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The following list are Texas Holdem terms from the A to C: ABC - An ABC player is somebody who plays solid starting hands and is usually predictable. In Holdem, the player might only play AA, KK, QQ, AK, and AJ. Action - A game in where there are a lot of players involved in many pots. It is also the checking, betting and raising in the game. Active Player - Any player still involved in the hand. Add-On - In some tournaments, you have the option to buy more chips at the end of the rebuy period. It is called an add-on. American Airlines - Nickname for pocket Aces. Ante - A small bet put up by each player to seed the pot before the hand is dealt. It is used to get initial money in the pot and help create action. Similar to blinds. All-In - When all a player's chips are in the pot.
Backdoor - Hitting a perfect turn and river card to make a drawing hand. For example, you have two clubs in your hand and there is only one club on the flop. You hit a club on the fourth card and another club on the fifth card to give you a flush. Backer - A person who finances a player. Bad Beat - When a player loses the hand because the other player got very lucky. For example, in No Limit Holdem, two players get all of their money in and one player is holding pocket Aces and the other player is holding pocket threes. The river card is a three giving the player with the weaker starting hand the winning hand and giving the player with the best starting hand a bad beat. Bad Beat Jackpot - In some casinos, there are jackpots given to players at a table if one player loses with a big hand against a player with a bigger hand. The qualifying hands for jackpots vary from casino to casino. A standard qualifying hand in Texas Holdem is Aces full of tens or better beaten by four of a kind or better. Bankroll - The money you use to play poker. Belly Buster - An inside straight draw. Bicycle - Another name for a "wheel". A straight from Ace to five. Big Blind - A designated amount placed by the player sitting (normally) two seats to the left of the dealer button to help induce action. Big Slick - Nickname for the Holdem starting hand Ace King. Blank - A card that doesn't affect the hand. Blind - A forced bet in flop games. Typically the player to the immediate left of the button is the small blind and the player to the small blinds left is the big blind. Similar to an ante. Blind Raise - Raising the hand before looking at your cards. Bluff - Betting a weak hand hoping to win the hand without a showdown. Board - All the community cards on the table in a Hold'em game. It is also where players sign up to play a game. Bottom Pair - A pair with the lowest card on board. Boxed Card - A card that is face up in a deck with all other cards facing down. Broadway - An ace high straight, AKQJT. Brush - An employee of the casino that takes care of seating players. Buck - Another name for the dealer button. Bullets - Pocket aces. Bump - It means the same thing as raise. "Bump" it up. Burn - In between each betting round, the dealer discards the top card of the deck before dealing the next card. This is done to keep players from possibly recognizing the next card to be used. Button - A small round disk moved clockwise from player to player. It is used to determine who the nominal dealer is and where the action begins. Buy - To bluff, as in "buy the pot" Buy In - The minimum amount of money a player must sit down with in order to play a particular game. Cage - The place where you exchange your cash for chips or vice versa. Call - To accept the previous action. If another player bets, to continue to play you must call to match the wager (or raise). Calling Station - A player who calls a lot, but doesn't raise or fold much. Cap - To put in the last raise permitted on a betting round. In California, the standard is the third raise. Case - The last card of a certain rank. If you flop three eights against three fives and the player makes four of a kind, he caught the case five. Center Pot - The first pot in a poker hand. It is also referred to as the main pot. If a player goes all-in and there is more betting, a new pot is created on the side. Chase - To try and make a longshot hand to beat your opponents. If you flop no pair and your opponent flops a pair of eights, you are chasing if you call. You need to improve your hand in order to beat him. Check - To not bet. Check in the Dark - Checking before you see the next card or cards that are dealt. Check Raise - To check and then raise when another player behind you bets. Chop - Divide the pot. In split games, there is a lot of chopped pots because half the pot is awarded to the high hand and half the pot is awarded to the low hand. Chip - Typically a clay token used instead of cash at a gaming table. Color Up - To change your small chips to higher valued chips. You color up five $1 chips for one $5 chip. Come Hand - A drawing hand. Community Cards - The common cards used by all players. The cards that are in the middle of the table during the hand. Computer Hand - Q7. Cold Call - To call more than one bet in a single action. If a player bets, another raises, and you call, you have cold called. Connector - Starting hands that work together to make a straight. Counterfeit - When the board duplicates a card in your hand. Cowboys - Nickname for pocket Kings. Crack - To beat a strong hand. You often hear players say they had their pocket aces "cracked". Cut - To divide the deck in two sections and change the order of the cards. |
