Poker definitions - Poker Dictionary A-D

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Aces Full

A full house with three aces and any pair.

Ace-High

hand with no pair in it. A one card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush.

Aces Up

A hand that contains two pairs , one of which is Aces.

Action

Pots is considered an "action" game. Checking/Betting/Raising. A game in which players are playing a lot of.

Active Player

Any player who is still in the hand.

Add-on

A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in

All-In

Deemed "All-in" when you are disconnected (even if you have chips remaining). When a player bets all his/her chips.: In online poker , you may be

American Airlines

Two Aces.

Ante

Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun.

B

Bad Beat

When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw.

Belly Buster

A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight.

Bet

To place chips into the pot .

Bet the Pot

When a player bets the amount of the pot.

Bicycle

A straight that is A-2-3-4-5.

Big Blind

Position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt. (Players joining a game in progress must post a Big Blind, but may doso from any position.) A designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second

Big Slick

A hand that contains an A-K.

Blind

Dealer.s left which will start the action on the .rst. The blinds are posted before any cards are dealt. (A "Blind" bet is one that is made in the dark without looking at your cards.) The bet(s) that must be made by the two players sitting directly to the round of betting.

Blind Raise

When a player raises without looking at his hand.

Blu.

Might otherwise have by.

Best hand.

To make other players believe that one has a better hand than he/she betting or raising when they do not have the boardcards.

In

The cards that are dealt face-up in a poker game for all players to see. .op games , .ve cards are dealt face-up in the center of the table. Seven Card Stud , four cards are dealt face-up in front of each player.

Bottom Pair

When a player uses the lowest card on the .op to make a pair with.

Broadway

An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).

Bring-In

Dealt the lowest card showing in.

In

Bring It In.To start the betting on the .rst round.

Broomcorn.s Uncle

A player who antes himself broke.

Bullets

A pair of Aces.

Bump

To raise.

Button

from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand. Also known as the dealer button, it is a small round disk that is moved

Buy-In

Particular poker game. The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down.

C

Call

When a player chooses to match the previous bet.

Call Cold

To call both a bet and raise(s).

Cap of betting.

To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round

Cardroom

The room or space in a casino where poker is played.

Case Chips

A player.s last chips.

Cash Out

To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.

Check

Opts not to bet, he "checks." When it.s a player.s turn to act and there has been no action in front

Check-Raise

When a player .rst checks and then raises in a betting round.

Chop

the next hand if no other players call. It also means to "split the pot". To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to

Collusion

When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.

Community Cards

Cards that are face-up and used by all players.

Cowboys

Two Kings.

D

Dead Man.s Hand

While playing this hand. Two pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back

Door Card

This is the 1rst exposed card, or "up" card, in a player.s hand in Stud

Down Card Hole

Cards that are dealt face down.

Doyle Brunson

Championship two years in a row on the .nal hand with these cards). It.s a Holdem hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world

Draw Lowball

Discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones and the

Low hand wins

Form of poker where each player is dealt .ve cards with the option

Draw Poker

Option of discarding one or more and replacing them with new onesto attempt to make a better hand. Form of poker where each player is dealt .ve cards down with the Drop Fold.

Ducks

A pair of Twos.

Deuces

A pair of Twos. The forced bet made on the .rst round of betting by the player who is Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better. Razz (Lowball) it is the highest card showing