|
Poker Terms
Consider
This A Big Poker Glossary
#-A-B-C-D-E-F-G-H-I-J-K-L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-S-T-U-V-W-X-Y-Z
Paint
-
Another term for a face card.
Pass
-
to not bet, to fold.
Pat
- A hand that you make on the flop. For instance, if you have two
spades in your hand and the flop has three spades, then you've
flopped a pat spade flush.
Pay Off
-
To call a river bet when the prior action leads you to believe that
you are beat, but the pot is big enough to make the call reasonable.
Peel One Off
-
Deciding to see the turn or river when the odds don’t quite justify
a call.
PF
-
An abbreviation for “pre flop”.
Pocket
-
Your unique cards that are hidden from everyone else. Also known as
hole.
Pocket Rockets
-
Another term for 2 aces as your hole cards.
Pop
-
To bet or raise.
Post
- To put in a blind bet, generally required when you
first sit down in a cardroom game. You may also be required to post
a blind if you change seats at the table in a way that moves you
away from the blinds.
Poster
-
Someone who posted during the current hand.
Pot
-
the amount of money that accumulates in the middle of the table as
each player antes, bets, and raises. The pot goes to the winner of
the hand.
Presto
-
Holding a pair of 5’s as your hole cards in Texas Hold’em.
Puck
-
button.
Push (a hand)
-
To play a hand aggressively.
Put
-
To suspect that someone has a certain hand.
Pocket Pair - A hold'em starting hand with two cards of the
same rank, making a pair, like KK.
Pot-Committed - A state where you are essentially forced to
call the rest of your stack because of the size of the pot and your
remaining chips.
Pot-Limit - A version of poker in which a player may bet up
to the amount of money in the pot whenever it is his turn to act.
Like no-limit, this is a very different game from limit poker.
Pot
Odds -The amount of money in the pot compared to the amount
you must put in the pot to continue playing. For example, suppose
there is $60 in the pot. Somebody bets $6, so the pot now contains
$66. It costs you $6 to call, so your pot odds are 11:1. If your
chance of having the best hand is at least 1 out of 12, you should
call. Pot odds also apply to draws. For instance, suppose you have a
draw to the nut flush with one card left to come. In this case, you
are about a 4:1 underdog to make your flush. If it costs you $8 to
call the bet, then there must be about $32 in the pot (including the
most recent bet) to make your call correct.
Price
- The pot odds you are getting for a draw or call. Example: "The pot
was laying me a high enough price, so I stayed in with my gutshot
straight draw."
Protect
- To keep your hand or a chip on your cards. This prevents them from
being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally mucked by the
dealer.
Passive - Checking and
calling hands rather betting and raising hands.
Play Behind
-
Have chips in play that are not in front of you
(allowed only when waiting for chips that are already purchased).
This differs from table stakes.
Play The Board - Using all
five community cards for your hand in hold’em.
Play Over - To play in a
seat when the occupant is absent.
Playover Box
-
A clear plastic box used to cover and protect the
chips of an absent player when someone plays over that seat.
Position - The relation of
a player’s seat to the blinds or the button. Or the order of acting
on a betting round or deal.
Potting Out -
Agreeing with another player to take money
out of a pot, often to buy food, cigarettes, or drinks, or to make
side bets.
Proposition Bets -
Side bets between players that are not
related to the outcome of the hand. |
Online
Poker Strategy | Poker Tips | Poker Odds | Poker Rules
Site
is finished with construction issues