Poker Lingo

Here, you will be able to further familiarize yourself with the many terms used by players when playing poker. Whether you are playing at an online casino or not, these terms will come in handy if you learn them before you get out there and start playing.

The terms below are mostly associated with draw and basic poker games. Be sure to visit out other poker term lingo sections regarding the other types of this casino game.

Action: This is the commonly used term to describe the total amount of money bet over a period of time.

All-in: This is when you put all of your remaining chips into the pot.

Ante: This is the contribution to the pot at the very beginning of a hand of poker.

Bad beat: This is when you lose a strong hand that, statistically speaking, you should have one.

Bet blind: This is when you make a bet without seeing the cards first.

Blind: This is a required poker bet. It is made before any cards are even dealt.

Bluff: This is when you raise having an inferior hand in order to get the other players to fold their superior hands.

Bring-in: This is a forced bet in stud games.

Call: This is when you see or match a wager made by other player.

Check: This is when you choose not to bet, with the option to call or raise later in the betting round.

Check-raise: This is when you check and then raise in the same round of betting. Some players also call this sandbagging.

Deuce: This is a two.

Drawing hand: This is a viable hand that needs further cards to improve it.

Flush: This is five cards of the same suit.

Fold: This is when you drop out of a hand before it is over.

Four-flush: This is when you have 4 cards of the same suit and you need just one more to complete your fluch/hand.

Full house: This is when your hand consists of three pair and also two of a kind.

Inside straight: This is when you have a potential hand that can be made into a straight by drawing one more card of a certain rank.

Kicker: This is an unpaired card held in conjunction with one or more pairs, it can be used to determine the winner between two almost equal hands.

Low poker: This is when the lowest hand wins the pot. Some players call this lowball.