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Date Posted: 09:46:07 02/03/05 Thu
Author: partypoker
Subject: Re: Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary CONTINUED
In reply to: partypoker 's message, "Online Poker Terms - Poker Dictionary" on 09:44:51 02/03/05 Thu

Facecard
A king, queen, or jack.
False Cut
1)A cheating maneuver in which the deck appears to be cut, but the stacked portion remains unchanged at the top. 2) Give the deck such a cut.
False Openers
A hand that was opened without having opening requirements.
Family Pot
A pot in which all (or almost all) of the players call before the flop.
Fast
As in "play fast". To play a hand aggressively, betting and raising as much as possible. Example: "When you flop a set but there's a flush draw possible, you have to play it fast".
Fifth Street
Also known as the "river" card. In flop games, this represents the fifth community card on the table and the final round of betting. In Stud games, this is the fifth card dealt to each player and represents the third round of betting.
Fill
To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
Fill Up
To fill a Full House.
Fish
A player who loses money. An old saying is "If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish."
Fishhooks
Slang for Jacks.
Five of a Kind
Five cards of the same value.
Five-card Draw
A poker game in which the player is dealt five cards down. They have one draw to replace them and the best high hand wins the pot.
Five-card Stud
A poker game in which each player is dealt five cards, one down and four up, with betting after 2, 3, 4, & 5 cards.
Fixed Limit
In limit poker, any betting structure in which the amount of the bet on each particular round is pre-set.
Flash
1) To turn up a common card for everyone's use when insufficient cards are available to complete a stud game. 2) Five cards, one of each suit plus the joker.
Flashed Card
A card that is partially exposed.
Flat Call
Calling a bet without raising.
Flat Limit
A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
Floorman
An employee of the cardroom who makes rulings and decisions.
Flop
In Hold'em and Omaha, the first three community cards that are dealt face-up in the center of the table all at one time. The "flop" also indicates the second round of betting.
Flop a Set
To catch a third card of the same denomination on the Flop when holding a pocket pair.
Flop Games
Poker games (Hold'em and Omaha) that are played using community cards that are dealt face up in the center of the table.
Flush
Any five cards of the same suit.
Flush Draw
When a player has four cards in his hand of the same suit and is hoping to draw a fifth to make a flush.
Fold
To throw your hand away when it's your turn to act.
Force-In
A mandatory blind bet, usually with an option to raise.
Forced Bet
A required bet that starts the action on the first round of a poker hand.
Foul
A hand which may not be played for one reason or another. A player with a foul hand may not make any claim on any portion of the pot. Example: "He ended up with three cards after the flop, so the dealer declared his hand foul".
Foul Hand
A hand containing the wrong number of cards.
Four Flush
Four cards to a Flush.
Four of a Kind
Four cards of the same number or face value ("quads").
Fourth Street
In flop games, it is the fourth community card dealt (also known as "the turn") and represents the third round of betting. In Stud games, it is the fourth card dealt to each player and represents the second round of betting.
Free Card
The card you get as result of semi-bluffing from late or last position so that all the players check to you.
Freeroll
A chance to win something at no risk or cost.
Freeze-Out
A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money.
Full Barn
Slang for Full House.
Full Boat
Slang for Full House.
Full Buy
A buy-in of at least the minimum requirement of chips needed for a particular game.
Full House
Any three cards of the same number or face value, plus any other two cards of the same number or face value.
Full Tub
Three of a kind with another pair (Full Hand).
Gallery
Nonplaying spectators.
Gambler
A player who wagers money at unfavorable edge odds.
Gambling
Betting money at unfavorable investment and edge odds.
Get Full Value
To raise, bet or re-raise with the intention of getting the maximum pot odds if you win the hand.
Go All In
To bet all of one's money in table stakes.
Grand
A thousand dollars or other currency.
Graveyard
The shift between midnight and breakfast in a 24-hour cardroom or casino.
Gravy
One's winnings.
Grifter
A cheat
Grinding
Playing in a style with minimal risk and modest gains over a long period of time.

