Video Poker and Generic Poker Terms

Ace-High: A five-card hand consisting of an ace without a pair; It outranks a king-high, but loses to any pair or above.

Aces Full: A full house hand with aces over any pair.

All-In: The act of wagering all remaining chips a player has.

An Ace Working: An ace in a hand.

Ante: A small token bet required prior to the beginning of a hand.

Back Door Flush (or Straight): When the last two cards make a player's hand.

Bankroll: The total sum of money a player has available for wagering.

Belly Buster: A draw to fill an inside straight; a gut shot.

Bet: The act of voluntarily putting money or chips into the pot.

Bet The Pot: To bet the full value of the pot.

Bicycle: The lowest possible hand in lowball: Ace-2-3-4-5. This hand is also called a Wheel.

Big Slick: An Ace/King card combo.

Blind Raise: The act of raising without looking at cards.

Bluff: The act of betting or raising with a hand that will probably be the least likely to win.

Boat: Term for a Full House.

Broadway: An ace high straight.

Bullet: An Ace.

Bump: To raise.

Buried Pair: In stud games, a pair in the hole.

Bust: A worthless hand that has failed to improve as the player hoped; a busted hand.

Call: To match, rather than raise, the previous bet.

Cash In: To leave the game and convert one's chips to cash, either with the dealer or at the cage.

Cash Out: To leave a game and cash in one's chips at the cage.

Check: To abstain from betting, reserving the right to call or raise if another player bets. Also another name for a chip.

Cheese: A very substandard starting hand.
Cold Deck: A fixed deck.

Come: Playing a worthless hand in the hope of improving it is called "playing on the come."

Come Hand: A hand that has not yet been made, requiring one or more cards from the draw to complete it.

Cowboy: Slang for a King.

Dead Money: Money put into the pot by players who have already folded.

Dealer's Choice: A game in which each dealer, in turn, chooses the type of poker to be played.

Deuce: A two, the lowest ranking card in high poker.

Draw Out: To improve your hand so that it beats an opponent who had a better hand than yours prior to your draw.

Draw Poker: A form of poker in which each player receives five cards and then has the option of discarding one or more of them and receiving new cards in their place.

Drop: To fold.

Even Money: A wager made in hopes of earning the amount that was wagered.

Fill Up: The act of creating a Full House.

Fish: An amateur who continues to lose at consecutive poker hands.

Fishhooks: Slang for Jacks.

Five-Card Draw: A type of poker game in which the players are allowed to draw cards for replacing their initial five cards.

Five-Card Stud: A type of poker game in which the players are dealt five cards, one of them being exposed.

Flop: In flop games of poker, this is the term given to the act of simultaneously exposing the first three community cards before the second betting round.

Flop Games: A family of poker games played with five community cards that can be used by all the players. Texas Hold 'Em and Omaha are Flop Games.

Flush: Five cards of the same suit.

Flush Draw: The act of drawing a fifth card that will determine whether a hand is a Flush or not.

Four-Flush: When four cards are of the same suit, but still needing a fifth card of exact suit to create a true Flush.

Four Of A Kind: Four cards of equal value from each suit.

Full House: Any three cards of equal value, with the addition of a pair (two cards of equal value).

Gut-Shot: A drawn card which fills an inside straight.

Hand: Five cards comprising a rank determined by card combinations.

High-Low: A poker game in which the highest and lowest hands share the pot. Also called High-Low Split.

Hit: The act of drawing a sought after card.

Hit And Run: The act of joining a poker game, winning big in a short period of time, and leaving the table.

Hold 'Em: A type of poker that implements five community cards in combination with two hole cards in molding a five-card hand.

Hole: A concealed card.

Hole Card: A card that is being concealed in a hand.

Home Run Hitter: A player who makes risky calls and wins.

House: A casino or card playing room.

Hot: Adjective used to describe a player who wins often.

Implied Odds: The amount of money that could be won on a wager compared to the amount of money needed to stay in the game.

Inside Straight: Four cards needing one in the middle to fulfill a straight.

Jackpot Poker: A type of poker in which a jackpot is made available for bad beats. Aces or better is usually a prerequisite.

