Poker Glossary
 Aces Full Full house containing three aces and any pair.
Ace-high Five-card hand with one Ace, no straight, no flush or no pair in it.
Aces Up Hand containing two pairs where one is a pair of Aces.
All-In When a player bets all of the chips he/she has at the table.
Big Blind A specific amount placed, before any cards are dealt, by the player sitting in the second position (or seat),
clockwise from the dealer.
Blinds Bets that must be made by the two players who are seated directly to the left of the dealer chip. Blind bets
are made before any cards are dealt.
Blind Raise Raising a bet without looking at your hand.
Bluff The act of making other players believe that you have a better hand then you might actually have. Usually
done by betting or raising.
Boat Also known as a Full House.
Buy-in The minimum amount of money required to join in a particular poker game.
Call When a player matches the previous bet amount.
Check When there has been no action by any previous player, a player may check or “pass”
action to the next player.
Dealer The person who handles and deals out cards, distributes the pots, and oversees the game.
Fold To discard your cards upon your turn to act, thereby exiting the current round.
Kicker The highest unpaired card in a hand.
Muck At the end of a game, when a player discards or throws out his/her hand without showing his/her cards.
Minimum Buy-in The minimum amount of money with which you can join a game.
Quads Also known as Four of a Kind.
Raise To increase the bet made before you.
Rake The percentage taken in chips from the pot by the house.
Rank The value of a specific card or the value of a hand.
Split Also known as a tie.
Suit Refers to the 4 possible characteristics of a playing card, as in, clubs (c), diamonds (d), hearts (h),
or spades (s).
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