Texas Holdem Poker
Terms
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A-B C-D E-H I-N O-R S-Z
Implied Odds - To take the pot odds concept
even futher to include money expected to be put into
the pot
Inside Straight - To have four cards that
require only one card between the highest rank and the lowest rank to complete a
straight
Jackpot Poker - A form of poker that offers a jackpot payoff to any
player that loses with an exceptionally good hand (Aces full or better)
Jam -
A hand in which several players are raising each other
Key Card - A card that
gives you a big draw or makes your hand
Key Hand - That one hand in the
course of a tournament or session the makes or breaks that player
Kick
It -
To raise
Kicker -The highest unpaired side card that helps determine the
value of hand
Kill
Pot - A way to stimulate action. It is a forced bet by
someone who has just won a pot
Knock - A check by knocking on the
table
Kojak - A hand that contains a K-J
Lady - A queen. Two queens are
ladies
Lay
Down - To fold
Lay Odds - To give favorable odds to an
opponent
Lead - The first player to bet into a pot
Leak
- To unknowingly
show ones hole cards
Leg
up - When a player has won the last pot and will
probably have to kill the pot if he/she wins the current pot
Lid - The top
card of the deck
Limit
Poker - A poker game where the amount of the bet is
fixed
Limp
In - To enter the pot by calling rather than raising
Live
Blind
- Same as big blind but live means the big blind bettor has the option of
raising his bet if no one else has raised
Live
Card - A card that has not
been dealt or exposed
Live
Hand - A hand that has a good chance to
improve
Live
On - The best opponent, one who plays fast, has a lot of money,
and is a poor player
Lock - A hand that cannot be beaten. Also called the
NUT
Lock Up - A chip marker that holds a seat for a player
Look - When a
player calls the final bet before the showdown
Loose - A player that plays a
high percentage of his/her hands
Make the Deck -To shuffle the deck
Middle
Pair
- To make a pair with one hole card and the middle card on the
flop
Miscall - When a player makes an incorrect verbal declaration of the
ranking of a hand
Misdeal - A hand that was dealt incorrectly and must be
reshuffled a dealt again
Missed
Blind - When a player is obligated to post a
blind and does not do it
Muck - The pile of discarded face down hands in
front of the dealer. Or to describe the act of a player folding (Throw their
cards into the muck)
Nickel - Another word for 5 dollar chip
No
Limit - A
version of poker where a player can bet any amount of chip up to the amount in
front of them
Nuts - The best possible hand any player can have given the
composition of the board
Nut Player - A very tight player who plays only the
best hands
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