Thursday, December 08, 2005
Poker - Technical Terms
Before we start getting into the actual proceedings in a game of poker it's important to get two things sorted:
1. The Technical Terminology
2. The Hierarchy of Hands
In this particular post we'll be discussing some technical poker terminology. The reason we're splitting the 2 topics up is so it's easier for visitors to navigate this page and find what they're looking for.
Poker - Technical Terms
Please leave a comment if there's some missing as we're sure we haven't got all the terms.
1. The Technical Terminology
2. The Hierarchy of Hands
In this particular post we'll be discussing some technical poker terminology. The reason we're splitting the 2 topics up is so it's easier for visitors to navigate this page and find what they're looking for.
Poker - Technical Terms
- 4th Street - See "The Turn"
- 5th Street - See "The River"
- Action - Same meaning as "turn". "The action is on you" would mean "it's your turn".
- All-in - The betting of all your chips in one go.
- Blind - A small compulsory bet posted by the two players to the left of the dealer.
- Burn Card - Everytime the dealer deals a set of cards onto the table, he will discard the first card by placing it on the table but not turning it over. This is traditional and ensures that noone knows what cards are going to come up.
- Call - When you match someones bet. E.g. The player to your right bets 10p, if you see that 10p you are "calling".
- Chase - Chasing a hand means that you are waiting for a particular card and are willing to keep playing in order to try and obtain that hand.
- Check - If no one before you has bet you can "check", which means that you don't want to bet yet. The action will then move to the player to the left of you.
- Community Cards - The 5 cards dealt onto the table that everyone can use are called "community cards".
- Dealer - The person who deals the cards. Also more importantly, it dictates the order in which the players play as we'll discuss in later topics.
- Draw - Refers to the fact that you are waiting for one more card to get the hand you want. It's most commonly used in the cases of a straight or a flush.
- Flop - The first 3 cards to be dealt onto the table.
- Fold - When you give up your cards and don't carry on in that round.
- Hand - The 5 cards you select from the 2 dealt to you and the 5 dealt on the table that makes the best possible combination.
- Kicker - If you have a pair, and one of the cards is in your hand and one on the table (community card), then the other card in your hand is refered to as a kicker. For example if the cards dealt to you are AK and there is a K in the community cards, your A will be your kicker (and a good one at that!).
- Loose - Refers to a type of play. Referring to someone as a loose player means that they are risk takers and will take chances as long as there is a chance of winning.
- Nut - The best hand possible in a round.
- Outs - Refers to the cards in the deck that are still available that would give you a winning hand.
- Pocket Pair - If the two cards dealt to you at the beginning of the game are a pair, e.g. AA, it is referred as a "pocket pair".
- Pot - The total amount of cash the players have bet in a particular round. The winner will win the pot.
- Raise - Pretty self-explanatory. If someone bets a certain amount and you bet more than that, it is called a "raise".
- Re-Raise - Raising someone who has already raised is called a "re-raise".
- Side-Pot - Sometimes the pot is split into several different pots. This is refered to as the "side-pot".
- The River - The last card dealt onto the table out of the 5 cards.
- The Turn - The 4th card to be dealt onto the table out of the 5 cards.
Please leave a comment if there's some missing as we're sure we haven't got all the terms.
# posted by H.Hashi : (Darkhodge on DP) @ 4:54 PM 
