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143 terms and expressionsThe focus is Texas Hold’em. Some expressions change meaning depending on the sentence, region or group. Slang entries describe informal usage.
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Also used: three-bet · 3bet · reraise.
A reraise over a raise. Preflop, the big blind counts as the first bet, the raise as the second and the 3-bet as the third.
With a blind of 10, someone raises to 25 and another player reraises to 80.
Also used: four-bet · 4bet.
A raise made after a 3-bet in the same betting round.
After a raise to 25 and a 3-bet to 80, another raise to 190 is a 4-bet.
Also used: act · turn to act.
The term can mean a player's turn or the sequence of bets and decisions in a hand.
“The action is on you” means it is your turn.
Also used: pure air · no made hand.
A hand with no relevant made hand or draw in the situation. It can still have a chance to win.
“They bet with air” suggests that they bet without a relevant made hand.
Also used: all in · shove · commit all your chips.
To commit all available chips. An all-in can be a bet, a raise or a call, including a call for less than the full amount.
If you have 120 chips and put in all 120, you are all-in.
Also used: antes · big blind ante · BBA.
An extra forced contribution when the structure calls for one. It goes into the pot and does not count toward a call. Each player may post it, or the big blind may post it for the table.
A player who posts an ante still owes the blind if they are in a blind position.
Also used: runner-runner · runner runner.
A draw that needs two favorable cards in a row, on the turn and river, to come in.
You hold two hearts and there is one on the flop. You need a heart on both the turn and river to make a flush.
Also used: badbeat · bad beat loss.
Losing a hand after being a clear favorite at a decisive point in the hand.
You go all-in far ahead, but the remaining cards give the win to your opponent.
Also used: poker funds · BR.
The money set aside for poker, separate from your chips at the table or your tournament stack.
A stack covers one entry. Your bankroll is the full amount set aside for play.
Also used: Brazilian slang · play loose.
Brazilian slang for playing a lot of hands or getting involved without much selection. In other contexts, the word can mean to shuffle cards.
In Brazil, “Hoje estou baralhando” can be a joking way to say “I'm playing way too many hands today.”
Also used: double barrel · triple barrel · second barrel · third barrel.
A continuation bet across consecutive streets. A double barrel usually means betting the flop and turn. A triple barrel adds the river.
Betting all three streets from the flop through the river is firing three barrels.
Also used: big blind · bigblind.
The larger of the two usual forced bets and the name of the position that posts it. It is also a unit for measuring stacks.
With a big blind of 10, a stack of 200 is 20 BB.
Also used: open the betting · opening bet.
The first voluntary bet of a betting round. Increasing an existing bet is a raise.
Everyone checks on the flop and you put in 30. That is a bet.
Also used: brick · blank card.
A community card that appears to change little about the relevant made hands or draws. It depends on the hands involved and the context.
A 2 that appears unconnected can be called a blank, but it may still help someone holding a two.
Also used: bluffing · bluff bet.
A bet or raise intended to make a better hand fold. Betting with weak cards does not guarantee the bluff will work.
You bet without a pair, hoping your opponent will fold a stronger hand.
Also used: blocking card · blockers.
A known card that reduces the possible combinations in your opponents’ hands.
If you hold the ace of spades, nobody else can use that ace to make a flush.
Also used: community cards · board cards.
The face-up community cards in the middle of the table. In Hold’em, there can be up to five by the river.
A board of Q♠ 7♥ 2♣ contains the three flop cards.
Also used: money bubble · bubble out.
The stage immediately before paid places begin. To bubble out is to be eliminated at that stage without winning a prize.
If 20 players are paid and 21 remain, the tournament is on the money bubble.
Also used: dealer button · BTN · button.
The marker that defines the positions and moves each hand. At a full table, the button acts last after the flop if still in the hand.
The small blind and big blind sit immediately to the left of the button.
Also used: knockout reward · knockout · KO.
A reward for an eligible elimination, as specified by the rules. It can be fixed, progressive or use another format.
An event can pay prizes for finishing positions and for certain eliminations.
Also used: Broadway cards.
The term can mean cards from ten through ace or the highest straight, T-J-Q-K-A. The context tells you which meaning applies.
KQ are Broadway cards. T-J-Q-K-A makes the Broadway straight.
Also used: Brazilian slang · hit a draw.
Brazilian slang for hitting the card you needed or completing a draw, often with a card you were especially hoping for.
The Brazilian phrase “Broquei a sequência no river” means “I hit my straight on the river.”
