Poker Terms and Definitions

3Bet

3Bet Definition - what does the term 3bet mean in poker? What is the definition of the term 3bet?

4Bet

4Bet Definition - what does the term 4bet mean? What is the definition of the term 4bet?

ABC Player

ABC Player Definition - what does the term ABC player mean? What is meant by ABC poker?

Act

Act Definition Poker - what does the term act mean in poker? What does it mean to act in poker?

Action Card

What is an action card? What is the definition of the term action card in poker? What does action card mean?

AGCC

Who is AGCC in the poker world? Definition, licensing etc.

All-in

What is meant by the term all-in in poker? What is the definition of the term all-in?

Angling

Angling Poker Definition - what is meant by the term angling? What is the definition of the term angling?

Announce a Bet

Announce a Bet Definition - what does the term announce a bet mean? What does it mean to announce a bet?

Ante

What does the term Ante mean in the game of poker? When and why is it used?

APPT

What is APPT in online poker? What does it mean?

Baby Flush

Baby Flush Definition - what does the term baby flush mean? What is meant by a baby flush?

Back Into a Hand

Back Into a Hand Definition - what does the term back into a hand mean? What is the definition of the term back into a hand?

Backdoor

The meaning of the term Backdoor in the game of poker.

Backdoor Flush

Backdoor Flush Definition - what does the term backdoor flush mean? What is the definition of the term backdoor flush?

Backer

Backer Definition Poker - what does the term backer mean in the world of poker? What is meant by the term backer?

Bad Beat

Baad Beat Definition - What is a bad beat? What is the definition of the term bad beat? What does bad beat mean?

Bad Beat Jackpot

bad beat jackpot definition, what does bad beat jackpot mean

Bankroll

Bankroll Definition - what does the term bankroll mean in poker? What is meant by the term bankroll in poker?

Battle of the Blinds

Battle of the Blinds Definition - what does the term battle of the blinds mean? What is meant by battle of the blinds?

Best of It

Best of It Definition - what does the term best of it mean? What is the definition of best of it?

Bet in the Dark

Bet in the Dark Definition - what does the term betting in the dark mean? What is meant by betting in the dark?

Big Blind

Definition of Big Blind in the game of poker.

Big Slick

Big Slick Definition - what does the term big slick mean in poker? What is the definition of the term Big Slick?

Black Friday

What is Black Friday when it comes to poker?

Blank

Blank Definition Poker - what does the term blank mean? What is meant by the term blank in poker?

Blinded

Definition and meaning of the term Blinded in the game of poker

Blocker

Definition and meaning of the term Blocker in the game of poker.

Bluff

Definition of the term Bluff in poker. What is a bluff? What does it mean?

Board

What is Board in poker?

Bottom Pair

Bottom Pair Definition - what does the term bottom pair mean? What is meant by the term bottom pair?

Brick and Mortar

Brick and Mortar Definition - what does the term brick and mortar mean in the world of poker? What is meant by brick and mortar?

Bring In

The meaning of Bring In in poker.

Bumhunter

What is a bumhunter? What is the definition of the term bumhunting? What does the term bumhunting mean?

Burn Card

Definition of Burn Card in the game of poker.

Bust a Player

Bust a Player Definition - what does the term bust a player mean? What is the definition of the term bust a player?

Busted Hand

Busted Hand Definition - what does the term busted hand mean in poker? What is the definition of the term busted hand?

Button

What does the Button represent in the game of poker? What is it used for?

Call the Clock

Meaning of Call the Clock and proper usage.

Card Dead

What does the term card dead mean in poker? What is the definition of card dead in poker?

Case Card

Case Card Definition - what does the term case card mean in poker? What is the definition of the term case card?

Cash Out

Cash Out Definition - what does the term cash out mean? What is the definition of the term cashing out?

Chameleon

What is the meaning of the term Chameleon in the game of poker?

Change Gears

Change Gears Definition - what does the term change gears mean? What is meant by changing gears in poker?

Chase

Chase Definition - what does the term chase mean? What is meant by the term chase in poker?

Check in the Dark

Check in the Dark Definition - what does the term check in the dark mean in poker? What is meant by checking in the dark?

Check-Raise

What does the term Check-Raise mean in the game of poker?

Checked Around

What does the term checked around mean? What is meant by the term checked around in poker?

Chip and a Chair

What does the term chip and a chair mean? What is the definition of the term chip and a chair?

Chip Dumping

What is chip dumping? What is the definition of the term chip dumping? What does chip dumping mean?

