Texas Holdem Poker
Terms
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A-B C-D E-H I-N O-R S-Z
Ace
High
-Used to describe a poker hand that uses the ace card as its highest
value
Aces
Full -A full house containing three aces and another pair.
It is the highest ranking full house
- Aces
Up -A hand that has two pair, one of which is a pair of Aces
Action -
Describes any type of Betting activity
Active
Player - Any player that is
still in the pot
Add
On - To select to buy more chips at the end of the
re-buy period in a tournament
Advertise - Having a bluff called so to be able
to encourage your opponents to call at a later time
Aggressive
Action - To
bet or raise in such a manner as to possibly win the pot without a
showdown
All In - To place all of your playable chips in the pot during the
play of a hand
All Pink - A flush containing all hearts and
diamonds
American Airlines - Describes a pair of aces
Announced - A bet
that is spoken by the player (Announced) before the chips are placed in the
pot
Ante - A small beginning bet placed by each player to start a poker pot.
Texan Holdem uses "Blinds" instead of an ante
Baby - Small value cards
2,3,4,5 that are needed to complete a hand, not counting aces
Back Raise -To
re-raise an opponent's raise
Backdoor - You Backdoor a hand when you get the
needed cards to complete it on both the turn and river card
Backer -A
non-player that is financially backing a player
Bad Beat - When a large
underdog hand beats a heavily favored hand
Bank Roll -Total value of the
players currently available gambling funds
Belly Buster -An inside straight
draw, also called a gutshot
Bet - Any placement of chips into the pot in
accordance to the rules
Bet the Pot - Whenever a player bets the same amount
that currently in the pot
Bicycle -A straight that consists of Ace-2-3-4-5
also called a wheel
Big Pair -A pair with a value of 10 or greater
Big Slick
-A hole cards of a King and an Ace no matter the suit. A great start in
Texas Holdem Poker
Big
Blind - The largest of the two blind bets in Texas
Holdem Poker
Blank - A card that adds no value to a hand
Blind - A
mandatory bet that is placed before any cards are seen. In Texas Holdem Poker
there are two blinds big and small
Bluff -When a player bets or raises in an
attempt to make better hands fold
Board or Boardcards - Cards that the dealt
face up for all players to see
Bobtail Straight -An open-ended 4-card
straight flush
Bottom Pair - Making a pair with one of your hole cards and
the lowest card on the flop
Boxed
Card - A card that is in the Deck and
facing up while all the other cards are facing down
Broadway -A hand
consisting of an Ace high straight
Broken
Game - A game no longer in
action
Broomcorn's
Uncle - A player that repetitively antes and fold until
they have no more bankroll
Bump -Another name for a raise
Burn - This
describes the act of taking the top card of the deck out of play (burn it)
before placing community cards on the table
Busted
Hand -A hand that is now
worthless because it failed achieve it potential after the final draw
Button or Dealer Button
-A white disk that rotates around the table to signify which
player is in the dealer position
Buy In -This is the amount of the chips that
the player bought at the beginning of the game
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