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Poker, like so many other pastimes and professions, has developed
its own terminology. This guide includes not just common poker terms,
but also those specifically related to online Poker.
All-in
If you run out of chips during a hand, but don't wish to fold, you
are All-in. This means you have the potential to win a share of the
pot up to and including your last contribution to that pot. You cannot
share in any bets added beyond that point. These bets form a side-pot.
The all-in is also used for situations where a player in a hand loses
connection to the server.
Avatar
A term from computer gaming for an image or figure used to represent
a person.
Away-from-table
In tournaments, you may not 'sit out'. Rather, you may be 'away-from-table' which
means you are dealt into every hand, posting blinds when it's your
turn, and then folded when there is a raise before the flop, or a
bet after the flop. When you are in a tournament and need to leave,
time-out, or lose your connection, you are automatically marked as 'away-from-table'.
Bad Beat
This term refers to a heavy favorite in a hand who loses to an opponent
who was a severe underdog statistically speaking.
Bet the Pot
This term is used in pot limit games. It means your bet matches
the current amount in the pot. If, when your turn to bet, the pot
was at $217, and you bet the pot, your bet is $217.
Big Blind (limit poker)
In games using a blind to put money in play, the big blind is generally
equal to the lower amount of the stakes for that game. In a $5/$10
game, the big blind is $5. The big blind follows the small blind,
which is put up by the first player to the left of the dealer.
Blind
This term refers to the required bets, called the small blind and
the big blind used to put money into play. The blinds are mandatory
bets and rotate around the table.
Board
The community cards in Hold'em are collectively known as the board.
Burn
In physical poker rooms, the top card of the deck is discarded prior
to each round of dealing. The intent is to minimize the risk of cheating
by knowing the next card. There is no possibility of this happening
in our poker room, therefore we do not burn cards.
Button
A marker, usually disk-shaped, to indicate which player is the virtual
dealer. The button is used in games where position relative to the
dealer is important.
Buy-in
The amount of money you sit down in a game with.
Call
When a player matches the prior bet on the table, that action is
termed the call.
Cap
The last permitted raise in a betting round is called the cap. We
allow three raises beyond the initial bet in limit games. The third
raise is the cap.
Check
If there is no bet on the table and you do not wish to place a bet,
that action is termed a check. You may only check when there are
no prior bets.
Client
The term for the software that you download to your computer, allowing
you to interact with the poker room's servers.
Collusion
A form of cheating where two or more players attempt to gain an
unfair advantage by sharing information. We do not tolerate cheating.
Community Cards
Face up cards on the table that are shared by all players are termed
community cards. Texas Hold'em and Omaha always have community cards.
Dead Blind
In a situation where you have missed your blinds and wish to re-enter
the game before your turn to post the big blind. You must post both
blinds and the small blind is termed a dead blind, meaning it does
not count towards calling a bet.
Dead Hand
A hand no longer in the game.
Down Cards
The face-down cards dealt to a player, also termed hole cards.
Drawing Dead
This describes the situation when a player is trying to draw a card
to complete a hand when there is already a hand that will beat it,
even if made.
Drop
To drop your hand when you decide not to go further with your hand;
to return your cards to the muck. Same as fold.
Face Down
Dealt cards that are not visible to other players.
Face Up
Dealt cards that are visible to all players.
Flop
In Texas Hold'em, the set of 3 face-up community cards or the first
three cards on the board, all dealt at the same time.
Flush
Any 5 cards in one hand that are all the same suit.
Fold
Withdraw from further participation in the current hand. Also see
drop.
Forced Bet
A mandatory bet. In certain games, a player is required to bet,
having sat-in the game.
Four of a Kind
A great hand ... all 4 of one rank. For example, 4 Tens.
Freeroll
This term applies to poker tournaments where the entry fee, the
stakes, or both the entry fee and stakes are waived. In some non-freeroll
tournaments, the house may guarantee a minimum prize pool.
Full House
A hand in which you have a combination of 3 of a kind, and a pair.
Graphics
The term for the artwork used to present you with the images of
a poker room, including the table, chairs, avatars, cards, and chips.
Hand
A set of cards used by a player during a single round. Another word
for a single round of shuffling, dealing, and betting.
Heads Up
A game where only two players remain in contention for the pot.
Head to Head
A game where only two players may participate.
High Card
The card with the highest rank.
High/Low
A variation of a game where the pot is split between the best hand
and the worst hand. The worst hand is comprised of the 5 lowest cards.
Most poker rooms, including this one, consider 5, 4, 3, 2, A (the
wheel) as the lowest possible hand, despite it also being a straight.
Hold'em
Also called Texas Hold'em. One of the most popular poker games.
Each player gets 2 down cards and can use 3,4, or 5 of the community
cards.
Hole Cards
The down cards in a player's hand.
In
A term for being an active player; one who has not folded.
Inside Straight
The term applied when a player has 4 of 5 cards needed for a straight
with the missing card being inside the sequence rather than at either
end, and gets the missing card. For example, a player holding 3,
4, 5, 7 needs a 6 to complete the straight. Getting that 6 is termed 'making
the inside straight.'
Jackpot
A bonus opportunity to win under specific circumstances set by the
poker room.
Kicker
The term for the card used to break ties between two of a kind or
between Two Pair.
Live Blind
A blind that counts towards any bet you call or raise.
Main Pot
The initial pot of money. When one or more players go all-in, a
side pot is created for each all-in player.
Muck
As a noun, this refers to the pile of folded cards and discarded
cards. As a verb, at showdown time, the act of returning a losing
hand to the dealer facedown.