Also used: burn · card burn.
A card the dealer sets aside face down before dealing a new street under standard live poker procedures. It cannot play in the hand.
The dealer burns a card before dealing the flop.
Also used: bust out · go bust · eliminated.
To be eliminated from a tournament or lose the chips for an entry. In other contexts it can mean running out of bankroll.
“I busted the tournament” usually means that entry ended.
Also used: entry · entry fee · buy in.
The entry amount for a game or tournament. In a tournament it covers registration. In a cash game, it buys your starting chips within the table limits.
A tournament may show separately how much of the buy-in goes to the prize pool and how much is the fee.
Also used: continuation bet · cbet.
A bet by the previous street’s aggressor on the next street. Most often it means a flop bet by the preflop raiser.
You raise preflop, get called and bet the flop.
Also used: match the bet · flat call.
To put in the chips needed to match the current bet. A player without enough chips may call all-in for less.
The bet is 50 and you have put in 20 this round. A full call adds 30.
Also used: loose caller · serial caller.
An informal label for someone who calls many bets and rarely raises. It describes an observed tendency across hands.
“He calls too much” describes how he plays without telling you what cards he holds.
Also used: ace-high · king-high.
The hand category with no pair or better combination. Compare all five card ranks from highest to lowest.
A-J-8-6-3 is ace-high.
Also used: private cards · pocket cards.
Cards dealt individually to each player. In Texas Hold’em, each player receives two.
You can see your own cards. Your opponents’ cards usually stay hidden until they are shown.
Also used: cash · ring game.
A format where players can join or leave according to the room rules. Chips represent amounts at the table, and the blinds usually stay the same.
In a tournament, by contrast, your stack is used to compete for finishing positions and prizes.
Also used: pass the action · check back.
To stay in the hand without adding chips when there is no bet to match on that street.
If nobody has bet on the flop, you can check.
Also used: check raise · check then raise.
To check, face a bet and raise when the action returns to you on the same street.
You check, your opponent bets 20 and you raise to 70.
Also used: cEV · expected chip value.
Expected value measured in chips. In a tournament it does not necessarily equal expected prize value.
Winning chips and improving your expected prize are related but distinct measures.
Also used: CL · stack leader.
The player with the most chips in a tournament or in a specified group of players.
The chip leader at your table may have fewer chips than the overall tournament leader.
Also used: split · split the pot · make a deal.
It can mean splitting a tied pot or making a deal to divide the prize money. The context tells you what is being split.
“Chop the pot” can mean a tie. “Chop at the final table” can refer to a prize deal.
Also used: cutoff · cut-off.
The seat immediately to the right of the button. It acts just before the button in the initial order.
At a six-handed table: UTG, HJ, CO, BTN, SB and BB.
Also used: flip · near even odds.
A matchup between two hands with similar chances of winning. The odds do not have to be exactly 50% each.
A pair against two higher cards can be called a flip, with the exact percentages varying by matchup.
Also used: card combination · combos.
One specific combination of cards. In range analysis, hands with different suits can be distinct combos.
A♠ K♥ and A♦ K♣ are two combos of AK.
Also used: coolered · strong hand over strong hand.
A matchup in which one very strong hand loses to an even stronger one. The term describes the strength of the hands, and a cooler can also involve an unlikely turn of events.
A set runs into a higher set and both players put a lot of chips into the pot.
Also used: Brazilian slang · win a tournament · take it down.
Brazilian slang for winning a tournament by finishing in first place.
In Brazil, “Cravei o torneio” means “I won the tournament.”
Also used: card dealer · croupier.
The person who deals the cards and oversees table procedures. The dealer button marks a position even when a professional deals the cards.
The physical dealer can stay in the same place while the button moves.
Also used: deep · large stack · deepstack.
A stack that is large relative to the blinds. There is no single threshold that applies across all formats.
A stack of 200 BB is deep in many Hold’em situations.
Also used: two distinct pairs.
A hand with two pairs of different ranks and one fifth card. Compare the higher pair, the lower pair and then the fifth card.
A-A-Q-Q-9 beats K-K-Q-Q-A because of the higher pair.
Also used: donkbet · lead into the aggressor.
A bet on a new street made before the previous street’s aggressor has acted. The term describes the sequence of play and leaves the quality of the bet open.
You call a preflop raise from the BB and lead out on the flop before the raiser can act.
Also used: drawing hand · incomplete hand.
A hand that needs future cards to complete a specific combination.
Four available hearts can give you a flush draw.
Also used: dead · no outs.
