Poker Terms

Aces Up/Aces Over: Two pair, a pair of aces and another pair.

Action: A players opportunity to act. When it is a player’s turn it is said the “action” is to him/her.

Also, action can describe when there are a lot of bets and raises during a hand.

Active Player: A player still in the hand.

All Blue: A spades or clubs flush.

All Pink: A hearts or diamonds flush.

All-In: To put all of your money at the table into the pot.

American Airlines: A pocket pair of Aces.

Ante: A bet contributed by each player to start the pot before each hand is dealt.

Back Door: To make a hand late that you weren’t necessarily drawing at.

Back Raise: A Reraise.

Back to Back: 1. Two of the same cards in a row, either rank or suit. 2. A term for winning 2

tournaments in a row or two years in a row (ex. He was a back to back champion of the WSOP).

Bad Beat: When a hand with a high winning percentage is beat by a much lower hand

Bankroll: The total amount of money a player has to gamble with.

Barn: A nickname for full house (full barn).

Beer Hand: A nickname for 7-2 starting hand in Texas Hold’em.

Belly Buster: An inside straight draw (also gutshot).

Bet: Putting money or chips into the pot.

Bicycle: The best low hand, a straight of A-2-3-4-5 (also wheel).

Big Blind: A forced bet put in before the cards are dealt. Typically the big blind is 2 seats to the

left of the button (dealer).

Big Bobtail: An open ended straight flush hand.

Big Chick: Nickname for A-Q starting hand in Texas HOld’em.

Big Slick: Nickname for A-K starting hand in Texas Hold’em.

Blank: A card that doesn’t add value to a player’s hand.

BLind: A forced bet put in before the cards are dealt. Typically the blinds start to the left of the

button (dealer).

Blind Game: A game that includes blind bets.

Bluff: A bet or raise from a player who knows that their hand is not likely to win to make other

players fold.

Board: 1. The community cards in Texas Hold’em. 2. The list of players waiting for seats at the

poker table.

Boat: Nickname for a full house, short for full boat.

Bot: Short for robot, an online computer program that plays poker hands.

Bottom Pair: The lowest pair that you can make given the community cards.

Boxed Card: A card that is turned face up in the deck

Broadway: Ace high straight

Broken Game: A game that doesn’t have players anymore

Bubble: When the players left in the tournament are close to finishing in the money, they are

referred to as “on the bubble.”

Bullet[s]: Ace[s].

Bump: To raise the pot.

Burn: To discard the top card from the deck face down prior to dealing.

Button: A chip or token placed in front of the player to indicate dealer position.

Buy: To bet enough to make others fold.

Buy-In: The amount of money required to play in a game.

Buy the button: To pay the big blind and small blind when joining a table so that the button doesn’t

skip you.

Poker Terms

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