Multi-Table Tournament
A tournament where players at more than one table compete, starting
with equal numbers of chips, until one player has won all the chips.
Prize payouts are a function of the number of entrants, and are posted
on the tournaments page. Multi-table tournaments have a posted start
time, and require registration in advance.
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Nice hand.
No Limit
A variation of the betting rules in which each bet is unlimited
up to the number of chips a player has on the table (NL).
Omaha
A game in which each player receives 4 facedown cards and shares
5 community cards. The winning hand must use exactly 2 down cards
and 3 community cards. This game also has a High/Low variant.
Omaha High/Low
This game allows players to compete for a pot split between the
highest and the lowest hands using 2 down cards and 3 community cards.
A player may use different sets of cards to make up the best high
and the best low hands.
On the button
This term means you are in the dealer position in Texas Hold'em
and Omaha games.A 'button' marks the dealer position with a 'D' in
the center.
One on One
See head to head.
Pair
This is a hand where the player's best hand is made up of 2 cards
of the same rank.
Pass
Can be used in place of either check or fold depending on the context.
Play Chips
The chips used for play money games. Play chips have no monetary
value.
Playing the Board
Using all the community cards in Hold'em as your best hand.
Pocket Cards
The term for the two down cards at the start of the hand.
Pot
The chips available to be won in any given hand.
Pot Limit
A variation on betting where each player may bet up to the current
amount in the pot (PL).
Profile
A term describing the information a player may enter about himself/herself
that may be available, at the player's option, to other players in
the poker room. Your profile may include your favourite hobby, favourite
web site, favourite quote, and more.
Raise
The act of increasing the amount bet by a prior bettor.
Rake
The amount of money, in chips, taken by the house as the service
fee.
Raked Hand
A Raked Hand is where any player is dealt cards in ring game play,
in a hand which generates rake. This constitutes one Raked Hand even
where the player folds before the flop. Please note that some Titan
Poker network tournaments with raked hand requirements refer to Raked
Hands where a player has contributed to the pot in a hand which generates
rake.
Rank
The value of a card. The rank of the 2 of Spades is 2. The rank
of the Queen of Hearts is Queen. Rank value increases from 2 through
10, followed in order by Jack, Queen, King, and Ace. In High/Low
games, the Ace may be used both for its high rank and as the lowest
rank card.
Re-buy
To get more chips during a game but not during a hand that you are
in. This applies to real money and tournament play.
Reducing
The act of removing chips from a table and returning immediately
with fewer chips. Reducing is considered poor etiquette.
Registration
We ask you to select a screen name to serve as your poker room identity,
a password, and to provide a location and email address to create
an account. This is your registration.
River
The fifth and final community card. This card is also known as Fifth
Street.
Round
This refers to the dealing of a set of cards and associated betting.
For example, the dealing of the river and the bets that follow are
a round.
Royal Flush
The best possible high hand. This is a straight flush from 10 through
to Ace of the same suit.
Screen Name
The identity you select by which you are known in the poker room.
We only allow one player per screen name so please understand if
the one you have selected is already taken.
Self-install
The term used to describe how the file you download from our web
site is automatically installed and configured on your computer when
you double-click on the file.
Server
The computer, or set of computers, providing a service to client
computers. In this case the service is the poker room.
Showdown
After the final bet, when all players show their hands or muck,
is known as the showdown.
Side Pot
This is a pot created when a player goes all-in. The side pot is
the pot available to those players not all-in at that point. There
can, on occasion, be more than one side pot.
Single Table Tournament
A poker table at which you may buy-in to a seat. All buy-in money
goes to the prize pool. The prize pool is returned to the top finishers
per the payout table on the tournaments page. A fee is normally required
to play at this table. Players are staked to equal numbers of chips
and play until one player has won all the chips. Single table tournaments
begin as soon as the table has filled.
Sit Out
We permit you to hold your seat at a table while not participating
in some hands. Under most conditions, we limit the time you may sit
out. In blind games, you may be asked to post the equivalent of the
blind if you return to your seat prior to the blind reaching you.
To sit out you click a check box on the table screen. To return,
you unclick the 'sit out' check box.
Small Blind
In Hold'em and Omaha, this is the mandatory bet required of the
player to the left of the dealer.
Stakes
See buy-in.
Straight
A hand in which the player has five cards in rank order. Suit does
not matter. For example, 8, 9, 10, Jack, Queen.
Straight Flush
A straight all of the same suit.
Stud
The generic term for poker games where players receive the first
card(s) down followed by some up cards where those up cards are exclusively
for the use of that player. There may be a further down card as in
7 Card Stud.
Suit
Any of the four sets (Clubs, Diamonds, Hearts, and Spades) in a
deck of cards.
Texas Hold'em
The poker game where each player gets two down cards followed by
five community cards face-up.
Three of a kind
A hand consisting three cards of the same rank.
Tournament Buy-In
The cost to enter a tournament. All buy-in money is returned to
the players via the prize pool.
Tournament Entry-Fee
A small fee the house charges to enter a tournament.
Trips
A nickname for three of a kind.
Turn
The nickname for the fourth community card in Hold'em and Omaha.
Two Pair
A hand in which the player has two pairs of cards.
Under-raise
This occurs when a player raises a prior bet but has to go all-in
to do so with an amount less than the full raise.
Up Card
A card dealt face up, so that all players may see it.
Wheel
A nickname for the best low hand 5, 4, 3, 2, A.
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