Gut Shot
To draw to and/or hit an inside straight.
Gutshot Straight
An straight filled "inside". If you have 9s-8s, the flop comes 7c-5h-2d, and the turn is the 6c, you've made your gutshot straight.
Gypsy In
In lowball it's to limp in.
Hand
A player's best five cards.
Head to Head
Two people playing poker.
Heads Up
A pot that is being contested by only two players.
Hearts
One of the four playing card suits.
Help Card
One that improves one's hand.
High Hand
The best hand in any round of poker.
High Limit
A game where the amounts wagered are high.
High Roller
A gambler who plays for large stakes. Being a High Roller is often times relative. Extreme High Rollers are also referred to as "Whales".
High-Card
To decide the first dealer in the flop tournaments each user is dealt a single card and the player with the highest card (based on the card and the suit order - of spades, hearts, diamonds & clubs) becomes the theoretical dealer.
High-Low
Split pot games.
High-Low Split
Games where half the pot goes to the highest ranking poker hand and half goes to the lowest ranking poker hand
Hit
As in "the flop hit me". It means the flop contained cards that help your hand. If you have AK, and the flop comes K-7-2, it hit you.
Hit And Run
The act of joining a poker game, winning big in a short period of time, and leaving the table.
Hitchhiker
A player who comes into a pot cheaply as the victim of a trap.
Hold'em
Also known as Texas Hold 'em, where the players get two down cards and five community cards. See our complete Hold 'em rules in our Game Rules section.
Hole Cards
These are the Down Cards in front of the players.
Home Run Hitter
A player who makes risky calls and wins.
Hook
A Jack. So named because the "J" resembles a hook.
Horsing
Passing a small amount of money to another player after winning a pot, AKA "scooting".
Hot Deck
A deck from which good hands are being dealt.
Hot Hands
A run of high-value hands.
Hot Seat
A seat in a poker game where the players have had winning hands.
Hot Streak
A run of good "luck" or winning hands (Spinner).
House
The casino or cardroom that is hosting the poker game.
House Rules
Rules, especially betting, agreed upon by the players.
Ice
A cold deck.
Ideal Edge Odds
The theoretical maximum edge odds, which are impossible to achieve.
Idle Card
A card that adds no value to a hand.
If
See Gambler's Last Charge.
Ignorant End
The lower end of a straight in a game that has community cards.
Image
What kind of player others currently perceive you as.
Immortal
1) The best possible hand. 2) A certain winner.
Implied Odds
The odds you are getting after the assumed result of betting for the remainder of the hand.
Improve
To draw cards that improve one's hand.
In
To remain in the pot.
In a Row
Or in a Line. A sequence or a straight.
In Action
The time when a player is involved in playing his hand.
In the Hole
Cards dealt face-down in stud poker.
In the Middle
The position of the players calling bets between two raising players (Middle Man).
Index
1) The number or letter printed on the corners of cards. 2) The marks a cheater puts on the edge of cards.
Indexing
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Indirect Bet
An opponent betting or raising for a player sandbagging a strong hand.
Inside Straight
Four cards which require another between the top and the bottom card to complete a straight. Players who catch this card make an Inside Straight.
Insurance
A side agreement when someone is all-in for a player in a pot to put up money that guarantees a payoff of a set amount in case the opponent wins the pot.
Intentional Flashing
Purposely flashing or showing one's closed cards to an opponent.
Investment Odds
The estimated returns on betting investments.
Iron Duke
An unbeatable hand (Ironclad Hand).
J Hook
A Jack
J-Boy
A jack.
Jack and Back
Jackpot poker that reverts to low-ball if no one opens (Jack and Reverse, Jacks Back, Jackson).
Jack Up
To raise.
Jackpot
A prize fund awarded to a player who meets a set of predetermined requirements. For example, some casinos will give a jackpot to someone who gets four-of-a-kind or higher and loses.
Jackpot Poker
A form of poker in which the cardroom or casino offers a jackpot to a player who has lost with a really big hand (usually Aces full or better).
Jacks to Open
Draw poker in which jacks or better are required to open (Jackpots).
Jacks-or- Better
A form of poker in which a player needs to have at least a pair of jacks to open the betting.
Jackson Five
A hand with a pair of Jacks and at least one Five.
Jagging
A cheater's technique to mark cards with his fingernail or a device.
Jake
A jack.
Jam
A pot where several players are raising.
Jammed Pot
A pot that has been raised the maximum number of times.

