-limit
; nosebleed stakes
; nothing
; nothing card
; nut hand
; nut low
O
; offsuit; on the button
; one-chip rule
; one-eyed royals
; one-ended straight draw
; open
; open-ended straight draw, open-ended
; openers
; open limp
; option
; orbit
; outs
; out of position
; outside straight draw
; overbet
; overcall
; overcard
; overpair
;overs
P
; paint; pair
; passive
; pat
; pay off
; penny ante
; perfect
; pick-up
; play the board
;
; pocket cards
; pocket pair
; poker face
; poker table
; polarized
; position
; position bet
; post
; post dead
; post oak bluff
; pot
; pot-committed
; pot-limit
; pot odds
; pre-flop
; probe bet
; prop, proposition player
; protected pot
; protection, protect
; purse
; push
; put the clock
; put on
Q
; quads; qualifier, qualifying low
; quartered
R
; rabbit hunt; raccoon
; rack
; race
; rag
; rail
; railbird
; rainbow
; raise
; rake
; rakeback
; rakeback pro
; range of hands
; rathole
; rebuy
; redeal
; redraw
; represent
; reraise
; ring game
; river
; rock
; roll your own
; rolled-up trips
; rounder
; royal cards
; royal flush
; run it twice, running it twice
; runner-runner
; rush
S
; sandbag; satellite
; scare card
; scoop
; second pair
; sell
; semi-bluff
; set
; set-up
; sevens rule
; shark
; shill
; shoe
; shootout
; short buy
; short stack
; shorthanded
; shove
; showdown
; side game
; side pot
; sit and go
; slow play
; slow roll
; small blind
; smooched
; smooth call
; snap call
; snow
; soft-play
; soft break
; splash the pot
; split
; split two pair
; spread
; spread-limit
; squeeze play
; stack
; stakes
; staking
; stand pat
; starting hand
; steal
; steam
; stop and go
; straddle bet
; straight
; straight flush
; strategy card
; street
; string bet
; structured
; stub
; stud
; subscription poker
; suck out
; suited
; suited connectors
; super satellite
T
; table stakes; tag
; tainted outs
; tank, in the tank
; tell
; texture
; third man walking
; three bet, three betting
; three of a kind
; tight
; tilt
; timer
; to go
; toke
; top kicker
; top pair
; top two
; trap
; trey
; trips
; turbo
; turn
U
; under the gun; underdog
; underfull
; up
; upcard
; upswing
; up the ante
; upstairs
V
; value bet; variance
; vigorish, vig
; VPIP
W
; wake up; walk
; wash
; weak ace
; weak player
; webcam poker
; wet board
; wheel
; wild card
; window card
; wrap