| Ace High: | A hand with an ace but no pair |
| Action: | Frequency of betting. A game or hand with alot of action is one where there is alot of betting and raising |
| Acting First: | The player who must check or bet before the other players is acting first |
| Acting Last: | The last player to check, bet, call, or raise is acting last |
| All-in: | A player who bets the last amount of chips he has or is disconnected while playing a hand |
| Backdoor: | A draw that requires both the turn AND river card to improve. |
| Bad Beat: | A hand that loses to an opponent who gets very lucky, specially when the opponent should not have even played his hand |
| Bankroll: | The money you have available to play |
| Best of It: | A game or bet where you have a long term positive expectation |
| Bet: | The action of committing chips to the pot first in |
| Big Bet: | The amount of the bet on the last two rounds of betting |
| Blinds: | In Holdem the blinds are the forced bets that the first two players to the left of the button must put in the pot. The big blind posts a small bet an the small blind usually posts a half small bet |
| Bluff: | A bet or raise when you have little chance of winning the pot if you are called |
| Bottom Pair: | A pair of matching one of your hold cards with the lowest card on the table or a pocket pair lower than all of the cards on the table |
| Button: | Also known as the dealer |
| Call: | To put money in the pot equal to an opponents bet or raise. |
| Caller: | A player who puts money in the pot equal to the bet or raise |
| Cap: | The act of putting in the last raise allowable on any given betting round. |
| Check: | Declining to bet |
| Check-raise: | The act of checking and then raising after an opponent bets |
| Cold Call: | To call a raise without having committed money previously on the same betting round. |
| Counterfeited: | A card that improves your hand but gives an opponent an even better hand |
| Crying Call: | Calling when you feel you have a very small chance of winning |
| Cut-off: | The player who acts right before the button or dealer |
| Drawing Dead: | Drawing with no chance of improving to the winning hand |
| Early position: | In a ten-handed game, the first three seats to the left of the binds. |
| Fish: | A poor player who usually loses money |
| Flop: | The betting round where three cards have been dealt face up |
| Fold: | Giving up on a hand rather than calling a bet or raise |
| Free Card: | A card that you can see without having to call a bet |
| Gut Shot: | A draw to a straight where only one card can give you the straight |
| Heads Up: | A pot contested against one opponent |
| Induce a Bluff: | Playing your hand weakly so that an opponent might try a bluff |
| Induce a Call: | Playing your hand weakly so that an opponent might make a crying call |
| Kicker: | The other card in your hand that has not matched the table |
| Late Position: | In a ten handed game, the last two seats at the table |
| Limp: | The act of calling first in before the flop |
| LOL: | Internet jargon for 'laugh out loud' |
| Loose: | A player who plays many hands |
| Maniac: | A super aggressive player who is constantly raising the pot and playing most of his hands |
| Open ended straight: | A straight that can be made by two different cards |
| Pocket Pair: | Holding a pair with the two cards dealt to you |
| Preflop: | The first betting round when the players receive their two hole cards |
| Rag: | A card lower than a 9 |
| Raise: | To increase the bet an additional amount |
| Running Pair: | When the turn and river card are a pair |
| Scare Card: | A card that is potentially dangerous either to you or your opponent |
| Semi-bluff: | A bet or raise, in which if called you probably do not have the best hand |
| Set: | Three of a kind |
| Slowplay: | Checking or just calling a very strong hand on one round of betting to win more bets on later rounds |
| Tell: | An act or gesture that might indicate how strong or weak your opponents hand might be |
| Trips: | Three of a kind |
