Check – A check allows you to stay in the game without placing a bet for one more round if other players also don’t bet.
Cowboy – King, for example, K.
Check-Raise – After you have checked, another player has bet. In order to stay in the game, you also raise your bet.
Calling Station – A player who calls the bet all the time.
Connectors – Cards that can later give you a street, for example: 9 10 connectors. If these cards are in the same suit, they are called suited connectors.
Cut-off – the last player before the button. Cut-off and button are the most advantageous positions when deciding on bets.
C-bet – Continuation bet, or continuous bet.
Call – Equalize the bet.
Draw – The chance of getting a good combination (straight, flush or more).
Deuce – Two, for example, 2.
Drawing Dead – Trying to win with a good card when it is no longer possible.
Early Position – In relation to other players, when you are one of the first to decide whether to place a bet or not.
Full House – A combination of the same type of cards and a pair.
Flush – Five suited cards.
Four of a kind – Four cards of the same type
Fold – Discard cards.
Flush-Draw – You have four suited cards and are hoping to get a fifth for Flash.
Fish – Bad poker player.
Fifth Street – The fifth card that every player receives when playing Seven Card Stud poker.
FreezeOut – A tournament in which there can be only one winner at the table, or in which the entire pot goes to one player. In such a game, it is not allowed to buy additional chips.
Free Card – A card that everyone can see without having to place a bet after everyone has checked.
Fourth Street – The fourth card that every player receives when playing Seven Card Stud poker.
Favourite – The hand that has the best chance of winning.
Freeroll – An online poker tournament in which the buy-in and/or blinds are cancelled; poker sites often cancel the entry fee but offer real cash prizes.
Flop – The first three cards to appear on the table in Texas Hold’em and Omaha.
Gutshot – When there is still a card missing in the middle of your street.
Heads Up – Only two players play against each other.
Hit – When you get the card you want.
Implied Odds – The ratio of the total amount of money that you expect to win if you hit a combination to the bet that you must now place to continue trading.
Kicker – The card in your hands, not included in the combination; For example, you have QJ in your hands, and Q appears on the board after the flop, then J is the kicker since Queens are a pair.
Longhand – A game of poker with 7 or more players.
Loose – A game with many combinations of cards.
Limper – A player who agrees to the minimum bet of the pot.
Limp in – Equalize, the same as call.
LP (Late Position) – Late position in relation to other players, when you have to decide whether to place a bet, being one of the last to make a decision.
MTT (Multi-table tournaments) – tournaments with a minimum of 20 players at two tables.
MP (Middle Position) – Average position relative to the button and other players. Muck – Throwing your cards away without showing them.
Monster – A hand that is almost impossible to beat.
Middle Pair – For example, you have K7 in your hands, and on table 9 7 2.
Maniac – A very aggressive player who raises with cards that a normal player would not play at all.
NL (No Limit) – A game in which there is no limit on bets.
Odds – Chance that you will receive a certain card/combination.
Open-Ended – A situation when you have four cards in a row in your hand, but you need one more card at the beginning or at the end of the combination to get a straight, for example: 9 8 7 6, you need 10 or 5.
Outs – Card(s) that will probably give you the best hand.
Offsuit – Different types of cards, not suited.
Overpair – A pair in your hands is higher than the cards on the table, for example: KK in your hand, and on table 10 2 2.
Pair – Two cards of the same type, for example: 8 8.
PL (Pot Limit) – A betting system in which the maximum bet limit is equal to the size of the pot (bank) plus the amount you will bet in the event of a re-raise.
Play Back – Raise or re-raise your opponent’s bet.
Play Fast – Call aggressively with an incomplete hand so that you win when the card you need appears.
Play Money – Fake money for practice games.
Pocket Cowboys – You have two kings in your hand, for example: K K.
Pocket Pair – You hold a pair before the flop, for example: 9 9.
Pocket Rockets – You have two Aces in your hand, for example: A A.
Re-Buy – Purchase additional chips in the tournament.
Raise – Raise the bet by a certain amount.
Rake – Part of the money that remains in the bank/room.
Royal Flush – Best poker hand possible, suited A K Q J 10.
Rounder – The professional poker player who travels the world to attend poker tournaments.
Rock – A very risk-averse, conservative player.
Running Pair – When the last two cards that appear on the table form a K 9 J 7 7.
Read – The behaviour or habit of the player that allows you to appreciate/feel what other players have on hand.
River – The last card to appear on the table in Texas Hold’em and Omaha.
Re-Raise – Secondary raise in the same round.
Swings – The difference between winning and losing games.
SnG – An abbreviation for Sit-and-Go tournaments with a maximum of 10 players at the same table.
Short Stacked – You have very few chips compared to other players.
Suited – Cards of the same suit, e.g. all diamonds.
Shorthand – A game of poker with 6 or fewer players.
Straight-Flush – A Straight in which all cards are suited: 10♦ 9♦ 8♦ 7♦ 6♦.
Seventh Street – The last card that every player receives when playing Seven Card Stud poker.
Seven Card Stud – Another less popular form of poker in which there are no community cards on the table.
SB (Small Blind) – One of the obligatory bets in a game with several blinds, located to the left of the dealer (button).
Stack – The number of chips/money a player has.
Straight – Five consecutive cards: 10 9 8 7 6.
Sixth Street – The sixth card that every player receives when playing Seven Card Stud poker.
Side Pot – An additional pot in addition to the main pot, because the player who is still participating in a certain round does not have more money to bet.
Set/Trips – Three of a kind where all cards are the same rank.
Scoop – Win the entire pot in Omaha Hi/Lo.
Scared Card – A dangerous card on the board that creates the possibility of a strong hand.
Satellite – A tournament in which you can win access to a tournament with a higher pot.
Slow Play – When you hide a strong hand and bet on weaker cards.
Two Pair – Two pairs of cards, for example: KK 77.
Tilt – Very bad mood of the game because the player is upset (happens after big losses or bad luck).
Three of a kind – Three cards of the same type, for example: 9 9 9.
TPTK (Top Pair Top Kicker) – Top pair and top kicker, for example, you have QA on your hands, and Q top kicker appears on the table.
Tell – A behaviour or a certain habit of the player that allows you to appreciate/feel what other players have on hand.
Top Pair – The highest pair made with one of the cards on the table.
Tight Player – A conservative player who only plays good cards.
Turn – The fourth card that appears on the table in Texas Hold’em and Omaha.
Under The Gun – To be the first player who bets/raises in a poker hand.
Underdog – The lower of two unsuited hands.
Underfull – A Full House with three of one rank and two of another rank.
Underpair – A pocket pair that is lower than the highest card on a board.
Upcard – The top card on the deck is visible to all players during stud games.
Up and Down Straight – A Straight that goes from the lowest rank to the highest rank.
Upswing – An upswing occurs when a player starts winning more hands than usual.
Value Bet – A bet placed by a player with a strong hand(s) for purposes of extracting money from opponents who may also have strong hands, but are unlikely to call a large bet due to pot odds or their hand’s strength.
Variety – A low pocket pair.
Wheel or Bicycle – The Ace-high straight. Sometimes called a “baby straight” or bicycle.
Whipsaw – To play against two opponents in turn, with the first raising and the second re-raising so as to put pressure on his opponent – also known in Britain as “Reverse Blocking”.
Zero/Nothing/Nada – A hand that doesn’t contain any cards in sequence or pairs.
Zoom Poker – A poker game format common online where the blind increase at more frequent intervals than in normal games.
