| Implied Pot Odds |
The ratio between the bet and the size of the pot (your own bets excluded) in the showdown. Compare with Current Pot Odds.
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| Kicker |
The card that defines the strength of your pair if someone else has the same pair as well. For example, if you hold A-K and the board is K-7-2-J-6 , the ace is your kicker. If your opponent holds K-Q, for example, both of you have the highest pair, but you'll win the pot because of the better kicker.
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| Late Position |
The last two players in betting order are sitting in late position.
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| Limp In |
To call.
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| Middle Position |
In a 10-handed game the sixth, seventh and eight player in betting order are sitting in middle position.
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| Mini-Tournament |
A single-table tournament.
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| Multiway |
A hand is played multiway if there are at least three players. Compare with Heads-Up.
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| No-Limit |
A version of poker where the size of the bets and raises is flexible in contrast to fixed limit, where the size of the bets and raises is constant.
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| Nuts |
The best possible hand with the cards showing on the board. For example, if you hold
A -7 and the board has
Q-9-K -2 -3, you have a nut flush and you have been drawing to the nuts. On the other side, if the board has
Q-9-K-2-2, you don't have the nuts any more, because the pair on the board makes a full house possible.
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| Offsuit |
A starting hand of different suit like
A -K.
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| On the Button |
The player who is the nominal dealer is said to be sitting on the button.
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| Open-End Straight Draw |
When the missing card(s) can be drawn both to the low end and to the high end of the straight. For example, K-Q-J-T is an open-end straight draw, because both an A and a 9 will do.
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| Outs |
The number of possible outcomes.
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| Overcard |
A card that is higher in rank than any of the cards in question. For example, if you hold A-K and the board is Q-9-2, you have two overcards. If you have J-J in the pocket and the flop is A-7-2, there is an overcard on the board.
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| Overpair |
A pocket pair that is higher in rank than any card on board.
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| Pocket Hand |
The first two cards dealt face down, private for every player, known also as the starting hand or pocket cards.
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| Pocket Pair |
Pocket cards of the same rank, such as 9-9 or K-K.
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| Quads |
Four cards of the same rank.
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| Rank |
The numerical value of the cards.
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| Rake |
The commission card rooms draw from every pot.
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| Ring Game |
A regular poker game, as opposed to a tournament.
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| River |
The fifth and last community card in the middle of the board.
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| Satellite |
A qualification tournament.
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| Semi-Bluffing |
Playing a hand that is not the best hand at present, but has a chance to improve to an excellent combination, as if it already were a completed strong hand.
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| Set |
Three cards of the same rank, when two of them are in the pocket. Compare with Trips.
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| Short-Handed |
A game is generally characterized as short-handed when there are six or fewer players.
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| Showdown |
When the cards are turned up after the final betting round on the river and the best hand is determined.
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| Sidegame |
A regular poker game, as opposed to a tournament.
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| Slowplaying |
Playing a superior hand passively, as if it were a weak hand.
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| Starting Hand |
The first two private cards, known also as the pocket hand.
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| Steal the Blinds |
Win the blinds with a bluff or a semi-bluff.
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| Straight |
Five cards in sequence, e.g. 5-6-7-8-9, also A-2-3-4-5.
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| Suited |
Two cards of the same suit, e.g.
A-K or 2-7.
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| Tell |
Some kind of hint a player is unknowingly giving about his hand.
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| Trips |
Three cards of the same rank when two of them are on the board. Compare with Set .
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| Turn |
The fourth community card in the middle of the board.
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| Winning Odds |
The ratio between positive and negative outcomes, such as one to four (1:4). |
