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Poker Lingo
Aces Full - A full house with three aces and any pair.
Broadway - An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).
Buy-in - The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game.
Drawing Hand - A hand that needs improvement to win. Usually to a straight or flush.
Five-card Draw - A poker game in which each player is dealt five cards down. They have one draw to replace them and the best high hand wins the pot.
Hold'em - Also known as Texas Hold'em, where the players get two down cards and five community cards. See our complete Hold'em rules.
Kansas City Lowball - Form of lowball poker in which the worst poker hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 of different suits) is the best hand. It's also known as Deuce to Seven.
Limp In - To enter the pot by calling rather than raising. The most common understanding of limping in, is when the first person to speak only calls the Big Blind.
Option - An option is a live blind made before the cards are dealt. If no one raises, the 'option' player may raise the pot.
Push - When the dealer pushes the chips to the winning player at the end of a hand. It's also when dealers rotate to other tables.
Seating List - A waiting list. A player can put his or her name on this list if there are no seats at the table at which they wish to play.
Under the Gun - Being the first person to act, being in the earliest position.