Chop the Pot

Chop the Pot Definition - what does the term chop the pot mean in poker? What is meant by chopping the pot?

Coin Flip

What is a coin flip in poker? What is the definition of the term coin flip in poker?

Community Cards

What are Community Cards and what games use them?

Conservative Play

Conservative Play Definition - what does the term conservative play mean in poker? What is meant by conservative play?

Continuation Bet

Continuation Bet Definition - what does the term continuation bet mean? What is meant by the term continuation bet?

Cover

Definition of Cover in the game of poker. What does it mean?

Crippled

Crippled Definition - what does the term crippled mean in poker? What is the definition of the term crippled in poker?

Crying Call

What is a crying call? What is the definition of the term crying call? What does crying call mean?

Dark Bet

Dark Bet Definition - what does the term dark bet mean in poker? What is the definition of the term dark bet?

Dead Man Hand

The meaning and history behind the poker term Dead Man's Hand.

Dead Money

Definition of the term Dead Money in poker - What is?

Defending the Big Blind

Defending the Big Blind Definition - what does defending the big blind mean? What is meant by defending the big blind?

Dirty Outs

Meaning of the term Dirty Outs.

Dirty Stack

Dirty Stack Definition - what does the term dirty stack mean in poker? What is the definition of the term dirty stack?

Donkstrike

What is a donkstrike? What is the definition of the term donkstrike? What does donkstrike mean?

Double Barrel

What does the term Double Barrel mean in poker?

Double Up

Double Up Definition - what does the term double up mean in poker? What is the definition of a double up?

Drawing Dead

What is the definition of drawing dead in poker? What is meant by the term drawing dead in the game of poker?

Drawing Hand

Drawing Hand Definition - what does the term drawing hand mean? What is meant by the term drawing hand?

Early Position

Early Position Definition - what does the term early position mean in poker? What is meant by early position?

EPT

Definition of EPT in poker. What does it stand for and what does it mean?

Expectation

What does Expectation mean in poker?

Face Card

Face Card Definition - what does the term face card mean in poker? What is meant by the term face card?

Fake Think

Definition of the term Fake Think in poker - What is Fake Think?

Favorite

Favorite Definition - what does the term "favorite" mean in the world of poker? What is meant if somebody is a favorite to win a hand?

Fill Up

Fill Up Definition - what does the term fill up mean in poker? What is the definition of the term fill up?

Fish

What is a fish in poker? What does the term fish mean when it comes to the game of poker?

Float

Definition of the term Float in the game of poker - What is float?

Flop

What does Flop mean in the game of poker?

Fold

Fold Definition - what does the term fold mean in poker? What is the definition of the term fold in poker?

Free Card

Free Card Definition - what does the term free card mean in poker? What is the definition of the term free card in poker?

Freeroll

Freeroll poker term definition. What is a freeroll in poker?

Freezeout

What is a freezeout in poker? What is meant by the term freezeout in poker? What does freezeout mean?

Full House

Full House Definition - what does the term full house mean? What is the definition of the term full house in poker?

Ghosting

Ghosting Definition - what does the term ghosting mean? What is the definition of the term ghosting?

Going On Tilt

What does going on tilt mean? What is the definition of going on tilt in poker?

Going South

Definition of the poker term - Going South

Grinder

Definition of the term Grinder in poker.

Gutshot Straight

Meaning of Gutshot Straight in the game of poker.

Hand for Hand

Meaning of the term Hand for Hand in the game of poker.

Hand History

What is a Hand History in online poker?

Heads-Up

Definition of the term Heads-up in poker.

Heater

What is a heater as it applies to the world of poker? What does the term heater mean?

Hero Call

Hero Call Definition - what does the term hero call mean? What is the definition of the term hero call?

Hero Fold

Hero Fold Definition - What is a hero fold? What is the definition of the term hero fold? What does hero fold mean?

Hit and Run

Hit and Run Definition - what is the definition of the term hit and run? What is meant by the term hit and run in poker?

Hit By The Deck

What does the term hit by the deck mean? What is the definition of the term hit by the deck?

Hole Card Cam

Hole Card Cam Definition - what does the term hole card cam mean? What is meant by the term hole card cam?

Home Game

Home Game Definition - what does the term home game mean? What is meant by a home game?

Horse

Horse Definition Poker - what does the term horse in poker mean? What is meant by the term horse?

Hot Streak

Hot Streak Definition - what does the term hot streak mean in poker? What is meant by the term hot streak in poker?

In the Money

What does In the Money mean in poker?

Insurance

Definition of Insurance. What does the term insurance mean in the game of poker?

