A pair of aces with any other pair

A player's turn to act.

Ace/Jack in the hole

Plays well under pressure. "Nerves of Steel".

Betting all of your remaining chips.

A pair of Aces in the hole.

Forced bet that players must make before seeing any cards. This guarantees money in the pot for each hand.

Hand made in the last two cards.

Losing when you have a very strong hand, usually to a very unlikely draw on the last card.

The total amount of money you plan to gamble with

Dealing cards from the bottom of the deck rather than the top. A form of cheating

7 and 2 hole cards for Texas Hold 'em. The worst possible starting hole cards

An Inside Straight draw.

An easy game, with many poor players.

A Straight, A-5.

6 - 9 unsuited in the hole.

Pocket Ace/King

Poor card that has no impact on the game. Also called a rag.

Mandatory bet before each round. Usually the player two places to the left of the dealer will have to pay the Large Blind, and the player to the immediate left of the dealer will have to bet half as much for the Small Blind

To bet strongly with a poor hand, as if you have strong hand in an attempt to make others fold.

The visible cards in a poker game. These are the community cards in games like Hold'em or Omaha, and the up cards in Stud games.

Another term for a Full House

The lowest pair on the board in Hold'em or Omaha. For example if the flop is 2c, 7h, Ks, and you have the 2h, and 10d in the hole, then your pair of twos is the bottom pair.

To open a round of betting

An Ace High Straight

Cardroom employee who handles the seating chart.

A pair of Aces in the hole.

To Raise

To discard the top card of the deck. This is done to prevent anyone from being able to determine the next card.

The marker that signifies the dealer's spot. The player with the button receives the last card dealt in a round.

The amount you must pay to enter a game.

To match the current high bet.

A player who almost always calls and seldom raises.

In many limit games there is a restriction on the number of bets allowed each round. A player caps the betting by making the last allowable raise.

A rule that says the cards determine the best possible hand, not the player. If a player has a better hand than he realizes, the better hand is the one that is used.

Player in a game who changes and varies his style of play from wild and unpredictable to tight and aggressive.

Calling when you have not yet made your hand.

To basically skip your turn to bet. This still allows you to bet later in the round should anyone else bet. This is similar to betting $0.

To check at first, then raise should anyone else bet. This is done as a way to lure other players into betting when you think they may fold if you bet outright.

See Rake

Excessive often distracting talking at the table.

To call both a bet and a raise.

A card dealt face up on the table that can be used by any player at the table.

Q 7 starting hand.

Pocket cards of sequential rank.

A card that does not help you, but is likely to make an opponents hand better than yours.

Kings

When some calls even though they are almost certain they are beat.

Two pair, Aces and Eights. Wild Bill Hickok was mudered while holding this hand.

A two

9 - 5 hole cards

A bad player. A fish.

In stud games, the first card dealt face up to a player.

Out of money/chips.

10-2 hole cards in Texas Holdem. This is the hand with which Super System author Doyle Brunson won the WSOP.

An incomplete hand such as four cards to a straight in which you are drawing cards, hoping to make your hand.

Twos