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Poker Terms

act

make a move: bet, call, raise, or fold when it’s your turn. Also see: “in turn”.

action

when it is your turn to act that means the “action” is on you
when it is a lot of betting in the game you can say that is a lot of action
in poker play it means sometimes the amount a player can win or can lose in a single hand

action card
a big card on the flop or a high pair also on the flop

active player

a player still involved in the hand or the pot

add-on

in a live game, to buy more chips before you have busted. In tournament play, a single rebuy for which all players are eligible regardless of their stack size. This is usually allowed only once, at the end of the rebuy period. The add-on often offers more chips per dollar invested than the buyin and rebuys. Compare with “rebuy”.

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to prepare your bluff by plaing in another way comparing with your usual play or your best play, like you play loose just to create a rong impresion for yourself and make good money with hand you will not usualy be paid

backdoor

for ex: you have AQ in the hand, the flop comes Q, 9,3, the turn 10 and river K, you hit a high pair on flop with top kick

back in

to enter a pot by checking and then calling someone else’s open on the first betting round. Usually used in games like Jackpots, meaning to enter without openers.

back into

it is like you check the all way to the river and the win the pot eith the high card, is usualy a hand that you would have foldet to any bet

backraise

or you coul say it a limp reraise it is about someone who limped in to the pot and decided to raise for example to isolate an player who is all in

bad beat

is a bet that you usualy win but this time you louse with that hand, like the second nuts

bankroll

the money that you need to play poker for the all your poker career

behind

When you are sure that your hand is not the best on the table

Bet

The money that you put in the midle for playing your hand

Blind

It is a dark bet, it is when you put your money in the midle without seeing your cards

blocking bet

a small bet made by someone with the intention to block or to avoid a big bet from a player who is in a beter position

boat

synonym for full house

bottom pair, bottom set

a pair or a set with the lowest card from the community cards

bounty

the rewards for the players in tournament who eliminate other players

broadway

a ten through ace straight.

button

is a mark that indicates the dealer position at that moment

buy-in

the stack of chips that is minimum requierd for a player to sit at the table or to participate to a tournament

call the clock

a way to press player from taking a too long time to act

calling station

the one from the table who call almost every bet

cash game

also caled ring game are the poker games played with real money and with no clock or end time settled

center pot

the main pot in a table stakes game where one or more players are all in.

chase

when you call a bet to see the next card because the odds are with you or you are holding a draw hand

check

pass or ceck is then when nobody is beting anf you do not want to bet either you just say ceck

chip leader

the player who have the large stack on the table or in tournament

community card

the cards from the flop, turn and river that everybody see

connectors

two cards of consecutive rank for ex: 6 and 7

continuation bet

a bet made by a player who made a bet before the flop

deal

to distribute the cards to players (the dealer is dealing the cards) or it can mean also an settlement between two player to split the prise pool

draw, drawing hand

when a player fo not have a coplete hand and he need one card to make he’s flush or or the straight

drawing dead

when a poker player is running for a flush, he make the flush but he luse the pot because someone have a big hand, a big flush, a full house or something