A situation where none of the remaining cards can make your hand win the pot in question.
An ordinary flush can be drawing dead against a made straight flush.
Also used: Brazilian slang · enter a tournament · jump into a game.
Brazilian slang for joining a game, session or tournament.
In Brazil, “Vou engatar mais um torneio” means “I'm going to enter another tournament.”
Also used: equity share · expected pot share.
The average share of the pot a hand receives at showdown in a given scenario, including its share of any split pots.
If two players always tie and split the pot evenly, each has 50% equity.
Also used: expected value · positive EV · negative EV.
The mathematical average of possible outcomes, weighted by their probabilities. It can be measured in chips or other units.
A decision can turn out badly on one occasion and still have positive expected value.
Also used: exploitative play · adjustment.
An adjustment intended to take advantage of an opponent’s pattern of play. It depends on reading that pattern correctly.
Changing how often you make a play after noticing a tendency is an exploitative adjustment.
Also used: family pot · multiway pot.
A pot contested by many players. The expression is informal and has no universal minimum player count.
Five players see the flop together at a six-handed table.
Also used: entrants · participants.
The group of participants in a tournament. There can be more entries than players if re-entry is allowed.
A player who enters again can account for two entries.
Also used: inexperienced player.
An informal, often derogatory label for someone perceived as inexperienced. It is neither an official category nor an assessment of skill.
Describe a specific action instead of using the label to insult someone.
Also used: flat call · just call.
To call a bet or raise without raising again.
Flatting a 3-bet means calling the 3-bet.
Also used: to flop a hand.
The first three community cards in Hold’em, revealed together after preflop betting.
Q♠ 7♥ 2♣ is a flop with three cards of different suits.
Also used: five cards of the same suit.
A five-card hand of the same suit. When two players have a flush, compare the ranks from highest to lowest.
A♥ J♥ 8♥ 6♥ 2♥ makes an ace-high flush.
Also used: AA · aces · pocket aces · rockets.
A nickname for pocket aces. They are the strongest starting hand in Hold’em against a random hand and can still lose.
Being dealt A♠ A♥ means you have “pocket rockets.”
Also used: give up the hand · lay down.
To give up your cards and stop contesting the pot. Folding does not return chips you have already put in.
If you fold to a bet, you can no longer win that pot.
Also used: equity from folds.
The benefit of an opponent potentially folding to a bet or raise. It differs from your cards’ equity at showdown.
A bluff can win if the other player gives up the hand.
Also used: free-entry tournament · free roll.
A tournament with no entry fee, subject to its eligibility rules. The term can also describe a matchup where a player can improve to win and otherwise ties.
The meaning depends on whether you are talking about an event or a card matchup.
Also used: no re-entry · freeze out.
A tournament in which losing all your chips ends your run, with no rebuy or re-entry.
An eliminated player cannot buy another entry to that event.
Also used: full · boat.
A hand made up of three of a kind and a pair. To break a tie, compare the three of a kind first, then the pair.
J-J-J-4-4 is a full house, jacks full of fours.
Also used: good game.
Short for good game. Depending on the tone, it can thank someone for the game or acknowledge the end of their run.
“GG, everyone” is often a way to say goodbye after the game.
Also used: grind · grinder · grinding.
To play or study consistently and with discipline over multiple sessions. The word does not imply guaranteed profit.
“I’m going to grind today” usually means setting aside time for a regular playing session.
Also used: game theory optimal · game theory.
An approach based on game-theory equilibrium. A solution depends on the rules, bet sizes and assumptions of the model.
A frequency from one solution does not automatically carry over to every situation.
Also used: inside straight draw.
A straight draw that needs one specific internal rank to complete it.
With 5-6-8-9, a 7 completes the straight.
Also used: HU · one on one · heads up.
A situation with two players contesting a hand, or a two-player format. At a two-handed table, the button and small blind are the same position.
A pot can become heads-up after the other players fold.
Also used: player under analysis.
The name used in hand reviews for the player whose perspective is being analyzed. It says nothing about their character or skill.
In this site’s examples, “You” is the hero of the demonstration.
Also used: hijack · hi-jack.
The position before the cutoff. At this site’s six-handed table, it is between UTG and CO.
The HJ acts after UTG on the first preflop pass at this table.
Also used: independent chip model.
A model that estimates tournament prize equity from stack sizes and the payout structure. It does not assign a fixed cash value to each chip.
Having half the chips does not entitle you to half of the total prize pool.
Also used: IP.
