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2-Bet<\/a> – the first raise made in a betting street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3-Bet<\/a> – a re-raise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4-Bet<\/a> – a raise over a 3-bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5-Bet<\/a> – a raise over a 4-bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6-Max<\/a> – poker game with up to six players at a table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Action Card<\/a> – community card that gives many chances for players to improve their hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aggressive<\/a> – player who is constantly betting and raising.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All-In<\/a> – an action of a player betting his entire stack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Angle Shooting<\/a> – trying to get an unfair advantage at the tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ante<\/a> – a mandatory bet usually posted by every single player at the table on each hand to incentivize action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Any Two Cards<\/a> – this term usually refers to a player who is playing all of the hands that he gets in a particular situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n BB\/100<\/a> – this term is used to measure the win rate in cash games and refers to how many big blinds you win per 100 hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Backer<\/a> – a person who provides capital for poker players in exchange for a share of their winnings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bad Beat<\/a> – a situation where a player loses a hand while being a big favorite to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Barrel<\/a> – a slang term for continuing betting in a hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bet<\/a> – any wager made at a poker table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big Blind<\/a> – position at a poker table that has to place a mandatory bet before the action starts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Big Blind Ante<\/a> – a mandatory bet placed by the player in the big blind position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blank<\/a> – a card that does not change the board structure and is unlikely to be useful to any of the players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blocker<\/a> – a card that reduces the chances of your opponent having a specific holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bluff<\/a> – a bet made with a weak hand in order to make your opponent fold a superior holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Board<\/a> – community cards that are dealt face up in the middle of the table for everyone to use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bomb Pot<\/a> – a unique Texas Hold’em game variation where every player places a fixed bet before the flop, and the hand starts when the dealer deals the first free community cards, skipping preflop action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Boat<\/a> – a nickname for a full house hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Brick<\/a> – a card on the turn or river that has very low chances of improving anyone’s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Broadway<\/a> – ace-high straight or any card from Ten to Ace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bubble<\/a> – a situation in a tournament where the next player to go out gets nothing, and everyone else is guaranteed a payout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Bum Hunting<\/a> – a practice of only playing weak recreational players and following them around to sit at the same table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Button<\/a> – the most favorable position at the poker table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Buy-In<\/a> – the amount of money the player needs to pay to join the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call<\/a> – an action at the table that refers to matching the previously made bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Call the Clock<\/a> – an action that gives another player a predefined time to act (usually 60 seconds), or he is forced to forfeit the hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check<\/a> – a move of passing the action to the next player without making a bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chip Dumping<\/a> – a deliberate action of losing the hand with the goal of giving some of your chips to another player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chip Leader<\/a> – a person having the most chips in the tournament at any given time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Chop<\/a> – a situation where two or more players share the pot because they have the same hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Coin Flip<\/a> – a situation in a hand where both players have almost the same chance of winning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cold Call<\/a> – calling a raise or a re-reraise without being involved in the hand before this action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Collusion<\/a> – a situation where a few players are working together to gain an unfair advantage over others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Color Up<\/a> – a situation where smaller denomination chips are removed from play and replaced with larger denomination chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Combination<\/a> – each variation of any possible hand is known as a separate combination since there are multiple ways to make each hand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Community Cards<\/a> – face-up cards dealt at the middle of the table that every player in the hand can use to make their combination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cooler<\/a> – a situation where you lose a big pot with a very strong hand that couldn’t have been avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cutoff<\/a> – a position at the poker table to the right of the dealer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dead Money<\/a> – chips in the pot that are seemingly up for grabs without too much resistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dealer<\/a> – the last to act player sitting in the best position at the table or the person who is actually dealing the cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Discard<\/a> – to throw away cards that you don’t want to play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Donk Bet<\/a> – a bet made by out-of-position players leading into a preflop aggressor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Double Up<\/a> – to win a pot where you wager all of your chips and double your stack as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Downswing<\/a> – a prolonged period of a losing stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Draw<\/a> – a hand that needs to hit specific cards to make a strong holding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Drawing Dead<\/a> – a situation where no cards in the deck can help you win this particular hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Dry Board<\/a> – community cards that are disconnected from each other and do not create any apparent draws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Early Position<\/a> – seats at the poker table where players are the first to act before the flop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Edge<\/a> – describe an advantage a player has over their opponents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Exploitative Play<\/a> – a strategy aimed at identifying mistakes in your opponent’s game and adjusting your play to beat them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Face Card<\/a> – any card that has a picture on it, like a King, Queen, or a Jack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Family Pot<\/a> – a pot with multiple players seeing the flop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fast Fold Poker<\/a> – an online poker format where players can fold their hands without waiting until their turn to act and get instantly moved to play another table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fish<\/a> – a weak player who is likely to lose in any given session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fixed Limit<\/a> – a predefined betting structure where you can only bet a specific amount in any given situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Float<\/a> – to call a bet without having a strong hand with the intention of bluffing later and winning the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flop<\/a> – the first three community cards and a betting round that follows after it is