Jinx
A curse of bad luck.
Jog
An unevenly stacked deck used by a cheater to mark where his partner should cut the deck (Step).
John
A jack.
Joker
The joker is a "partially wild card" in high draw poker and ace-to-five lowball. In high, it is used for aces, straights, and flushes. In lowball, the joker is the lowest unmatched rank in a hand. The 53rd card added to a deck.
Joker Poker
Poker played with the joker as wild.
Jonah
An unlucky player.
Kansas City Lowball
Form of lowball poker in which the worst poker hand (2, 3, 4, 5, 7 of different suits) is the best hand. It's also known as Deuce to Seven.

Keep Them Honest
To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing.
Key Card
A card that gives you a big draw or makes your hand.
Key Hand
In a session or tournament, the one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player, either for better or worse.
Kibitzer
A commenting spectator.
Kick It
Raise.
Kicker
The highest unpaired side card in a players' hand.

Kill
Also Kill Blind. An oversize blind, usually twice the size of the big blind and doubling the limit. Sometimes a “half-kill” increasing the blind and limits by fifty percent is used. A kill can be either voluntary or mandatory. The most common requirements of a mandatory kill are for winning two pots in a row at lowball and other games, or for scooping a pot in high-low split.
Kill Button
A button used in a lowball game to indicate a player who has won two pots in a row and is required to kill the pot.
Kill Pot
A method to stimulate action. It is a forced bet by someone who has just won a pot(s).
Knave
A Jack.
Knock
Check.
Kojak
A hand that contains a K-J.
Komodo Dragoned
When a players hand is defeated because of an opponent completing a straight or flush on the river.
Ladies
Two Queens.
Late Position
Position on a round of betting where the player must act after most of the other players have acted (usually considered to be the two positions next to the button).
Lay Down Your Hand
When a player folds.
Lay Odds
To give favorable odds to an opponent.
Lead
The first player to bet into a pot.
Leader
The player who is betting first.
Leak
To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
Leg Up
Being in a situation equivalent to having won the previous pot, and thus liable to have to kill the following pot if you win the current pot.
Legitimate Hand
A strong hand. A hand that is not a bluff.
Let Slide
To not call another player one thinks is probably bluffing.
Lid
The top card of the deck.
Limit
The maximum bet or raise allowed.
Limit Poker
A game that has fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals along with a prescribed number of raises.
Limit Stakes
Poker with maximum bets and raises established by the house rules.
Limp In
To enter the pot by calling rather than raising. (The usual concept of "Limp In" is when the first person to speak just calls the Big Blind.)
Limper
The first player who calls a bet.
Liner
A face card. (Because you can see a line when the card is face down and the lower right corner is lifted).
List
The ordered roster of players waiting for a game.
Little Blind
The first and smallest blind bet.
Little Cat
A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, five cards 3 to 9 with no pair (in some circles, 3 to 8 with no pair), ranks above a big dog, and below a big tiger.
Little Dog
A nonstandard hand sometimes given value in a private or home game, five cards 2 to 7 with no pair, ranks below a big dog and above a straight.
Live Blind
An instance where the player puts in a dark bet and is allowed to raise, even if no other player raises. It's also known as an "option".
Live Card(s)
In Stud Games, cards that have not yet been seen and are presumed to still be in play.
Live Hand
A hand that could still win the pot.
Live One
A not so knowledgeable player who plays a lot of hands.
Lock
A hand that cannot lose.
Lock-Up
A chip marker that holds a seat for a player.
Long Odds
When there is a very low probability that something will happen.
Look
When a player calls the final bet before the showdown.
Loose
Is a player who plays a lot hands.
Loose Game
A game with a lot of players in most hands.
Low Limit
A game where the amounts wagered are small.
Lowball
Is a form of draw poker in which the lowest hand wins the pot.
Lowcard
The lowest upcard at seven-card stud, which is required to bet.
Luck
An illusion of winning or losing beyond statistical reality.
Luck Out
To outdraw and beat a good hand.

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