LAPT

What does LAPT stand for in online poker?

Last To Act

Last to Act Definition - what does the term last to act mean? What is the definition of the term last to act?

Late Position

Late Position Definition - what does the term late position mean? What is meant by late position?

Laying Down a Hand

Laying Down a Hand Definition - what does the term laying down a hand mean? What is meant by laying down a hand?

Leak

Leak Definition - what does the term leak mean in poker? What is the definition of the term leak in poker?

Limp In

Limp In Definition - what does the term limp in mean? What is meant by the term limp in?

Live Cards

What does the term live cards mean in poker? What is meant by the term live cards?

Live Hand

Live Hand Definition - what does the term live hand mean? What is meant by a live hand?

Maniac

Maniac Definition - what does the term maniac mean? What is meant by the term maniac as it applies to the world of poker?

Marked Cards

Marked Cards Definition - what does the term marked cards mean? What is meant by the term marked cards?

Middle Position

Middle Position Definition - what does the term middle position mean? What is meant by middle position?

Money Bubble

What is the money bubble? What is the definition of the term money bubble in poker? What does money bubble mean?

Monster

Monster Definition Poker - what does the term monster mean in poker? What is the definition of the term monster in poker?

Muck

What does the term Muck mean in poker?

Multi-Accounting

Multi-Accounting Definition - what does the term multi-accounting mean in poker? What the definition of the term multi-accounting?

Multi-Table Tournament (MTT)

Multi-Table Tournament Definition - what does the term multi-table tournament mean? What is meant by multi-table tournament?

NAPT

Definition of NAPT in poker. What does NAPT stand for?

Nit

What is a nit in poker? What is the definition of the term nit? What does nit mean?

Nosebleed Cash Games

Nosebleed Cash Games Definition - what does the term nosebleed cash games mean? What is meant by nosebleed cash games?

Nosebleeds

What does the term Nosebleed Section mean in poker?

November Nine

What does November Nine mean in poker?

Nut Flush

What is the nut flush in poker? What does the term nut flush mean? What is meant by nut flush?

Nuts

What does the term Nuts mean in poker? What is a nut hand?

OESFD

What is an OESFD in poker? What is meant by the term OESFD in poker?

Offsuit

Offsuit Poker Definition - what does the term offsuit mean in poker? What is meant by the term offsuit?

On The Button

On The Button Definition - what does the term on the button mean? What is meant by the term on the button in poker?

OOP

What does oop mean in poker? What is the definition of oop in the game of poker?

Open Seat

Open Seat Definition - what does the term open seat mean? What is meant by the term open seat in poker?

Open Stakes

Meaning of Open Stakes in poker. What does it stand for?

Overcall

What does the term Overcall mean in the game of poker?

Overpair

Overpair Definition - what does the term overpair mean? What is the definition of the term overpair?

Paint Cards

Paint Cards Definition - what does the term paint cards mean? What is meant by the term face cards?

Paying Off

Paying Off Definition - what does the term paying off mean in poker? What is meant by the term paying off?

PCA

What does PCA mean in poker? Definition of the term Pokerstars Caribbean Adventure

Picked Off

Picked Off Definition - what does the term picked off mean in poker? What is the definition of the term picked off?

Play the Board

Definition of the poker term - Play the Board

Pocket

What does the term Pocket mean in the game of poker.

Pocket Rockets

Pocket Rockets Definition - what does the term pocket rockets mean in poker? What is meant by pocket rockets in poker?

Poker Face

Poker Face Definition - what does the term poker face mean? What is the definition of the term poker face?

Poker Staking

What does the term Poker Staking mean?

Premium Hands

Premium Hands Definition - what does the term premium hands mean in poker? What is meant by a premium hand?

Quads

Quads Definition - what does the term "quads" mean in the game of poker? What is meant by quads?

Railbird

Meaning of Railbird in poker and online poker.

Rake

Rake definition. What does the term Rake mean in the game of poker.

Rakeback

What is Rakeback in online poker?

Represent a Hand

Represent a Hand Definition - what does the term represent a hand mean? What is meant by representing a hand?

Rigged

Rigged Definition Poker - what does the term rigged mean? What is the definition of the term rigged?

Ring Game

What is a Ring Game?

River

Definition of the term River in the game of poker - What is River? - What does it mean?

Rock

Rock Definition - what does the term rock mean in poker? What is the definition of the term rock in poker?

Royal Flush

Royal Flush Definition - what does the term royal flush mean in poker? What is meant by a royal flush?

Run It Twice

Run It Twice Definition - what does the term running it twice mean? What is meant by run it twice?

