Full A-Z of poker terms and poker lingo, So you'll never look like the fish at the table!
Joe Cada is a professional poker player who, at age 21, is the youngest player to have ever won a World Series of Poker ...
This is not used very often but it is another way of saying "Jack" as in the card. Ben threw down his two Jac...
Jackpot Poker takes place at some poker rooms and refers to programs that pay off when players hit a particularly bad be...
Jacks or better is used in draw poker and it means that a pair of jacks (in someone's hand) is the minimum hand that is ...
This is a common slang word for a pot in which several players are raising and re-raising. It can also be used when a pa...
This refers to a poker pot has been raised its maximum allowable times. It can also refer to a pot that has had many ra...
The Joker is the fifty-third card in a standard deck of cards. It is most often used as a wild card or a bug. Only certa...
J.C. Alvarado is a well-known professional poker player who comes from Mexico City. He has been in many top 20 finishes ...
Justin Cuong 'J.C.' Tran is known around the world as one of the best players on the circuit. His achievements are numer...
Jackson Five is a way of saying a player has Jacks and Fives. It is thought to have originated with Vince Van Patten who...
James Obst is a fairly well-know Australian online poker pro. James Obst has won in the WCOOP and SCOOP.
James Woods is best known as being a renowned actor. But he is also an avid poker player who makes regular stops at vari...
In 2006, Jamie Gold, who lives in Malibu, CA, won the World Series of Poker. While his win was impressive, it was not wi...
Jeff Shulman is very well known in poker circles. He is the president of Card Player magazine, which is one of the most ...
Jennifer Harman has been able to earn over $2 million in tournament winnings. She is also a two-time WSOP bracelet winne...
Most people know Jennifer Tilly as an accomplished and experienced actress, but she is also a very good poker player and...
Jeremy Enke is not that well known except to those who follow his blogs. He has been able to make a success of himself i...
Jerry Buss owns the Los Angeles Lakers but he is also well-known in the poker industry. Over the years, he appeared many...
Jerry Yang was the winner of the 2007 World Series of Poker and took home over $8 million. He has since been something o...
JJProdigy is really the online name for Josh Field, who some say is the most notorious and cunning cheater in the whole ...
Gorgeous model Joanna Krupa has appeared in a variety of magazines such as Maxim and FHM. She was also a hostess for Pok...
Joe Beevers is known as being one of the four founding members of the Hendon Mob, a British poker posse. To date, Beever...
In 2005, Joe Hachem won the World Series of Poker. A short time later, he won at the Bellagio. Joe was born in Lebanon b...
Joe Sebok is a well known professional poker player. He is also the stepson of Barry Greenstein, another famous player. ...
Most people do not follow Omaha Hi/Lo tournaments, but those that do know John Cernuto, whose nickname is "Miami", as be...
John Juanda is well-known and well-liked on the poker circuit. He is a four time WSOP bracelet winner and John was honor...
Anyone who has watched televised poker over the years knows Johnny Chan. He is one of the most respected and successful ...
JokerStars is a nickname sometimes used by online players that refers to PokerStars. They usually say it after losing a ...
Juice is another way of saying terms such as 'rake' and 'vig'. It refers to the amount of money the gambling establishme...
Justin Bonomo is a well-respected online poker player who goes by the name, ZeeJustin. He has more than $1.4 million in ...
This is a type of jackpot poker that will revert to low-ball in the event no one can open. It is also known by other nam...
Jack Up is a term that is not used very often anymore but it means to raise. It has nothing to do with the Jack cards; i...
Jagging is a tried and true way for a cheater to mark cards by using his fingernail or some other kind of a device. Ther...
Jinx is a word that poker players have been using for hundreds of years. It means a person (or object) is cursed with ba...
A jog is not the same as a jag, but both are used by card cheaters. A jog is a deck of cards that have been unevenly sta...
Joker Poker is a broad term and it can be used with any poker game that is using the Joker as a wild card. Joker poker i...
A Jonah is any player who is having a streak of bad luck. Basically, an unlucky player who is being swallowed.
Jason Mercier is a professional poker player. His poker earnings have topped $2.7 million in live tournaments.
Real weak holdings / bad starting hand.
Some live and online casinos take a percentage of the rake at the tables and put it into a 'jackpot pool' (usually ...
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