To act after an opponent on postflop streets. The relationship applies to players still in the hand.
On the button, you act after the big blind postflop if both of you stay in the hand.
Also used: in the money · cashing · paid places.
To finish among a tournament’s paid places. A cash does not guarantee profit after all entries and costs are considered.
If the top 20 get paid, finishing 18th is an ITM result.
Also used: shove · push all-in.
Slang for committing all your chips in an all-in bet or raise.
“They shoved the river” means they bet or raised with all their remaining chips.
Also used: tiebreaker · kickers.
A card that completes a five-card hand and can break a tie. There is no sixth tiebreaker outside your best five cards.
With the same pair of kings, K-K-A-8-6 beats K-K-Q-8-6 because of the ace.
Also used: late reg.
The period during which players can still enter a tournament that has already started.
Once late registration closes, the tournament stops accepting new entries under its rules.
Also used: limper · open limp.
To enter preflop by calling only the big blind when no one has raised. Calling the difference from the small blind is often called completing.
With a big blind of 10 and no raise, the UTG player puts in 10.
Also used: wide · loose aggressive · loose passive.
A relative description of a player who enters many hands. On its own, it does not tell you whether they bet frequently or tend to call.
Loose-aggressive and loose-passive both describe playing many hands, but with different betting patterns.
Also used: hole cards · complete hand.
It can mean a player’s cards, their best five-card combination, or the entire contest from the start to the pot payout.
“My hand is a pair” and “the next hand has started” use different senses of the word.
Also used: minraise · minimum raise.
The smallest legal full raise. In No Limit, its increment normally matches the size of the last full raise of that betting round, subject to the applicable rules.
Raising a bet of 20 to 60 is a raise of 40. The next minimum full raise is to 100.
Also used: multi-table tournament.
A tournament played across several tables, with remaining players brought together as others are eliminated.
Tables are rearranged until only the final table remains.
Also used: discard · throw away face down.
To discard cards face down when the rules allow, or the pile of discarded cards. At showdown, the rules can require a player to show their cards.
A player can discard a losing hand without showing it if the rules allow.
Also used: mystery.
A tournament format with knockout rewards whose amounts are revealed or drawn under specific rules, usually during a defined phase.
The bounty phase may start only after a particular level or when a set number of players remain.
Also used: nice hand.
Short for nice hand, used to compliment or acknowledge a play. The tone can vary with the conversation.
“NH!” can mean “nice hand!”
Also used: very tight player.
An informal label for a player perceived as very selective and unlikely to get involved in many hands. It is not an official classification.
The term conveys an impression of a playing style.
Also used: NL · NLHE.
A structure that lets players bet or raise up to all the chips they have in play, subject to minimums and the order of action. NLHE means No Limit Hold’em.
No Limit does not let you add more chips to the table mid-hand to cover a bet.
Also used: nut hand · best possible hand.
The best possible hand in the situation. Two players can tie with the same combination, and new cards can change what the nuts are.
A royal flush on the river cannot be beaten in the traditional hand rankings.
Also used: chances · probability ratio.
The ratio between the chance of an event happening and the chance of it not happening. Check whether the odds are for or against the event.
A 20% chance is equivalent to odds of 4 to 1 against.
Also used: off · different suits · o.
Two hole cards of different suits. In hand notation, this is usually marked with the letter o.
AKo means an ace and a king of different suits.
Also used: open · RFI · raise first in.
The first voluntary preflop raise when no earlier player has voluntarily entered the pot.
Everyone folds to the cutoff, who raises instead of calling the blind.
Also used: OESD · open-ended straight draw.
A straight draw that can be completed at either end.
With 5-6-7-8, a 4 or a 9 completes the straight.
Also used: OOP.
To act before an opponent on betting rounds after the flop.
The big blind is out of position against the button if both remain in the pot.
Also used: out · cards that improve your hand.
Unseen cards that can give you the improvement you are looking for. A card that improves your hand can also help your opponent, so it does not guarantee a win.
A flush draw usually has nine unseen cards of the relevant suit before accounting for any other information.
Also used: bet larger than the pot.
A bet larger than the pot before the bet. The term describes the size, regardless of whether the play is good or bad.
Betting 150 into a pot of 100 is an overbet of 150% of the pot.
Also used: two higher cards · cards above the board.
Hole cards that rank higher than the cards relevant to the comparison, often the flop cards or an opponent’s pair.
AK on a Q-7-2 flop is two overcards to the board.
Also used: pair above the board.
A pocket pair of a higher rank than every community card.
