Full A-Z of poker terms and poker lingo, So you'll never look like the fish at the table!
Also know as "insta call". The phrase refers to the action of a player calling very quickly an opponent's bet. Exam...
A shark is a player who is a highly skilled and, usually, experienced poker player. They very rarely, if ever, make ques...
The phrase is used to describe the action of a player who has made the correct decision (most commonly the calling of a ...
A set is another term for Three of a Kind, but is usually referred to as such when a players' pocket pair matches one ca...
The small blind is the person sitting to the immediate left of the dealer/button. A small blind must put a compulsory pr...
A shortstack is a players' amount of chips that is considerably smaller than the stacks of other players on the table. T...
A straight is a hand with 5 cards that are in direct sequence. It is a stronger hand than three of a kind but weaker tha...
A straight flush is a hand with 5 cards in direct sequence that are also of the same suit. It is the second strongest ha...
A satellite is a tournament where the top prize/s are a seat in another major tournament. The primary purpose of satelli...
A straight draw is a hand where a played needs one card to make up the sequence for them to complete a straight. ...
A straddle is a pre-flop blind bet which is at least double that of the big blind of that hand. A player may straddle to...
Suited refers to a player's starting hand that is of the same suit (Spades, Diamonds, Clubs or Hearts). A suited startin...
A stack is the total amount of chips each player has on the table while playing poker. e.g "With 360,000 ch...
A split pot is when two players both win a hand, meaning that the pot must be split in two equal sums to be given to bot...
A suckout is where a vastly inferior hand ends up winning a pot against a player with a solid hand. e.g "I ...
A showdown is when two or more players show their cards to the table before a hand a completed. This is usually done whe...
A Snapcall is when a player instantly calls a bet that is made during a hand. e.g "Ian made a snapcall whe...
Stealing The Blinds is where a player raises pre-flop, usually bluffing, in an attempt to win the blinds. e....
A slowroll happens when a players thinks too much before calling an All In or a bet on the River with a hand that should...
To deliberately delay the showing of a good hand in order to give other players false hope that their hand may be best. ...
This is a play which is not used too much. It is only useful in tournaments when you have a short stack and you have a s...
This is the name given to an open raise which has the objective of winning the pot preflop. As there is no way to know t...
Staking happens when somebody pays for another player’s buy-in as an investment. Staking can be done for 1 or 2 games,...
Is a tournament which starts when a previously stated number of players register. There are Heads-Up Sit and Goes, One-T...
It is a type of tournament, in which each table plays until only one player remains. Then, that player is sent to a new ...
This is the way to describe a hand we lost that was impossible to avoid. For example, a set over set situation or an Ace...
This is a bet where we have a draw, but the main objective of beting is to pick up the pot right there. Said in other wo...
A String Bet is a bet that is made in more than one movement without a player stating how much they intend to put in. St...
To slowplay in poker is to play a very solid hand in a way that makes other players believe the hand is not as strong as...
The term coming from the hi/lo game variations, where there can be more than one winner. To scoop means to win the ...
Poker variation played with seven cards, using the standard rules. Best five card hand wins. Seven card stud used t...
A game where there is fewer than 9 or 10 players; everything from 8 to 3 players can be considered short-handed, al...
When there is an all in player with two or more active players still in the hand, these players continue to play fo...
Deliberately taking a long time to make the last call holding a very strong hand that you know is winning. Slowroll is s...
Pair of Eights, called thus because of their likeness to a snowman (8 8).
Raise, usually on the bigger side, made with a weak hand with intention of making the original raiser and the playe...
Cards of the same suit and close in value, like 6h7h or 9s10s.
In draw games, player stays pat when he/she decides not to draw any cards for that round.
A player playing with the money that he is not comfortable with losing for whatever reason. If someone is considere...
Make a super quick call without any thinking about it (snap call).
Six Plus Hold'em is an action packed Hold'em variation played with a deck of 32 cards. Originating from Macau, this Hold...
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