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The Poker Dictionary

All-in

A player is said to be All-in if he bets all his chips at any point. Such a situation can happen either when a player does not have enough chips to make a required or elective bet, or when he bets all his chips as a strategic move in No Limit games.

Avatar

It is a term used in computer gaming for an image or figure used to represent a person.

Blinds

Bets are must by the two players sitting directly to the left of the dealer. They are called “Blinds” and their purpose is to create the pot and entice other players into betting.

Board

Board is a collective term for the community cards in Hold’em.

Button

A button is a disk-shaped marker which is used to indicate which player is the virtual dealer.

Call

When a player matches the prior bet on the table, that action is termed as Call.

Cap

Cap is the last permitted raise in a betting round.

Client

It is a term for the software that a player downloads to his computer which allows him to interact with the poker room’s servers.

Dead Hand

A hand which is no longer in the game is called a dead hand.

Down Cards

The face-down cards dealt to a player are also termed as hole cards.

Drop

It is a situation when a player decides not to go further with his hands.

Flush

If any 5 cards in one hand are of the same suit, it is called Flush.

Forced Bet

A mandatory bet. In certain games, a player is required to bet, having sat in the game.

Full House

A hand in which you have a combination of 3 of a kind, and a pair.

Head to Head

A game where only two players may participate.

Kicker

It is a term for the card used to break ties between two of a kind or between two pair.

Multi-Table Tournament (MTT)

MTT is a tournament where players at more than one table compete, starting with equal numbers of chips, until one player has won all the chips.

Omaha

A game in which each player receives 4 face-down cards and shares 5 community cards. The winning hand must use exactly 2 face-down cards and 3 community cards. This game also has a High/Low variant.

Play Chips

Poker chips are used for playing money games.

Rank

The value of a card.

Registration

It is a process where the players are to select a screen name and a password that would serve as their poker room identity, and their location and email address to create an account.

Server

The computer, or set of computers, providing a service to client computers.

Sit ‘N’ Go

A tournament which starts as soon as the required number of poker players sit down at the table.

Suit

It refers to any of the four sets (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades) in a deck of cards.

Texas Hold’em

A poker game where each player gets two face-down cards followed by five community cards face-up.

Tournament Entry-Fee

It is a small fee charged by the house from the players to enter a tournament.

Wheel

Wheel is a nickname for the best low hand 5, 4, 3, 2, A.