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Poker Glossary
Aces Full - A full house with three aces and any pair.
Ace-high - A five-card hand that contains one Ace, with
no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.
Aces Up - A hand that contains two pairs, one of which
is a pair of Aces. Bet Odds - The odds you get as a result of
evaluating the number of callers to a raise.
Bet the Pot -When a player bets the amount of the pot.
Bicycle or Bike - A straight: A-2-3-4-5.
Big Blind - A designated amount that is placed by the
player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer,
before any cards are dealt. (Players joining a game in progress must
post a Big Blind, but may do so from any position.)
Cardroom - The room or space in a casino where poker is
played.
Cards Speak - Your hand is the most favourable possible
combination of cards, no matter how you call it.
Dealer's Position - Being the last to act in a betting
round. On the button.
Diamonds - One of the four playing card suits. Formerly
representing merchants.
Fifth Street - Also known as the 'river' card. In flop
games, this represents the fifth community card on the table and the
final round of betting. In Stud games, this is the fifth card dealt to
each player and represents the third round of betting.
Gut Shot - To draw to and/or hit an inside straight.
Inside Straight - Four cards that require another
between the top and the bottom card to complete a straight. Players
who catch this card make an Inside Straight.
Live Hand - A hand that could still win the pot.
Live One - An inexperienced player who plays a lot of
hands.
Long Shot - Making a hand despite having few outs and/or
poor odds.
Omaha - A game in which each player is dealt four down
cards with five community cards. To make your hand, you must play two
cards from your hand and three from the board.
Reading - Analysis of a player based on how they play,
mannerisms, and tells.
Rebuy - The amount of money a player pays to add a fixed
number of chips to his/her stack in a tournament.
Straddle - A straddle is a Blind bet which is usually
double the size of the Big Blind, (and one that a player may raise
when the action gets to him).
Under the Gun - Being the first person to act, being in
the earliest position.