dealt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Flush<\/a> – poker hand combination with five cards of the same suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fold<\/a> – to throw away your hand and give up any chance of winning the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Forced Bet<\/a> – a mandatory bet that the player must put in before dealing the cards and seeing his hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Four of a Kind<\/a> – poker hand combination consisting of four cards of the same rank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Freeroll<\/a> – poker tournament that does not have a buy-in fee and is free to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Freezeout<\/a> – a type of tournament where players can only buy in once, and no re-buys of any kind are possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full House<\/a> – poker hand combination consisting of three cards of the same rank and a pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Full Ring<\/a> – a game that has 8 or more players at the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ghosting<\/a> – an unfair practice in which a better player advises someone else what to do in the game or takes over the play entirely later in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Grinder<\/a> – a player who spends a lot of time playing the game with the primary goal of making a profit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n GTO<\/a> – game theory optimal strategy that perfectly balances bluffs versus value hands and makes you unexploitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Gutshot<\/a> – a straight draw that can only be filled by one card that falls in the middle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hand-for-Hand<\/a> – a period in a tournament where the next hand starts only when the current one is finished on all of the tables in play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hand History<\/a> – a record of a played hand that displayed all of the actions that happened during it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heater<\/a> – an extended period of great results that exceeds long-term expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hero<\/a> – a person from whose point of view the hand history is being explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hero Call<\/a> – a call made with a weak hand that can only win if the opponent is bluffing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hijack<\/a> – a position at the poker table located two seats right from the button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n High Card<\/a> – weakest poker hand combination consisting of five different cards that are not in a row and not all of the same suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hit<\/a> – to get a card, you need to improve your hand and likely end up with a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hit and Run<\/a> – leaving immediately after winning a big pot, not giving a chance for a losing player to win it back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hole Cards<\/a> – face-down cards that are dealt to each player before the betting starts and only they can use it in the hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HUD<\/a> – an abbreviation for \u201cHeads Up Display,\u201d which is a piece of software that shows important statistical information for players.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HUSNG<\/a> – an abbreviation for heads-up sit-and-goes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ICM<\/a> – an abbreviation for the Independent Chip Model, a system that assigns monetary value to tournament chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Position<\/a> – a player who is the last to act in a betting round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Inside Straight<\/a> – a straight draw that needs to hit a specific card to make this combination and only has four outs for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Insurance<\/a> – an option to insure your money when you find yourself in an all-in situation to protect against possible variance and losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Isolate<\/a> – to make a raise that aims to prevent other players from entering the pot and puts you heads-up against a particular opponent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n ITM<\/a> – an abbreviation for \u201cin the money.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jam<\/a> – a synonym for all-in, meaning that you bet all of your chips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Kicker<\/a> – the highest side card that you hold alongside your poker hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n LAG<\/a> – abbreviation for \u201cloose-aggressive,\u201d which describes a particular style of play with many bets and raises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Leveling<\/a> – refers to mind games between the players as they try to figure out each other\u2019s hands and outplay one another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Limit<\/a> – can refer to a game structure or describe particular stakes the player is playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Limp<\/a> – calling the size of the big blind before the flop in an unopened pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Live Cards<\/a> – particular cards that can improve your hand into a winning one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Long Run<\/a> – an extended period of time or a big number of games that make variance irrelevant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Makeup<\/a> – a term used to describe how much a player has lost in the staking deal that he needs to win back before sharing the profits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Maniac<\/a> – a player who plays a reckless and aggressive style and gets involved in big pots with marginal holdings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MDF<\/a> – an abbreviation for Minimum Defense Frequency, which describes how often you need to defend against an opponent\u2019s bet or raise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Middle Position<\/a> – seats in the middle of the poker table that have to act after early position players but before the CO and BTN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Misclick<\/a> – clicking the wrong button on the screen while playing poker, thus making an action you did not want to make.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Monster<\/a> – a very strong hand that\u2019s likely to win the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MTT<\/a> – an abbreviation for multi-table tournaments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Muck<\/a> – to fold your hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Multiway<\/a> – hands that have more than two players after the flop. <\/p>\n\n\n\n NIT<\/a> – a tight player who only plays the best hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No-Limit<\/a> – a betting structure where a player can bet any amount of chips from his stack at any time in the hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nosebleeds<\/a> – the highest stakes games that generate massive pots and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nuts<\/a> – the best possible poker hand combination at any given time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Odds<\/a> – the likelihood of hitting a specific hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Offsuit<\/a> – poker hand consisting of two cards of different suits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One Pair<\/a> – a poker hand combination consisting of two cards of the same rank and three different cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Open<\/a> – a synonym for a first raise that describes the first aggressive action before the flop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Option<\/a> – a situation where you have the option to check and see the flop without putting any additional money in the pot or making a bet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Orbit<\/a> – the term orbit in poker describes a complete round of hands, where every player at the table got to play every position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Out Of Position<\/a> – a player who has to act first in a betting round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Outs<\/a> – cards that can improve a hand and turn it into a winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overbet<\/a> – a bet that is over the size of the pot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overcards<\/a> – cards with a higher value than community cards or your opponent’s hand.<\/p>\n\n\n\nA<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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