Poker terms O to R

O

Offsuit: Cards of a different suit(s).

Omaha Poker: A Community Card Poker game, with similarities to Texas Hold'em. In Omaha Poker, each player receives four cards of their own (opposed to two in Texas Hold'em), but unlike Hold'em, whereplayers may choose to play either zero, one, or two of the cards in their Hand, in Omaha players must use exactly two of their cards. Omaha Poker is frequently played in a high-low version.

Open: To begin the Betting in a Betting Round.

Open-ended Straight Draw: Four consecutive cards, such as 5-6-7-8, which allows for the player to complete a Straight by receiving a card on either end of his/her current Hand (in this case, either a 4 or a 9 is needed to complete the Straight).

Open Card: A card that is dealt face-up.

Open Pair: A Pair that has been dealt face-up.

Option: An option is a Live Blind Bet made before the cards are dealt. If no one Raises, the "Option" player may Raise.

Out Button: A disc placed in front of a player who wishes to Sit Out a Hand(s), but still remain in the game.

P

Paints:

Face or picture cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Pair: Two cards of the same rank, e.g., two sevens or two Kings.

Pass: To Check or Pass the option to Bet/Raise to the next player in a Betting Round.

Pat Hand: An already complete Hand, that would not be broken-up to try to improve its value. Straights, Flushes, Full Houses, Four of a Kind, and StraightFlushes are all referred to as Pat Hands.

Pay Off: To Call on the final Betting Round when you may or may not think you have the best Hand.

Picture Cards: Face cards (Jack, Queen and King).

Play Back: To Raise or re-Raise another player's Bet.

Playing the Board: In Flop games when your best five card Hand is all five of the Community Cards.

Pocket: The player's cards, which are dealt face down. Also referred to as HoleCards

Pocket Rockets: Pocket or HoleCards consisting of a Pair of Aces.

Position: Important Poker strategy, which takes into consideration the fact that in most forms of Poker, the Player acting last holds a distinct advantage. Being last to act means the player possesses more information available when deciding whether to Check, Bet, Raise, or Fold.

Post: Placing Chips in the Pot (i.e. Posting the Blind Bets.)

Pot: The accumulated amount of Chips in the centre of the Table, being contested by the Active Players in the Hand.

Pot-Limit Poker: A variety of Poker in which players may Bet in an amountup to, but not greater than, the current amount in the Pot.

Pot Odds: It is often valuable to evaluate the amount in the Pot when deciding whether or not to Call a Bet. In a game with a large amount in the Pot, even a mediocre Hand may be worthwhile Calling if it possesses even a small chance to improve to the best Hand. On the contrary, if the Pot is small, even a fairly good Hand may not be worth a Call, as the amount of risk, relative to the amount one stands to gain, is simply not great enough.

Push: When, at the end of a Hand, the Dealer Pushes the Chips in the Pot to the winning player. Also, when Dealers rotate to other Tables.

Put Down: To Fold a Hand.

Q

Quads: Four of a Kind.

Qualifier: In high-low games, it is a requirement the Low Hand must meet to win the Pot.

R

Raise: To increase the amount of a Bet that has been made earlier by a player.

Rake: The small amount of money that the house subtracts from a game's Pot . The Rake is based on the total amount of the game's Pot after each Betting Round.

Rank: The value of each card and Hand.

Rap: When a player taps on the Table, indicating that he/she has Checked.

Razz: In Seven Card Stud, where the lowest five cards win the Pot.

Re-Raise: To Raise a previous Raise.

River: The fifth and final Community Card, placed face up in the centre of the Table, in a game of Hold'em or Omaha Poker. Also sometimes referred to as Fifth Street.

Rock: A player considered to be very conservative, who usually Bets or Raises only when he/she has a very strong Hand.

Rounders: Refers to "Hustlers". This is also the name of a popular Poker movie starring Matt Damon and Ed Norton.

Royal Flush: A Poker hand with a Straight Flush consisting of (A-K-Q-J-10). This is the highest valued Hand possible in Poker.