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Action |
The
betting and raising by players still in the hand. |
Add on |
A
point in the tournament when you can buy more chips. |
All-in |
When
a player places all his remaining chips in the pot. |
Ante |
An
enforced bet. |
Avatar |
A
computer generated character that represents you around the table in an
online game. |
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B&M
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Bricks
and Mortar. A real place to play poker around a table with other players
sat in front of you. |
Back door flush
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A
flush made by the turn and the river card. |
Bet and raise themselves
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When
a player continually bets and raises to get the biggest pot possible. |
Bet out
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When
you have to bet. |
Bet out the turn
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Betting
strongly when you have good hands to lesson the chance of someone calling
you. |
Bethole
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When
high betting and fast play relieve a player of a great number of chips very
quickly they are said to be in a Bethole. |
Big blind
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The
bet the second player to the left of the dealer has to place in the pot
before any cards are dealt. |
Bind bets
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The
two players to the left of the dealer have to place a bet in the pot before
any cards are dealt. As they have not seen their cards these bets are called
blind bets. |
Book
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A
written record in a Book or on a computer of the players opponents past
play. The conscientious on line players will keep such a record. |
Bots
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Short
for Robots, that is poker playing programs disguised as human players. |
Button |
A round disc that goes from player to player clockwise around the table
after each hand. The player with the button is the dealer. |
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Caught out
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When
you underestimate the strength of your hand. |
Chase to the river
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When
players don’t fold their cards until they have seen all the community
cards. |
Chat Box
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A
text window where you can talk to the other players in the game. |
Chat Dork |
A
player who chats to pass the time and not for strategic purposes. |
Chatterbox
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A
player who uses the text window aggressively to put off there opponents. |
Check-raise
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When
a player in an early position checks and another player in a later position
bets. The original player will then raise that bet. |
Community cards
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The
five cards on the table that all the players use to make their best hand. |
Count five method
|
A
method a player can use to hide the amount of time it takes to make a decision
and thus hide their hand. The player simply counts to five before betting
rather then doing it straight away when they see the card they were waiting
for. |
Cyber chips
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The
chips you play with online. |
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Dealer
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The
person handing out(dealing) the cards. |
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Field
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The
number of players in the tournament. |
Fish
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A
clueless player. |
Flop.
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The
1st 3 community cards. |
Flop big
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If
you have two big pocket cards such as QK you will be looking for a big flop
such as QQK, QKA of QK6. |
Fold
|
To
leave the current hand, you return your cards to the dealer. This action
is called folding. |
Four outer
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The
number of cards you need to hit in order to win or share the pot. In this
case four. |
Free card
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When
all the players in the hand check and you get to see a card for nothing,
it is called a free card. |
Free ride
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When
no one bets and you can play for free. |
Freeze out
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A
tournament without rebuys and add ons. |
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Gapped straight. |
If
you are trying you make a straight and you are missing one or more cards
from the straight and the missing cards are not from the beginning of the
end. Such as 4 5 7 8, 1 4 5 or 8 9 J Q |
Gut shot straight draw |
A
situation when a player is looking for one card to fill their straight. |
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Half your stack
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To
put half your chips in the pot. |
Hand Log
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A
record of all the hands in the game. This can be viewed on line as the game
progresses. |
Heads up situation
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When
only two players are playing against each other they are heads up. |
Hit and Run
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Joining
an online game then betting aggressively for a few hands, winning money
and then leaving before they other players have a chance to win it back. |
Hit and Run bad
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When
the above fails. |
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Putting the maximum
allowed number of chips in the pot. |
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The highest single
cards accompanying your pair, two pair, trips or quads. |
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Later streets |
Cards
seen after the initial community cards or flop. The turn card is sometimes
called the 4th street and the river the 5th street. |
Limper
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Players
that only call the minimum amount are said to be limping along. |
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Muck
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To
fold your cards to the dealer without showing the other players what cards
you had. |
Multi
way pot
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A
pot with more than three players playing in it. |
Monkey
fish
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A
player who is both clueless and loose. |
Monversation
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One
way chat in the text box. When one player in talking to another without
reply. |
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The Nuts
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An
unbeatable hand made from the players pocket cards and the community cards. |
Nonversation
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No
way chat. When a player has disabled chat for another player who continues
to talk to them. |
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OMHS |
(One
More Hand Syndrome)
When you just don’t want to leave the game when perhaps you now you
should. You’ll find yourself saying “just one more hand.” |
On Call
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A
player who is calling everything regardless of what cards they actually
have. |
On the Come
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A
bet a player makes before he hits his hand. |
Over card
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A
pocket card which is higher than any community card. |
Over pair
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A
pocket pair which is higher than any of the community cards. |
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Play tighter
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When
a player only plays the very best cards. |
Play to the river
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Not
folding until all the community cards have been dealt. |
Pocket cards
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The
two cards each player is dealt at the beginning of the hand. |
Preaction Buttons
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Boxes
on screen that allow the player to decide who they will pay the hand before
it is their turn. |
Pump it
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To
make large bets and thus make it very expensive for other players to call
you. |
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Quads
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Four
of a kind. |
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Rag
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A card
that looks useless. |
River card
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The
5th community card. |
Real world
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Another
turn for B&M. |
Rebuys
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Some
tournaments have Rebuys, which means that if you loose all your chips you
can buy yourself back in. Rebuys usually last for the first hour. |
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Scooping
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To
win the pot all to yourself. |
Showdown
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Where
all the cards are turned over for everyone to see. |
Slow play
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When
the betting is very small until the last round. |
Small blind
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The
bet the first player to the left of the dealer has to place in the pot before
any cards are dealt. |
Steal
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A
large bet, placed without a hand, attempting to make the other players fold
and thus steal the pot. |
Suss out
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To
become aware of how the online site works. Or to become familiar with a
players strategies. |
Scooping
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To
win the pot all to yourself. |
Showdown
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Where
all the cards are turned over for everyone to see. |
Slow play
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When
the betting is very small until the last round. |
Small blind
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The
bet the first player to the left of the dealer has to place in the pot before
any cards are dealt. |
Steal
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A
large bet, placed without a hand, attempting to make the other players fold
and thus steal the pot |
Suss out
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To
become aware of how the online site works. Or to become familiar with a
players strategies. |
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Trips
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Three
of a kind. |
Turn card
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The
4th community card. |
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Under the gun
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The
first player to bet in any round is said to be under the gun. |
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Wheel Straight.
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A
straight from A to 5. |
Wild Chat
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When
a player uses the online chat to disguise his real intentions or skill level. |
Winback
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When
playing god poker is no longer a concern of the player. Their only goal
is to recoup their losses. |
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