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| Welcome to the home of the Kick Ace Poker Club. Glossary of Hold 'em Terms: ACTION: A fold, check, call, bet, or raise. For certain situations, doing something formally connected with the game that conveys information about your hand may also be considered as having taken action. Examples would be showing your cards at the end of the hand, or indicating the number of cards you are taking at draw. ALL-IN: When you have put all of your playable money and chips into the pot during the course of a hand, you are said to be all-in. ANTE: A prescribed amount posted before the start of a hand by all players. BET: The act of placing a wager in turn into the pot on any betting round, or the chips put into the pot. BIG BLIND: The largest regular blind in a game. BLIND: A required bet made before any cards are dealt. BOARDCARD: A community card in the center of the table. BURNCARD: After the initial round of cards is dealt, the first card off the deck in each round that is placed under a chip in the pot, for security purposes. To do so is to burn the card; the card itself is called the burncard. BUTTON: A player who is in the designated dealer position. See dealer button. CARDS SPEAK: The face value of a hand in a showdown is the true value of the hand, regardless of a verbal announcement. CHECK: To waive the right to initiate the betting in a round, but to retain the right to act if another player initiates the betting. COMMUNITY CARDS: The cards dealt faceup in the center of the table that can be used by all players to form their best hand. COMPLETE THE BET: To increase an all-in bet or forced bet to a full bet. CUT: To divide the deck into two sections in such a manner as to change the order of the cards. CUT-CARD: Another term for the bottom card. DEAD CARD: A card that is not legally playable. DEAD HAND: A hand that is not legally playable. DEAD MONEY: Chips that are taken into the center of the pot because they are not considered part of a particular player’s bet. DEAL: To give each player cards, or put cards on the board. As used in these rules, each deal refers to the entire process from the shuffling and dealing of cards until the pot is awarded to the winner. DEALER BUTTON: A flat disk that indicates the player who would be in the dealing position for that hand (if there were not a house dealer). Normally just called “the button.” DECK: A set of playing-cards. In these games, the deck consists of 52 cards. DOWNCARDS: Cards that are dealt facedown in a stud game. FACECARD: A king, queen, or jack. FLASHED CARD: A card that is partially exposed. FLOP: The three community cards that are turned simultaneously after the first round of betting is complete. FLUSH: A poker hand consisting of five cards of the same suit. FOLD: To throw a hand away and relinquish all interest in a pot. FOURTH STREET: The first boardcard after the flop in hold’em (also called the turn card). FOULED HAND: A dead hand. FULL HOUSE: A hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair. HEADS-UP PLAY: Only two players involved in play. HOLECARDS: The cards dealt facedown to a player. KICKER: The highest unpaired card that helps determine the value of a five- card poker hand. MISCALL: An incorrect verbal declaration of the ranking of a hand. MISDEAL: A mistake on the dealing of a hand which causes the cards to be reshuffled and a new hand to be dealt. MUCK: (1) The pile of discards gathered facedown in the center of the table by the dealer. (2) To discard a hand. NO-LIMIT: A betting structure where players are allowed to wager any or all of their chips in one bet. OPTION: The choice to raise a bet given to a player with a blind. PLAY THE BOARD: Using all five community cards for your hand in hold’em. POSITION: (1) The relation of a player’s seat to the blinds or the button. (2) The order of acting on a betting round or deal. PROTECTED HAND: A hand of cards that the player is physically holding, or has topped with a chip or some other object to prevent a fouled hand. RAISE: To increase the amount of a previous wager. This increase must be double the previous amount bet. RERAISE: To raise someone’s raise. SIDE POT: A separate pot formed when one or more players are all in. SHOWDOWN: The final act of determining the winner of the pot after all betting has been completed. SHUFFLE: The act of mixing the cards before a hand. SMALL BLIND: In a game with multiple blind bets, the smallest blind. SPLIT POT: A pot that is divided among players, either because of a tie for the best hand or by agreement prior to the showdown. STACK: Chips in front of a player. STRADDLE: An additional blind bet placed after the forced blinds, usually double the big blind in size. STRAIGHT: Five cards in consecutive rank. STRAIGHT FLUSH: Five cards in consecutive rank of the same suit. STRING RAISE: A bet made in more than one motion, without the declaration of a raise (not allowed). “TIME”: An expression used to stop the action on a hand. Equivalent to “Hold it.” TOURNAMENT: A poker competition, normally with an entry fee and prizes. TURNCARD: The fourth street card in hold'em. |
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