KK on a Q-7-2 flop is an overpair.
Also used: one pair · pocket pair.
Two cards of the same rank. A pocket pair is dealt in your two hole cards, before the flop.
9♠ 9♦ is a pocket pair of nines.
Also used: payout jump.
An increase in prize money between two payout positions or tiers in a tournament.
If 10th place pays 50 and 9th pays 70, the pay jump between those places is 20.
Also used: progressive knockout · progressive bounty.
A format in which part of a knockout reward is typically paid immediately and part increases the bounty of the player who made the knockout. The split depends on the event.
A player’s bounty can grow over the course of the tournament.
Also used: price of the call · pot odds.
The relationship between the amount you must call and the pot you can win. In the simple calculation, the minimum equity is the call divided by the final pot after the call, under the assumptions of the model.
With 100 in the pot and a bet of 50, calling 50 makes the total pot 200. That requires 25% equity if there is no future betting.
Also used: pot · pots.
The chips put in by the players and contested in the hand. There may be a main pot and one or more side pots.
Forced bets start building the pot before the flop.
Also used: side pot.
A pot formed by contributions beyond the amount an all-in player can cover. Only eligible players can win it.
A player with 40 can contest the main pot. They cannot win the extra 60 that each of the other two players put in.
Also used: pre-flop · pre flop.
The stage after players receive their hole cards and before the first three community cards are revealed.
The first betting round in Hold’em is preflop.
Also used: scoop the pot · take down the pot.
Brazilian poker slang for winning a pot and collecting its chips.
“I took it down without showing” usually means the opponents folded before showdown.
Also used: quads · four of a kind.
Four cards of the same rank, plus a fifth card that can break a tie if needed.
8-8-8-8-A is four eights with an ace kicker.
Also used: three different suits · rainbow flop.
A flop with three cards of different suits. The term describes the suits on the board.
Q♠ 7♥ 2♣ is a rainbow flop.
Also used: raise the bet · increase the bet.
Increase the total of the current bet. A raise “to” an amount gives the new total for the round, including any chips already committed.
If you already put in 20 and raise to 60, you add 40.
Also used: house fee · commission.
A charge collected by the operator under the rules of the table or event. In cash games it can come out of the pot. Tournaments may charge an entry fee.
An advertised buy-in can include a portion that goes to the organizer.
Also used: hand range · range of hands.
The set of hands a player can have or that you consider possible for that player in a given situation.
A range can include pairs, suited aces and other combinations.
Also used: reentry · another entry · another bullet.
A new tournament entry after an earlier entry has ended, when the rules allow it. It is separate from adding chips to a current entry.
Losing your stack and signing up again is a re-entry.
Also used: buy more chips · rebuy period.
A purchase of additional chips in a tournament that allows rebuys, within its stated conditions and time window.
Some tournaments let you buy more chips after losing your stack.
Also used: regular · regular players.
Someone who plays frequently in a particular setting or format. Being a regular tells you about their playing frequency. Their results may vary.
Someone can be a regular in one tournament and still have little experience in another format.
Also used: deep run · late stage.
A late part of a tournament when relatively few players remain. The expression has no fixed player count.
“I made a deep run” means the player advanced far in the event.
Also used: fifth card · fifth street.
The fifth and final community card in Hold’em. The last betting round follows if betting is still possible.
The river completes the five-card board.
Also used: royal · ace-high straight flush.
The highest straight flush: T-J-Q-K-A of the same suit. It is unbeatable in the traditional high-hand rankings.
A♠ K♠ Q♠ J♠ T♠ makes a royal flush.
Also used: board runout · run out.
The sequence of community cards dealt through the end of the hand, particularly from a given point or after an all-in.
“The runout was 9♦ and A♦” describes the turn and river.
Also used: small blind · small blind seat.
The smaller of the two usual forced bets and the position that posts it. That position is immediately left of the button except in heads-up play.
At this site’s six-player table, the small blind is 5 chips.
Also used: semi bluff · semibluff.
A bet or raise with a hand that can make opponents fold and can still improve on later cards.
Betting with a flush draw can be a semi-bluff.
Also used: five consecutive ranks · straight.
Five consecutive ranks. The ace can be high in T-J-Q-K-A or low in A-2-3-4-5. It cannot bridge the ends in K-A-2-3-4.
5-6-7-8-9 makes a nine-high straight.
Also used: three of a kind with a pocket pair.
Three of a kind made with a pocket pair and one card of that rank on the board. It is a specific way to make three of a kind.