Jacks Or Better: A type of draw poker in which a player is required to have at least a pair of Jacks in their hand to commence the betting.

Joker: The fifty-third card in a deck, serving as a wild card.

Kick It: The act of raising.

Kicker: The highest unpaired side card.

Knave: A Jack.

Leak: The act of losing a portion or the full some of one's earnings due to sloppy gambling.

Limit Poker: A poker game that has set minimum and maximum betting intervals.

Live One: Name given to a gullible player who evidently has plenty of money to gamble.

Lock: A hand that is sure to win.

Long Odds: A very unlikely chance for an event to take place.

Maniac: Name given to a bold and reckless player who plays for hands more cautious players would not go for.

Miss: The act of not being able to make a drawing hand when a player's final cards are dealt.

Monster: A hand that is a sure winner.

No-Limit Poker: A type of poker game that does not place any limits on wager size whatsoever.

Nuts: The best possible hand at any point in the game, a cinch hand.

Odds: The probability of winning in ratio to the probability of not winning.

Off-suit: Two different suits, describing the first two cards of the game.

On The Come: A hand that is being molded towards a straight or flush while cards are being drawn.

On Tilt: Term given to the mental state of a player who is making emotional decisions in the game.

One-Gap: An inside straight.

Open: The act of making the first bet.

Open-Ended Straight: A hand that consists of four successive cards that require one more card at either end of the card line in order to make a true five-card straight.

Open Card: An exposed card, or a card dealt that is revealed while being dealt.

Open Poker: Poker games that require some of the cards to be dealt face up.

Out: A card that is still circulating in the deck, which could significantly better a players hand.

Paint Cards: King, Queen and Jack; face cards; court cards; picture cards.

Pair: Two cards of the same value.

Pass: The same as folding.

Pay Off: The act of calling a wager by a player who believes they have an inferior hand.

Picture Cards: King, Queen and Jack; face cards; court cards; paint cards.

Pip: The suit symbols on a non-court card that designate the cards rank.

Pocket Rockets: A pair of aces in the hole.

Pot: The money or chips gathered at the center of the playing table.

Rack: Used in casinos, a plastic tray capable of holding 100 chips in 5 stacks of 20.

Rags: Meaningless cards treated as scraps of paper.

Rainbow: Three or four cards of unlike suits.

Raise: To call and increase the previous bet placed in a betting round.

Rank: The worth or value of a playing card.

Read: The act of one player attempting to uncover another players gambling tactics.

Rock: A conservative and predictable player.

Royal Flush: The highest ranked hand in poker, consisting of five cards of same suit, with the denominations 10 through the Ace.

Run: A straight, or a series of good cards in a hand.

Running Bad: A losing streak.

Running Good: A winning streak.

Running Pair: When the last two cards on the board happen to be pair.

Scare Card: An up card which may have made an excellent or winning hand.

Scoop: The act of winning the complete pot.

Semi-Bluff: The act of wagering with a hand that will not likely win, but has good odds of improving.

Set: Another name given to a three of a kind.

Splash Around: The act of gambling more aggressive and imprudent then should be.

Straight: Five successive cards of various suits.

Straight Flush: Five successive cards of one suit.

Streak: A run of good or bad cards.

Stud: Any type of poker where the initial cards of a players hand are dealt face down, while many of the remaining dealt cards are done so face up.

Suited: Cards being of one suit.

Tapped Out: When a player is out of money.

Three Flush: Three cards of one suit.

Three Of A Kind: Three cards of the same value.

Top Pair: In flop games of poker, this is the act of pairing the highest card.

Trey: A three.

Triplets: Another name for a three of a kind.

Trips: Another name for 'triplets'.

Two Flush: Two cards of one suit.

Two Pair: A poker hand comprised of two pairs and a kicker.
Underdog: Name given to the player who holds the hand least likely of winning after the initial cards are dealt.

Wheel: In lowball games of poker, this is the lowest hand: Ace-2-3-4-5, commonly referred to as a 'bicycle'.

Wild Card: Any card that has been deemed to function as a joker, which enables it to be played at any denomination.

Wired Pair: A live pair in a players hand.