| Add On |
An Option to purchase more chips |
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| All In |
Putting all your remaining chips into the pot |
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| Ante |
A forced amount to be played by all players to create a pot before any cards are dealt. |
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| Backdoor |
Making an unintended hand |
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| Backraise |
A re-raise by a player who called previously. |
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| Big Blind |
The largest blind posted by the player two seats to the left of the dealer. |
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| Blind |
A required bet before any cards are shown to create a pot |
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| Bluff |
Pretending you have a good hand |
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| Burn Card |
Discarded cards before the flop, turn and river cards. |
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| Buy In |
The amount a player has to spend to enter a tournament |
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| Call |
Matching a bet amount |
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| Check |
To pass your turn when no bets have been made |
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| Chips |
Disks used to represent money |
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| Dealer |
The person who handles the cards |
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| Dealers Position |
the last player to act in a betting round |
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| Fish |
A weak poker player |
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| Flop |
First 3 community cards that all players can use to make a hand. |
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| Fold |
To surrender your hand forfeiting the pot |
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| Heads Up |
When only two players are involved in a hand |
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| High Limit |
A game where stakes are high |
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| The House |
where the game is being held |
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| Live Hand |
An active hand |
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| Loose |
A player that gets involved in lots of hands and pots |
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| Low Limit |
A game where stakes are low |
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| Muck |
To hide your hand after a pot has been decided |
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| No Limit |
The amount you stake is only limited by the chips you have |
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| Outs |
The number of cards left that will improve your hand. |
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| Pineapple |
A variation of texas holdem where players are dealt 3 cards and can discard one. |
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| Pocket Cards |
The first 2 cards dealt to you that no one else can see |
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| Pre Flop |
The time from being dealt your first two cards up until the flop |
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| Pro |
A professional poker player |
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| Raise |
Placing the first bet in a round |
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| Rake |
Money taken by the house from each pot. |
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| Rag |
A useless card |
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| Re raise |
Putting in another bet on top of a previous raise |
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| Re buy |
A tournament option where players who run out of chips can buy more to continue playing |
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| River |
The 5th and last community card dealt in Texas holdem |
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| Sandbagging |
Holding back and calling when you have a good hand |
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| Shark |
A good player or one who disguises his skill to trick others |
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| Showdown |
When players reveal there hands |
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| Slow Playing |
Playing deceptively with a strong hand by checking and raising when the pot rises. |
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| Stash |
A Poker players money |
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| Tell |
An action by a player that gives away the strength of his hand |
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| Texas Holdem |
Form of poker where each player is dealt two cards followed by five community cards |
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| Turn |
The fourth community card dealt after the flop |
