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All-in – This is commonly used as a descriptor when a player bets all of his chips.
Ante - This is a forced contribution to the pot. Normally a small fraction of a bet, an ante is often required in games that don’t feature blinds (see Blind, Big Blind and Small Blind), such as Stud. Antes are often used to further increase the stakes during the late stages of tournaments.
Big Blind - This is a forced bet equal to a full first-round bet. The player seated two places to the left of the dealer is responsible for contributing the Big Blind.
Big Pair - A Pair of high-value cards. Pairs of tens through aces are commonly referred to as big pairs.
Blind – This is a forced bet put into the pot by one or more players at the start of a hand. Hold’em games feature two blinds contributed by the players directly to the left of the dealer.
Bring-in – In a Stud game, the player who holds the lowest valued third street card (the first card dealt face-up) at the table must start the action by contributing a bet equal in value to the ante. The first round of betting then proceeds clockwise from the player “bringing it in.”
Buy-in - This is the money with which a player sits into a game. Since all modern poker is played for “table stakes,” his buy-in constitutes the maximum amount he may play for. Of course, players may add to their table stake, but not during the play of a hand. Buy-ins in no limit games are typically capped at an amount equal to 100 big blind bets. Limit poker games have no cap. Both forms require a minimum buy-in, and that minimum buy-in varies from room to room.
Call - This is when you place a bet equal to the previous bet or raise.
Cap – This refers to the last raise permitted during a betting round. Typically in online games, a round of betting consists of a bet followed by a maximum of 3 raises. The player putting in the third raise is “capping” the betting. Some live games cap the betting at the fourth raise, and some games, both online and live, feature no cap during the final round as long as the hand is being contested by only 2 players (a heads-up situation).
Check - If you want to stay in the hand but not place a bet, you may check when the action reaches you as long as no bet has been made. A check may be though of as a bet of zero value. The word check is also a synonym for poker chip.
Coffeehousing – This refers to a situation where players who are still actively involved in a hand are talking about the hand in an attempt to mislead or trick each other. It is considered very bad poker etiquette.
Community Cards - These are cards that are dealt face up into the center of the table. All Players can use these cards to complete a five-card hand by combining them with the cards that have been dealt to them.
Dealer Button - This is a flat disk that is used to signify the Dealer's position on the table. It is commonly referred to as “the button.”
Fifth Street – In Hold’em, this term is commonly used when referring to the fifth and final community card dealt. In Stud, the fifth street card is the third face-up card dealt to each player. It is also where the betting increases to the full bet size, so it is often the turning point of a Stud hand.
Flop - This is the name given to the first three community cards dealt together in Texas Hold'em, Omaha Hold'em, and Pineapple.
Fold – The act of throwing your hand away signifying that you are not willing to call a bet or raise in order to contest the hand.
Fourth Street – In Hold’em games this refers to the fourth community card dealt. In Stud games, fourth street is the second card dealt face up to each individual player still in the hand.
Live Blinds – This describes players who have been forced to put money into the pot and who have the option to raise when the action comes around to them even if no one previously raised. The person posting the Big Blind in Hold’em is playing a “live” blind.
Muck – When used as a verb this means to discard your hand. When used as a noun it refers to the pile of discarded cards collected by the dealer during the hand.
Pocket – This refers to the cards dealt face down to each player.
Pot - The pot is the money that accumulates as each player antes, bets and raises. “Bet the pot” means to make a bet equal in value to the sum of all money wagered during the hand up to that point.
Quartered – In high/low split games (Omaha or stud), half of the pot is paid to the player with the highest ranked hand and the other half is paid to the player who holds the lowest ranked hand. If two players tie for either high or low winner, they split that half-pot stake and win a quarter of the pot. The tying players are said to have been quartered.
Raise – To bet an amount greater than that which has already been wagered during the current betting round.
River Card – In Hold’em, this is the final community card dealt. In Stud, this is the seventh card dealt to each player still in the hand.
Seventh Street – This is another name for the final card dealt in a Stud game (See River Card). It is dealt face down to each player still in the hand.
Showdown - This occurs after the last betting round, and is when the remaining Players compare hands to determine the winner.
Sixth Street – This refers to the sixth card dealt to each player in Stud.
Small Blind – This is the smaller of the two forced bets in Hold’em games. It is contributed by the player seated directly left of the dealer and is typically valued at approximately half the Big Blind.
Third Street – In Stud games, the third card dealt to each player. It is the first card dealt face up and is the first opportunity for the players to bet on the hand. See Bring In.
Turn – See Fourth Street.
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