With 7♠ 7♦ on a K♣ 7♥ 2♠ flop, you have a set of sevens.
Also used: short · shortstack.
A stack that is small relative to the blinds or to the opponents’ stacks, depending on the situation. The threshold varies.
A stack of 8 BB is usually considered short in a tournament.
Also used: final reveal · show your cards.
The remaining players compare hands after betting has finished. Each pot is decided among the players eligible to win it.
If everyone but one player folds, the winner normally collects the pot without a showdown.
Also used: SNG · sit and go.
A tournament that usually starts once the required number of players has registered. The start time depends on filling the field.
A single-table Sit & Go can start when all seats are filled.
Also used: slowplay · disguise strength.
Play a strong hand passively at certain points, such as by checking or calling instead of betting or raising immediately.
Calling with a very strong hand to keep opponents in the pot can be slow play.
Also used: slowroll · delay showing the winner.
Deliberately delay showing an obvious winner or completing a clear-cut action to make an opponent wait. This differs from slow play.
Holding back the nuts just to provoke an opponent is called a slow roll.
Also used: squeeze play · squeeze raise.
A preflop reraise after a raise and at least one call.
The HJ raises, the CO calls and the BB 3-bets.
Also used: chip stack · chips.
The number of chips a player has available at a table or in a tournament.
With 300 chips and a big blind of 10, your stack is 30 BB.
Also used: effective · effective stack size.
Between two players, the smaller stack at the start of the hand. It determines how much one player can win from the other in that hand.
With stacks of 100 and 300, the effective stack between those players is 100.
Also used: five consecutive cards of one suit.
Five consecutive ranks, all in the same suit. A royal flush is the highest possible straight flush.
9♥ 8♥ 7♥ 6♥ 5♥ makes a nine-high straight flush.
Also used: bet in multiple motions · string raise.
A bet or raise made in separate motions without a valid declaration covering the total. The procedure and ruling follow the table rules.
Pushing chips forward, reaching back to your stack and adding more may not count as a raise.
Also used: s · same suit.
Two hole cards of the same suit. Those cards can help make a flush if the board provides the rest.
A♥ Q♥ is AQs: an ace and a queen of the same suit.
Also used: tells · behavioral clue.
A behavior that may offer information about a hand or decision. It is an uncertain clue and can be misleading.
A change in how long someone takes to act can be worth noticing, without proving what cards they hold.
Also used: selective · plays few hands.
A relative description of someone who chooses to play few hands. A tight player can be passive or aggressive.
A player can be tight and still raise often when they enter a pot.
Also used: tilted · on tilt · emotional play.
Frustration or emotional imbalance that interferes with decisions. It can follow losses or have other causes.
“I went on tilt” describes struggling to make considered decisions after an emotional moment.
Also used: highest pair on the board · TP.
A pair formed by matching a hole card to the highest-ranked card on the board.
With KQ on a Q-7-2 flop, you have top pair, queens.
Also used: three cards of one rank.
Three cards of the same rank plus two other cards. A set and trips are different ways to make this hand category.
Q-Q-Q-9-4 is three queens.
Also used: three of a kind on a paired board.
Three of a kind made with two cards of the same rank on the board and one hole card of that rank. A set instead uses a pocket pair.
With A7 on a 7-7-K flop, you have trip sevens.
Also used: hyper · hyper-turbo · fast tournament.
A structure with faster levels than regular events from the same organizer. Hyper events usually move faster still, and level duration varies.
Compare the level length and starting stack in each event’s rules.
Also used: under the gun · first to act.
The position immediately to the left of the big blind. It acts first preflop at a table with three or more players.
At this site’s six-player table, UTG acts before HJ.
Also used: bet for value · value.
A bet that aims to get called by worse hands. Whether it works as a value bet depends on which worse hands might call.
You bet a full house expecting weaker hands to call.
Also used: swings · fluctuation.
The spread of results around their expected value. In poker, results over a small number of hands can be far from the expected average.
Winning two pots in a row gives no guarantee that you will win the next two.
Also used: opponent · other player.
A term for an opponent in hand reports and study. It describes the player’s role in the hand.
“Villain raised” means that the opponent made a raise.
Also used: win the blinds uncontested.
Everyone folds before the big blind has to act, so the big blind collects the forced bets in the pot.
The whole table folds and the BB takes the pot without having to act.
Follow the cards and bets in the tutorial at your own pace with play chips.
Go to the demo table →Play against five bots, follow your hand and learn each betting round. No sign-up, just play chips.