Poker Dictionary: A-K

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A
Ace-High: A five card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.
Aces Full: A full house with three aces and any pair.
Aces Up: A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces.
Action Checking/Betting/Raising: A game in which players are playing a lot of pots is considered an ‘action’ game.
Active Player: Any player who is still in the hand.
Add-on: A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in a tournament.
All-In: When a player bets all his/her chips.: In online poker, you may be deemed ‘All-in’ when you are disconnected (even if you have chips remaining).
American Airlines: Two Aces.
Ante: Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun.

B
Bad Beat: When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw.
Bankroll: The amount of money a player has to gamble with. Many players generally build a bankroll to a preset amount to allow themselves to take advantage of various bonuses.
Belly Buster: A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight.
Bet: To place chips into the pot.
Bet the Pot: When a player bets the amount of the pot.
Bicycle: A straight that is A-2-3-4-5.
Big Blind: A designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt. (Players joining a game in progress must post a Big Blind, but may do so from any position.)
Big Slick: A hand that contains an A-K.
Blind: The bet(s) that must be made by the two players sitting directly to the dealer’s left which will start the action on the first round of betting. The blinds are posted before any cards are dealt. (A ‘Blind’ bet is one that is made in the dark without looking at your cards.)
Blind Raise: When a player raises without looking at his hand.
Bluff: To make other players believe that one has a better hand then he/she might otherwise have by betting or raising when they do not have the best hand.
Boardcards: The cards that are dealt face-up in a poker game for all players to see. In flop games,five cards are dealt face-up in the center of the table. In Seven Card Stud, four cards are dealt face-up in front of each player.
Bottom Pair: When a player uses the lowest card on the flop to make a pair with one of his own cards.
Bring It: To start the betting on the first round.
Bring-In: The forced bet made on the first round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card showing in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better. In Razz (Lowball) it is the highest card showing.
Broadway: An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).
Broomcorn’s Uncle: A player who antes himself broke.
Bullets: A pair of Aces.
Bump: To raise.
Button: Also known as the dealer button, it is a small round disk that is moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand.
Buy-In: The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game.

C
Call: When a player chooses to match the previous bet.
Call Cold: To call both a bet and raise(s).
Cap: To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting.
Cardroom: The room or space in a casino where poker is played.
Case Chips: A player’s last chips.
Cash Out: To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.
Check: When it’s a player’s turn to act and there has been no action in front of them and he opts not to bet, he ‘checks.’
Check-Raise: When a player first checks and then raises in a betting round.
Chop: To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if no other players call. It also means to ’split the pot’.
Collusion: When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.

D
Dead Man’s Hand: Two pair - Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this hand).
Deuces: A pair of Twos.
Door Card: This is the first exposed card, or ‘up’ card, in a player’s hand in Stud games.
Down Card Hole cards: Cards that are dealt face down.
Drop: Fold.
Ducks: A pair of Twos.

F
Fifth Street: Also known as the ‘river’ card. In flop games, this represents the fifth community card on the table and the final round of betting. In Stud games, this is the fifth card dealt to each player and represents the third round of betting.
Flat Call: Calling a bet without raising.
Flop: In Hold’em and Omaha, the first three community cards that are dealt face-up in the center of the table all at one time. The ‘flop’ also indicates the second round of betting.
Flush: Any five cards of the same suit.
Flush Draw: When a player has four cards in his hand of the same suit and is hoping to draw a fifth to make a flush.
Fold: To throw your hand away when it’s your turn to act.
Forced Bet: A required bet that starts the action on the first round of a poker hand.
Four of a Kind: Four cards of the same number or face value (’quads’).
Fourth Street: In flop games, it is the fourth community card dealt (also known as ‘the turn’) and represents the third round of betting. In Stud games, it is the fourth card dealt to each player and represents the second round of betting.
Full House: Any three cards of the same number or face value, plus any other two cards of the same number or face value.

G
Gut Shot: To draw to and/or hit an inside straight.

H
Hand: A player’s best five cards.
High-Card: To decide the first dealer in the flop tournaments each user is dealt a single card and the player with the highest card (based on the card and the suit order - of spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs) becomes the theoretical dealer.
Hold ‘em: Also known as Texas Hold ‘em, where the players get two down cards and five community cards.
Hole Cards: These are the Down Cards in front of the players.
House: The casino or cardroom that is hosting the poker game.

J
Jacks-or- Better: A form of poker in which a player needs to have at least a pair of jacks to open the betting.

K
Keep Them Honest: To call at the end of a hand to prevent someone from bluffing.
Key Card: A card that gives you a big draw or makes your hand.
Key Hand: In a session or tournament, the one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player, either for better or worse.
Kick It: Raise.
Kicker: The highest unpaired side card in a players’ hand.
Kill Pot: A method to stimulate action. It is a forced bet by someone who has just won a pot(s).
Knock: Check.
Kojak: A hand that contains a K-J.