Ace high:
A hand with only an ace as a high card
Backdoor flush- and Backdoor straight draw:
If you need two consecutive cards to complete a straight or a flush, you hold a backdoor draw. For instance, you have three suits on the flop. To complete the flush, you need one suit on the turn and another on the river.
Bad Beat:
If you lose a hand as a clear favourite because you opponent drew out on you.
Bankroll:
The money you can stake.
Bet:
The first bet in a betting round.
Bottom Pair:
You have a bottom pair if you hit the lowest card from the community cards. For instance, you hold T4 and you see a flop of 4AK, then you have bottom pair.
Break Even Point:
This is the point where the odds equal the pot odds. If you get 3:1 pot odds and the odds to win the hand are 3:1, than you reached the break even point and it doesn’t matter if you call or fold.
Bully:
A very aggressive player who tries to bully his opponents.
Call:
If you call, you pay the previous wager of your opponent.
Check in the dark:
A check, which is executed before the next betting round starts. For instance, the betting before the flop is closed and the small blind decides to check in the dark. After that the flop is dealt and the action is up to the next player on the small blind’s left.
Coin flip:
A 50:50 decision. For instance, a pocket pair and two over cards before the flop.
Continuation Bet:
A bet after the flop if the player used to raise before the flop, hence being the aggressor.
Crippled:
If you lose a large amount of chips and your stack became very small, you're crippled.
Cut-Off Seat:
The dealer's right neighbour.
Draw:
A hand that needs to improve in order to win.
Drawn Dead:
A hand that can't win even if it improves.
Flush draw:
If you already have four cards of one suit and you need only one more to complete the flush, you're on a flush draw.
Flush card:
A card that completes a possible flush.
Gut shot:
An inside straight draw with only one card to improve the a straight. For instance, you have 97 and the flop is T6A, you need an eight and an eight only to complete the straight. You have four outs with a gut shot.
Heads-Up:
Playing against only one opponent.
Hole Cards:
The two cards you're dealt.
In Position:
If you act last you're in position.
Kicker:
The additional card that may decide who wins the hand if the hand strengths are similar. For instance, both players have two pairs with AA22 but one player has an additional king and another only a queen. The player with the king wins because his king kicker is better than the other player's queen kicker.
Lay down:
A hand that goes into the muck (= fold).
Limper:
A player that only completed the big blind and didn't raise before the flop. Instead he just called.
Maniac:
A very loose-aggressive player who seems to be manic.
Multiway-Pot:
A pot with more than two, at least three players involved.
Middle-Pair:
You got middle pair if you hit the middle card on the board. For instance, AT and the flop is KT4.
Nuts:
The best possible hand.
Off suited:
If you're hole cards have two different suits, the hand is off suited.
On the River:
Everything that happens during the last betting round, takes place on the River.
Out:
A card in the deck which improves your hand significantly.
Out of Position:
A player who acts first is out of position.
Over bet:
An unusual big bet that's much bigger than the size of the pot.
Over card:
A card that is higher than the cards on the board.
Over pair:
A (pocket) pair that is higher than the cards on the board.
Over the top:
If a player leads out but another player raises or re-raises, he goes over the top and takes the lead.
Pocket pair:
Paired hole cards such as AA, TT, 66.
Pot Committed:
A player who staked already at least half of his stack into the pot, is called pot committed, or pot stuck.
Pot Odds:
The amount of the possible winnings (what is actually in the pot including all bets from your opponents) and your stake (the calling amount). If there are 500 in the pot and your opponent bets another 500, you can win 1000 and have to wager 500. The ratio of 1000:500 equals 2:1, your pot odds.
Pot sized Bet:
A bet that is exactly the size of the pot.
Pre-flop:
The betting round before the flop is dealt.
Probe Bet:
A bet on the flop, turn or river that is supposed to deliver information about your opponent's hand.
Raise:
A stake that is at least twice as high as the calling amount.
Read:
If you have or receive information about your opponent (whether through body language or betting patterns) that make your decisions easier, you have a read on your opponent.
Runner-Runner:
If a player hits two consecutive cards (turn and river) he completed his hand with two running cards, so-called runner-runner.
Showdown:
If all betting rounds are finished or there's no more money left to bet it comes to a showdown where the winning hand is found.
Side Pot:
If there are at least three players in a pot but one player is all-in and has no more chips to bet, the other players with chips left can still wager. Every chip that is wagered without the all-in player comes into a side pot that the all-in player can't win.
Split Pot:
If two or more players have exactly the same hand, the pot is split up between those players.
Stack:
The amount of chips a player has in front of him.
There are short stacks with less than the average amount of chips, medium stacks with about the average amount of chips and big stacks with more than the average amount of chips left.
Straight draw:
If you can improve with one card to a straight, you're holding a straight draw. For instance, you hold JT and the flop is QK2. Every 9 and every A gives you the straight. Thus, you have an open-ended straight draw and 8 outs.
Suck Bet:
A very small bet with a strong hand that wants to entice into a call.
Suited:
Hole cards of the same suit.
Tilt:
A psychological state that interrupts your A-game. After a bad beat or other incidents, players often become more aggressive and are „steaming“. This state is called tilt and has to be strictly avoided.
Top Pair:
If you hit the highest card on the board, you got top pair. For instance, AK and A38.
Under card:
A card that is lower than the lowest card on the board.
Underdog:
An underdog is likely to lose the hand. An overdog is the favourite.
Under pair:
A pocket pair that is lower than the lowest card on the board.
Weak-tight:
A player who plays very timidly and only the very best starting hands.
|
Poker Dictionary