Full A-Z of poker terms and poker lingo, So you'll never look like the fish at the table!
Rakeback refers to some of the rake a poker player has paid being paid back. Rakeback payments are typically weekly or m...
Refers to our ability to lose money once we’ve hit a hand like a low set, low flush, low end straight, or top pair dec...
The river is the term given to the fifth and last card on the board in a hand. e.g "I was hoping the river...
A raise is where a player makes a bet higher than the amount bet by other players. e.g "Rakesh bet 150 aft...
A re-raise is when a player raises a players initial raise during a play. This if often indicative of there being many s...
A re-buy is where a player in a tournament can add purchase more chips to add to their stack. Re-buys exists in some, bu...
A Royal Flush is a hand which consists of 5 cards between 10 and Ace all of the same suit. It is the best and rarest han...
The term 'Runner Runner' is colloquially given to a hand that a player gets via the turn and river cards. e....
Rivered is a colloquial term for when a player, who has been ahead for all of the hand, gets beaten by another hand due ...
A rock is a player who is both passive and tight. They usually only play the best starting hands and never bluff. ...
A Rake is the amount of money a casino takes as commission. This money is taken from the pot and usually comes into effe...
It is said that a board in which all the cards are of different suits (on the Flop or Turn) or when there’s no Flush p...
This is an option given to the players who are all in on a Cash Game hand. It can be found in high stakes games where pl...
When a player is bluffing, he is just trying to represent a strong hand which he actually does not have. When representi...
People who are spectators of a game are known as Railbirds. This applies to both Live and Online Poker games.
When a player folds his hand, he is often curious to see what would come on turn or the river, to see if his draw w...
When poker players use term 'range', they refer to a group of hands rather than one particular hand. Ranges are muc...
Low variation of Seven Card Stud: the lowest five-card hand wins the pot. The best possible Razz hand is the wheel:...
Concept of reverse implied odds is somewhat complicated to pinpoint, but it refers to situations where a player is ...
Short for Return on Investment. ROI is calculated using a simple formula: amount won (profit) / amount invested x 100.
Players who spend a lot of time in a casino, mostly playing but also sometimes hustling and looking for edges....