Poker terms A to E

A

Aces Full: A five card Poker Hand that contains a Full House consisting of three Aces and any Pair.

Ace-High: A five card Poker Hand that contains one Ace, with no Straight or Flush.

Aces Up: A five card Poker Hand that contains two Pairs, one of which is Aces.

Action:A term for "Betting." Initiating the Betting may be referred to as "Starting the Action".

Active Bet: A Bet (i.e. Blind Bets, Bets, Raises).

Active Player : Any player still participating in the current Hand.

All-in: When a player runs out of Chips and/or is disconnected, but continues to remain an Active Player.

American Airlines: Two Aces.

Ante: An initial sum of money, placed in the Pot by each player wishing to participate in the Hand. Antes are applicable in games of Stud and Draw Poker, but are not used in games of Hold'em or Omaha Poker.

B

Bad Beat: When a Hand is beaten by a lucky Draw.

Belly Buster: A Draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight.

Bet: Placing an amount of Chips into the Pot.

Bet the Pot: Betting an amount equal to the Pot.

Betting Round: The period during a Poker game when players have the opportunity to Fold, Bet, Check or Raise. Each Betting Round ends when the last Bet or Raise has been Called or when all players but one have folded thier hands.

Bicycle: A Poker Hand consisting of an A-2-3-4-5 Straight.

Big Blind: An initial mandatory Bet, in games of Hold'em and Omaha Poker, which is Posted by the player two seats to the left of the Dealer, in a clockwise fashion. The Big Blind is equal to thatTable's Lower Betting Limit. For example, at a $10-20 Table, the Big Blind would be $10.

Big Slick: A Poker Hand that contains an Ace and King.

Blind: Initial mandatory Bets, placed in the Pot by the first two players to the left of the Dealer, in a clockwise fashion, in games of Hold'em and Omaha Poker. See "Small Blind" and "Big Blind".

Blind Raise: When a player Raises without looking at his/her Hand.

Bluff: To continue Betting in a Poker Hand, while holding a weak Hand. The strategy of "Bluffing" is usually employed in the hope that misleading or intimidation the other players in the game will convince them to "Fold", therefore allowing the player Bluffing to win the Pot.

Board: Refers to the shared cards (see "Community Cards") placed at the centre of centre'em and Omaha Poker Tables. "Looking around the board," means looking at these visible cards. The Boardcards are visible to, and shared by, all playersat the Table. In Stud Poker games, each player has his own Board.

Bottom Pair: When a player uses the lowest card in the Flop to create a Pair with one of his/her own cards.

Broadway: A Poker Hand consisting of an Ace high Straight (10-J-Q-K-A).

Bring-in: A mandatory first Bet made in the first Betting Round of a Stud Poker game only. The Bring-in is usually placed by the player showing the lowest valued card; though in some games the player showing the highest valued card is forced to do so. On all additional rounds, the player showing the highest valued Hand on Board has the option to Bet first, or not.

Bring It In: To initiate the Betting in the Hand's first Betting Round.

Broomcorn's Uncle: A player who uses up all his/her Chips through placing Antes.

Bullets: A Pair of Aces.

Bump: To Raise.

Button: A round plastic disc, with a "D" on it, which is used to represent/identify the present Dealer position in the game. After each Hand the Button moves left, in a clockwise fashion, to the next Active Player Sitting-in at the Table.

Buy-In: The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down at a particular Poker Table.

C

Call: To equal or match the last Bet amount that has been made.

Cap: To make the last and final of a Betting Round's Raises, based on the maximum number of permissible Raises per Betting Round in that Poker game.

Case Chips: A player's last Chips.

Cash Out: To leave a game and convert your Chips to cash.

Check: To decline making a Betting Round's initial Bet and Pass the option to thenext Active Player. After a Betting Round's initial Bet has been placed, players no longer have the option to Check and may only Call, Raise or Fold (see below).

Check-Raise: When a player first Checks and then Raises in a Betting Round.

Chop: To return the Blind Bets to the players who Posted them, when no other players elect to Call in a Poker game's first Betting Round. The game then moves on to thenext Hand. Also referred to "Splitting the Pot".

Collusion: When two or more players conspire to cheat in a Poker game.

Community Cards: Thecards, placed face up in the middle of the Table, which are visible to and shared by all players in Hold'em and Omaha Poker games.

Cowboys: Two Kings.

D

Dead Bet: A non-Active Bet or penalty fee, which is placed in the Pot, but which the other players at the Table are not required to refer to (i.e. if a player misses both Blind Bets, upon re-Sitting-in that player must Post a Live Bet equal to the Big Blind, plus a Dead Bet equal to the Small Blind).

Dead Man's Hand: Two Pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this Hand).

Dealer: The player who either actually, or representatively, distributes the cards to the other players at the Poker Table.

Door Card: This is the first exposed, face up or up card, in a player's Hand in a game of Stud Poker.

Down Card: Holecards- Cards that are dealt face down.

Doyle Brunson: A Hold'em Poker Hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world championship two years in a row on the final Hand with these cards).

Drawing Hand: A presently relatively worthless Hand, yet with the Potential to become a strong Hand. The most common types of Drawing Hands are four card Straights and four card Flushes.

Drop: Fold.

Ducks: A Pair of Twos.

Deuces: A Pair of Twos.

E

Early Position: A player's position in a Betting Round where the player must act before most ofthe other players at the Table (usually considered the two players seated to the left of the players who placed the Blind Bets.)