Texas Holdem Poker
Terms
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A-B C-D E-H I-N O-R S-Z
Sandbag - Playing a strong hand as if it were only a fair
one
Satellite - A mini tournament to gain an entry into the larger main
tournament
Scare Card - A card when drawn will now most certainly turn the
best into a probable loser
Second
Best - Is the best losing hand
Second
Pair
-when you pair the second highest card on the board
Shark
- A very good
player that eats up the poor players(fish)
Short Stacked - A
player that does not have many chips compared to the other players
Show - To
expose ones cards
Showdown - The point in the game where each player shows
their cards to see who is the winner
Shuffle - The act of randomly mixing the
cards before a hand
Side Pot - When a player in the game runs out of money a
side pot is created so the players with money left can continue. The player out
of money can not win the side pot
Small
Blind - The smaller of the two Blinds
that starts off a Texas Holdem pot
Speed Limit - Another name for a pair of
five's
Split
Pot - A pot that is shared by two or more winners
Split Two
Pair
- A player has two pairs, and one of each pair is a community card
Stake
- The amount of money a player enters into a game
Stay -When a player
remains in the game by calling rather than raising
Steal - To win the pot
with what is probably not the best hand, but raising and bluffing cause the
opponent to fold
Straight -Five cards in consecutive rank
Straight
Flush
-Five cards in consecutive rank, all of the same suit
Structured - Describes
games like holdem which has fixed betting structures
Stub - The portion of
the deck which has not been dealt
Suit - Any of the four sets of 13 in a deck
(clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades)
Suited - Cards are of the same
suit
Table
Charge -A fee paid for playing at a table
Table
Stakes - A
standard rule stating that a player can only bet with the chips he or she has on
the table during a hand. More chips may be bought between hands
Tapped Out -
To lose all of ones money
Tell - Any type of mannerisms a player unknowing
does to reveal the strength of their hand
Thirty
Miles - Another name for
three tens
Three of a
Kind -Three cards with the same number, or face
value
Tight - A way of playing were few hands are played, only playing
premium hands
Tilt - To play wildly, with little caution. Not playing your
best
Time - Asking to suspend play, to have a moment to decide what to do
next
Toke - A small amount of money given to the dealer from the wining pot
as a tip
Top Pair - When a player has a hole card that pairs up with the
highest card on the board
Tournament - A competition where normally the chips
are not money, but just a counting object to see who wins prizes made from the
entry fees
Trips - Another name for three of a kind
Turn
(Turncard)- The
fourth community card in Texas Hold'em Poker
Two
Pair - Two separate pairs of
different values
Under the
Gun - A player is under the gun if they are the
one that has to bet first in a betting round
Underdog - A hand that is
mathematically not likely to win the pot
Wager - To bet or raise
Walking
Sticks
- Another name for a pair of sevens
Wash - To shuffle the
deck
Wheel - A straight that consists of Ace-2-3-4-5 also called a
Bicycle
World Series of
Poker
- A poker tournament with a $10,000
dollar buy-in at Binion's HorseShoe Las Vegas Nevada (WSOP)
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