GLOBAL POKER'S

DICTIONARY OF POKER TERMS

GLOBAL POKER'S DICTIONARY OF POKER TERMS

Poker, like any activity, hobby or sport, has its own “poker terms” that to outsiders can seem alien. Poker has its own slang and poker terms, which when you’re new to the game, will confuse you. Don’t let it happen to you! When you’re learning the game, your overall enjoyment will increase when you know what people are saying. And when you enjoy it, you improve. Getting your ears around some of these poker terms will improve your knowledge of this beautiful game and let you talk that poker talk.

Find out what people mean when they talk about poker jargon like, “I got the nuts!”, “If only I reraised on the turn instead of folding after the flop,” and “Fishes always go on tilt after just a few bad beats.”

Go ahead and delve deep into the lingo of the most beautiful card game in the world with our Global Poker School Poker Terms.

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A

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ABC Poker
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Ace / Ace-High
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Ace in the hole
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Ace-to-five, Ace-to-six
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Aces up / Aces over
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Act
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Acting out of turn
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Action
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Action button
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Action card
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Action only
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Active player
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Add-on
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Advertising
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Aggression Factor (AF)
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Aggressive / Aggression
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Air
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All blue, all green, all purple, etc.
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All-In
+
American Airlines
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Angle
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Angle shooting
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Anna Kournikova
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Ante
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Ante off
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Any two cards


B

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Baby
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Back door / Backdoor
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Back in
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Back into
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Back raise
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Back to back
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Bad beat
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Bad beat story
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Badugi
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Balance
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Banker / Bank
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Bankroll
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Bankroll management
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Barn
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Barrel
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Base dealing
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Behind
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Belly Buster
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Benjamin
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Bet
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Bet for value
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Betting on the come
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Betting round
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Betting structure
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Bicycle
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Big bet
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Big blind
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Big blind game
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Big blind special
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Big bobtail / Bobtail straight
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Big full
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Big slick
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Blank
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Blaze
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Bleed
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Blind / Blinds
+
Blind defense
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Blind level
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Blind stealing
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Blind stud
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Blinded off / Blind off
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Blocker
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Blocking bet
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Bluff
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Bluff catcher
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Bluff catching range
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Bluff induce
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Board
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Boat
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Both ways
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Bottom dealing
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Bottom end
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Bottom pair / Bottom set
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Bounty
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Box
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Boxed card
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BR
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Break
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Break-even
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Brick
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Brick and mortar
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Bridge order
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Bring-in
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Broadway
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Brush
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Bubble
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Bubble boy
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Bubble factor
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Buck
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Bug
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Bullets
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Bully
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Bump
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Burn
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Burn card
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Busted / Bust-Out
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Busto
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Button
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Buy short
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Buy the button
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Buy the pot
+
Buy-in


C

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California lowball
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Call
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Call the clock
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Caller
+
Calling station
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Cap
+
Cap game
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Cards speak
+
Case / Case card
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Cash game
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Cash plays
+
Cashing out / Cash Out
+
Catch
+
Catch perfect
+
Catch up
+
Center pot
+
Change gears
+
Chase
+
Check
+
Check call
+
Check out
+
Check raise
+
Chip
+
Chip declare
+
Chip dumping
+
Chip leader
+
Chip race
+
Chip trick
+
Chip up
+
Chop
+
Chopping the blinds
+
Click it back
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Coffee housing
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Coin flip
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Cold call
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Cold deck
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Collusion
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Color change or color up
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Combo / combination game
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Combo draw
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Come hand
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Community cards
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Complete hand
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Completion
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Concealed pair
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Connector
+
Continuation bet
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Cooler
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Countdown
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Counterfeit
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Court card
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Cow
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Cowboy
+
Cowboys
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Crack
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Cripple
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Crossbook
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Crying call
+
Cut / Cut the deck
+
Cut card
+
Cut off


D

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Dark
+
Dark bet
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Dead blind
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Dead button
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Dead hand
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Dead man’s hand
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Dead money
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Deal
+
Deal twice
+
Dealer
+
Dealer’s choice
+
Dealing from the bottom
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Declare
+
Deep stack
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Defense
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Defending the blinds
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Deuce
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Deuce to seven
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Dime
+
Dirty Stack
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Discard
+
Dog
+
Dominated hand
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Donk bet
+
Door card
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Double ace flush
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Double Belly Buster
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Double belly buster straight draw
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Double board
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Double draw
+
Double pop
+
Double raise
+
Double suited
+
Double up
+
Down to the green
+
Downbet
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Downcard
+
Downswing
+
Drag light
+
Draw
+
Draw out
+
Drawing dead
+
Drawing live
+
Drawing thin
+
Drop
+
Dry ace
+
Dry board
+
Dry pot
+
Duplicate


E

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Early position
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Effective Stack
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Eight or better
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Equity
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Expectation
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Exposed card
+
Exposed pair
+
Extra blind