Poker Glossary

When a player chooses to match the previous bet.

To call both a bet and raise(s).

A weak-passive player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much.

To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting.

The room or space in a casino where poker is played.

A player's last chips.

Also known as a Ring Game.A cash game is a poker game played with "real" chips and money on the line, usually with no predetermined end time. In contrast, a poker tournament is played with tournament chips (worth nothing outside the tournament) with a definite end condition (usually, only one player left).

To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.

To call in the hopes of hitting a draw. This word often connotes that someone is a calling station and will call even with weak odds.

When it's a player's turn to act and there has been no action in front of them and he opts not to bet, he 'checks.'

To check with the intention of raising your opponent once he/she bets.

A form of cheating where a player deliberately loses hands until alltheir chips are passed to a partner player.

To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if no other players call. It also means to 'split the pot'.

For a bonus, it is rate per hour that you can expect to make clearing a bonus at a poker site.

This is when players chat about a hand they are involved in, with the intent of misleading or manipulating other players.

A player who is receiving cold cards is usually an experienced rounder who is having bad luck due to a long running string of bad cards.

When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.

Cards that are presented face-up in the middle of the poker table and shared among players in games like Hold'em and Omaha. These are also referred to as board cards or "the board".

A Hold'em starting hand in which the two cards are one apart in rank.

Sometimes a card will come on the board thatwill hurt your hand because it makes previously valuable cards in your hand communal property. For example, suppose you hold A9 in a game of Texas Hold'em. The board is 5678. You hold a straight to the 9! However, if the final card on the river comes a 9, your hand is counterfeited. Now, everyone has a straight to the nine.

Pocket Kings.

To beat a hand - typically a big hand. You hear this most often applied to pocket aces: "Third time tonight I've had pocket aces cracked."

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