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| Call |
To make a bet that
matches the total of the amount bet. |
| Calling Station |
Term used to describe a player who will call often,
even without appropriate cards. These players tend
not to raise or bluff much. Also know as "Loose Passive" |
| Cards Speak |
A rule where the
face value of a hand in a showdown is the true
value of the hand, regardless of a player's verbal
announcement. For example, a player
can win even if he/she did not realize they had
a flush. |
| Catching Cards |
Phrase to describe the receipt
of favorable cards. |
| Check |
The action of passing
without betting. You waive the right to initiate
the betting in the round, but you retain the
right to bet in the future. |
| Community
Cards |
The cards
that are dealt face-up in the middle of the table,
to be used by all the players. |
| Cowboys |
Kings |
| Early Position |
In a betting round, the positions where the players
have to act first, before the other players have acted. Usually the first 2-3 positions,
depending on number of players. |
| Face Cards |
Jacks, Queens or Kings. AKA Picture Cards. |
| Five Card
Draw |
A game where
each player receives 5 cards with the option
to exchange up to 3 cards for new ones. There
is one round of betting after the cards are dealt,
and one round of betting after the players draw. |
| Five Card
Stud |
A game where
players receives 5 cards, the first is face down
and the following 4 cards face up. |
| Flop |
In Texas
Hold'em , the first three community cards that
are dealt face-up all at once. The flop also
refers to the second round of betting. |
| Flush |
Five
cards that have the same suit. (e.g. 5 hearts) |
| Fold |
To throw
in your hand, thus eliminating you from a chance
of winning the pot. |
| Four of a Kind |
Four
cards with the same rank. |
| Full House |
A hand with 3
cards of one rank & 2 cards of another rank.
(e.g. 3 Queens, 2 tens) |
| Hold'Em |
see Texas Hold'em |
| Inside Straight |
A hand that has four cards
to a straight, where the one card you need to complete the straight is
in the middle of the run. |
| Kicker |
The highest unpaired
card that helps determine the value of a five-card
hand. For example, pair, Queen high. The
Queen is the kicker. |
| Ladies |
Queens |
| Late Position |
In a betting round, the positions where the players
get to act last, after the other players have acted. Usually the last 2-3
positions, depending on number of players. |
| Middle Position |
The neutral positions that fall between the early positions and the
late positions. |
| Nuts |
The best hand possible for that particular deal. A hand that cannot
lose. |
