Full A-Z of poker terms and poker lingo, So you'll never look like the fish at the table!
The 'Flop', is the term used for the first three community cards that are dealt simultaneously in a hand of poker. ...
A fish is commonly known as a player who constantly make questionable calls during poker games and usually lose money as...
The phrase refers to the action of player of calling a bet within a poker hand where he would be expected to raise inste...
Any card in a standard deck that has an illustration of a face on it. In other words, any King, Queen or Jack. In Blackj...
In just about every poker game, a certain number of cards are dealt face down. This means that only the player who gets ...
Many poker games will use Face Up cards. These cards are dealt out so everyone can see them. For instance, in Hold Em, a...
The term "family pot" generally has nothing to do with family members. It means, instead, that most, if not all, of the ...
There are two definitions for fast play, or fast playing, and they are as different as night is to day. In the first ins...
In poker terms, there are two definitions for felt. The first, and most obvious, is it is the material that covers a pok...
In poker, the "field" is everyone who is playing in a particular tournament or at a particular table. If a tournament ha...
Fifth Street is simply the fifth card that is dealt out in a poker game. It is also know as the River if one is playing ...
This is word most often used in association with making a poker bet. For instance, the active player of a hand may say s...
This is a poker slang term most often used when a player has either a set (3 of kind) or two pairs and then hits another...
In a poker tournament, online or off, the last table of play is known as the final table. Someone at this table will win...
The word fish has a couple of meanings in poker. The first meaning is used when there is an unskilled player at the tabl...
To get Five of a Kind in any poker game, you must be using Wild Cards. Generally, Five of a Kind comes about when a play...
In a fixed limit poker game, the amount of money any player can bet or raise is determined beforehand. These fixed limit...
There are two basic types of payout structures for poker tournaments. One is called Top Heavy and the other is called Fl...
A flat call occurs when a player only calls on the flop or on the turn, but could have raised. A flat call on the flop o...
A flip occurs when two (or more) players have poker hands that are roughly equal in values. When there are two players i...
Players may float a bet when they do not have a very good hand, but they intend to bluff their opponents later on. To be...
The floor, as it applies to poker rooms and casinos, is a broad term and means the management that runs the place, as we...
If you are holding a pair in your hole cards and another card that matches comes up on the flop, you have flopped a set....
A floorman, or floorwoman, is a mid-level manager who manages and monitors poker games. They can have several duties inc...
This is made-up word that means a player has unreal hopes and expectations for a starting hand that he or she has been d...
In poker, a flush is any five cards of the same suit. The suits are diamonds, clubs, spades, and hearts. A flush is cons...
To fold a hand is to surrender the hand (and the game) to your opponents. All good players know when to fold and see no ...
Fold equity can be somewhat difficult to explain, but most seasoned players do it, even if they do not know they are doi...
There are different types of bets in poker. One type of bet is known as the forced bet. Forced bets include such things ...
Forward motion is a rule that casinos have that states that any type of forward movement of a player's chips toward the ...
Four of a kind is a very strong hand and seldom beaten (with some exceptions). An example of four of a kind would be if ...
Four to a flush is a term used by players who have four suited cards but need one more to make the flush. Four to a flus...
Fourth Street is the fourth card that is dealt in a game of Stud. In Hold'em or Omaha it is usually called the Turn. Tec...
Foxwoods is a very well-known casino and hotel. It is located in the city of Ledyard, CT as is best known by poker playe...
FPP stands for Frequent Player Points. If you know what frequent flyer points are, then you know what FPP's are. They ar...
FPS stands for Fancy Play Syndrome and is most often used in a negative way. FPS is one way for players to describe anot...
A freeroll is a poker tournament which costs no money for a player to enter. They are commonly seen in online poker and ...
A flush draw is where a player needs one other card to have a flush when there are still more cards to be dealt on the b...
A full house is a hand where a player has 3 of one card and 2 of another. This can come in many forms. It sounds confusi...
A fold is where a player decides to discard their hand due to either not having a hand or believing their hand is inferi...
When it comes to a free card, some poker players love them and others hate them. A free card is one that does not cost a...
This is any type of poker game that is not completed until one player has won all of the chips. It usually does not incl...
Frenzy is a type of play marked by bad, aggressive play that often results in defeat. It was coined by Mark Newhouse who...
Generally, a full ring is table with nine or ten players. The opposite of a full ring table is a short handed table, whe...
A Face Card is either a Jack, Queen or King, which are the only cards in poker that have a face on it. e.g "I...
A Family Pot is a pot that involves the overwhelming majority, if not all, of the players at the table. e.g "...
A very common term meaning a pair of Jacks. The J's resemble fish hooks, hence the name. It is most often used when the ...
A full boat is another way of saying a full house. It is when a player has three of a kind, along with a pair. An exampl...
This is a common tactic used by many players. It involves a player who has a very strong hand, but that player pretends ...
To flash a card means to expose it so other players are able to see its value. Flashing a card is usually accidentally a...
Four to a straight refers to a poker hand in which a player has four of the needed five cards to make a straight but lac...
A flop is the first three cards that are dealt into the center of the table that all players can use to make their best ...
A poker variation that used to be popular back in the day. It is played with five cards, dealt faced down and offer...
A games played with the flop, e.g. three community cards dealt after the first round of betting.
A bet done with a purpose of gathering more information about the strength of your opponent's hand.E...
An online term. Instead of using two standard colors, most online rooms offer an option of making a deck display in...
A flush is where five cards in a player's hand are of the same suit. It can consist of either 4 cards on the board and 1...
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