Running Hot

Running Hot Definition - what is the definition of the term running hot? What does running hot mean?

Rush Poker

What is rush poker? What is rush poker on Full Tilt Poker? What does rush poker mean?

Sandbagging

Definition of the term Sandbagging in poker . What does it mean?

Satellite

What is a Satellite in poker? Definition and meaning of the term Satellite

Scare Card

Scare Card Definition - what does the term scare card mean? What is meant by the term scare card?

SCOOP

Definition of SCOOP in online poker. What is it and what does it mean?

Second Best

Second Best Definition - what does the term second best mean in poker? What is the definition of the term second best?

Semi-Bluff

Semi-bluff Definition - what does the term semi-bluff mean? What is meant by the term semi-bluff?

Session

Session Definition - what does the term session mean as it applies to the world of poker? What is the definition of the term session in poker?

Set Over Set

What does the term set over set mean? What is meant by set over set in poker?

Shootout

What does the term Shootout mean?

Short Stack

Short Stack Definition - what does the term short stack mean? What is meant by the term short stack?

Short-Handed

Short-Handed Definition Poker - what does the term short-handed mean in the game of poker?

Showdown

Meaning of the term Shodown in the game of poker.

Sit-and-Go Tournament or SNG Tournament

Definition of Sit-and-Go or SNG tournaments in poker.

Slept a Prop

What does the term slept a prop mean? What does it mean to sleep a prop in poker?

Slowroll

What is a slowroll? What is the definition of the term slowroll? What does the word slowroll mean?

Small Blind

What is a Small Blind?

Snapcall

What does the term snapcall mean in poker? What is meant by the term snapcall?

Solid Player

Solid Player Definition - what does the term solid player mean? What is the definition of the term solid player?

Soul Read

What is a soul read? What is the definition of a soul read? What does the term soul read mean?

Split Pot

Split Pot Definition - what does the term split pot mean? What is meant by the term split pot?

Steal the Blinds

Steal the Blinds Definition - what does the term steal the blinds mean? What is meant by stealing the blinds?

Steam (Steaming)

Meaning of the term Steam in poker.

Straddle

Definition and meaning of the term Straddle in the game of poker.

Straight Flush

Straight Flush Definition - what does the term straight flush mean? What is meant by the term straight flush?

String Bet

What is a string bet? What is the definition of the term string bet? What does string bet mean?

Suckout

Suckout Definition - what does the term suckout mean in poker? What is the definition of the term suckout in poker?

Suited

Suited Definition - what does the term suited mean in poker? What is meant by the term suited in poker?

Suited Connector

Suited Connector - what is the definition of the term suited connector? What does the term suited connector mean?

Suited Gapper

Suited Gapper Definition - what does the term suited gapper mean? What is meant by a suited gapper?

Table Stakes

What is the meaning of Table Stakes in online poker? Definition of the term.

Tank

Tank Definition - what is the definition of the term tank in poker? What is meant by tanking in poker?

Tell

Tell Definition - what does the term tell mean as it applies to the game of poker? What is meant by a tell in poker?

Three-Bet

What does the term three-bet mean in poker? What is meant by the term three-bet? What does three-betting mean?

UIGEA

What is UIGEA? What does it mean in relation to poker?

Under the Gun

Under the Gun Definition - what does the term under the gun mean? What is meant by being under the gun?

Underdog

Underdog Poker Definition - what does the term underdog mean in the world of poker? What is meant by underdog?

Underplay

Underplay Definition - what does the term underplay mean in poker? What is the definition of the term underplay in poker?

UTG+1

UTG+1 Definition - what does the term UTG+1 mean in the world of poker? What is meant by UTG+1?

Variance

Definition of the term Variance in poker

Verbal Declaration

Verbal Declaration Definition - what does the term verbal declaration mean? What is meant by a verbal declaration?

Waiting List

Waiting List Definition - what does the term waiting list mean? What is meant by the term waiting list?

Wash

What does Wash mean in the game of poker?

WCOOP

What is the WCOOP? When did the WCOOP start on Pokerstars?

Whale

Whale Definition - what does the term whale mean? What is the definition of the term whale as it applies to the game of poker?

Worst Hand

Worst Hand Definition - what does the term worst hand mean in poker? What is meant by the worst hand in poker?

Worst of It

Worst of It Definition - what does the term worst of it mean? What is meant by the term worst of it?

WPT

What does the term WPT mean in poker? What does it stand for? Definition of the term.

WSOP

Definition of the term WSOP - What does it mean?