POKER DICTIONARY

In this dictionary, you will find the names of the main moves in Poker as well as
slang used by players. For you to consult whenever you need.

Add-on - Value (optional) paid for the purchase of more tokens at the end of a pre-defined period

determined.
Air–A hand without value, a hand that didn't hit anything.

All-in – Bet all your chips

Aggressor – It is the player who made the pre-flop raise, so this player is the aggressor in the hand.

Ante - A small amount in chips that players have to pay before starting the game.
hand.
Ax - When you have an Ace with any other card (e.g., A4, A5, A6 = Ax)
Backdoor – When you still have the possibility of making a hand if you hit the...
given cards on the turn and river, e.g.: you have A9 of hearts and the flop comes T54 with one of
hearts, if the turn and the river bring two more hearts you hit the flush, right in
flop you have a backdoor for the flush.
Bad beat - The meaning of 'to take a bad' is when a hand that is very favored
to win ends up losing to a hand that is the least favorite, e.g.: you have AA which is 92%
favorite to win against AK only 7% favorite, but the board comes jKK42 and you end up
losing control.
Bankroll - It is the amount of money you have available to play.
Bet - In poker, 'dar um bet' is the Brazilianized way of saying that we are going to bet.
the literal word is just this: to bet.
Big blind - The big blind in poker is the person who is required to pay a mandatory amount.
the main bet even before the hand starts.
Blank - A card that comes on the table and seems to change nothing in the game, e.g., the flop comes.

AJ8 and on the turn comes a 2 which is a blank, as apparently nothing has changed.
Blind - The blinds are the people who have to pay an initial bet before the hand.
start, Big blind for the full bet and the small blind pays half a bet.
Blocking bet - When the player who is the first to speak makes a small bet in order to
to reach the showdown for a low price.
Bluff - Make your opponent believe that you have a better hand than you do.
that he has it when in fact you don't.
Broadway cards - Cards that are connected and can end in a sequence with
As, ex: KQ, KJ, QJ, JT etc...
Board - These are the community cards that are turned on the table, in other words, the table cards are

on board.
Bubble – The bubble in poker is the moment when you are about to enter the
In the awards, the player who finishes in the best non-awarded position is called the bubble.
Bottom pair - When you hit the lowest pair, e.g., you have J9 and the flop comes AQ9, you
there is a pair of 9 which is the bottom pair.

Button (button/dealer) - It is the button that is in front of the player sitting at the
the dealer's position at the moment of the hand, is also always the last player to speak in the hand.

Buy-in is the entry fee paid to enroll in a tournament or to sit in a game.

cash game table
Cash game - A type of game where the chips bet are worth real money.
Call - The meaning of call in poker is: To match a bet.
Calling station - It is a type of passive player who has a habit of always calling bets.
Check - Request a table, or pass your turn.

Check behind – It is the action of checking after another player has also checked.
Check raise - When a player decides to raise after having checked.
Chip leader - It is the leader in chips in a tournament or table.

Coach–Trainer.
Cold call - When a call is made after more than one bet has already occurred in the round.

Coin flip - When you are involved in a situation where the chances of winning or
losing is approximately 50/50.
Cooler - A situation of bad luck when you have a very good hand, but your
Opponent ends up having a stronger hand than yours, e.g.: you have KK and your opponent.
tem AA.
Community cards – These are the cards dealt face up on the table, where everyone
players use them to form their hands.
Connector - Initial hands that have cards that are adjacent to each other, e.g.: 76, 32, TJ,
89 etc.
Cut off - In poker, the player who is one seat to the right of the player who is on the button is
called cut off or by the abbreviation CO.
Dead money - Money or chips that are already in the pot.
Dealer - Player who is sitting in the button position, or it can refer to the person.
responsible for shuffling and dealing the cards during a poker game.
Dominated hand – A hand that will almost always lose to the hand
of the opponent, for example: you have K7 and your opponent has KT, so your hand is a dominated hand.

Donkbet - When the player calls a pre-flop raise out of position, and after the flop he leads out.

betting before the aggressor pre flop.

Draw - When you have a hand that has not formed anything until now, but that can.
improve in the next rounds, for example: you have JT and the flop comes 89A, you have nothing, but
There is a sequence draw, as you can improve your hand if a 7 or Q comes.
Dead draw - When a player has no chances of winning a hand even before
for her to end.
Dry board (dry board) - A board with few possibilities for draws.
Early position - The first two positions after the dealer are considered.
Edge - When one player has a technical advantage over another, this player soon has a
edge over the other.
Equity - Your 'legitimate' share in a pot. If the pot has $80 and you have a 50% chance of
to win the hand, your equity is $40. It conveys an idea of how much you 'expect' to win.
Field - Number of players in a tournament or table, e.g.: a tournament had a total of
245 registrations so the tournament had a field of 245 players.
Fish – A weak player who doesn't know very well how to play.
Flat call - To make a call where the situation would be more appropriate to make a raise.

Float - In poker, a float is a move where the player facing a bet calls it.
(even without getting anything right) in the expectation that your opponent will stop betting
in the next rounds so that he can bluff or even take the hand to the showdown.
Flop-O flop in poker refers to the first 3 community cards that are dealt on the table.
table, this is the meaning of this word so commonly used on tables.
Flip - When one is involved in a situation where the chances of winning or losing are
about 50/50.
Flush draw - When there is only one card left to complete the flush, e.g.: you have 4♣5♣
The flop comes 2♣T♣8♥ with two clubs.
Flush - When you get 5 cards of the same suit.
Fold - In poker, folding is the act of giving up the hand, we usually say 'to fold'.
when we refer to this.
Fold equity – It is the chance you have to make your opponents fold when you
decide to raise the bet or even go all in.
Four of a kind (Quadra) – Four cards with the same number.
Free card - When you are the last to act in the round and have the option to pass the turn to
see a card at no cost, or when you decide to check and your opponent
Soon, both will see a free card.
Free roll - Tournament where you don't pay anything to play and still compete for
prizes.
Freezeout - Tournament structure where re-entries are not allowed.
FT (final table)–Final table.
Full house - When you manage to form a set and a pair, it is called a full house.
house.
GAP –Lacuna, for example: you are on the button and the table rotates in GAP, it means that all the

The other players folded and the action came to you with no prior action.
Gutshot straight – When you have the chance to make a straight, but you're one card short.
middle card of the sequence, e.g.: you have 78 and the flop comes 9J2, so you have a gutshot.
because it needs a T to complete its sequence.
Hand for hand - In poker, this term refers to the moment when each hand of a
the tournament is played simultaneously at each table, this usually happens in a
bubble situation or in payjump situations to avoid errors in distribution of the
awards among the players who are being eliminated.
Heads up - When there is a situation where only two players are involved in the
hand.
Hijack – Player who is two seats to the right of the button.
Hole cards - These are the two cards that are in front of a player.
Holdem manager - Auxiliary program that shows statistics about the game of
its opponents and also generates reports about its own game.
HUD - Acronym for Heads Up Display, a HUD is an auxiliary program that shows
Statistics about the game in real time, the Holdem Manager is a HUD.
Implied odds - Pot odds that do not exist at the moment, but can be included in your
calculations for bets you expect to win if you get your hand right.
For example, you can call with a flush draw on the turn, even if the pot is not big.
offering you an attractive amount, because you are sure that you can win
many of your opponent's chips if you hit the flush on the river.
ITM (In the Money) - The meaning of ITM in poker refers to the moment when everyone
the players enter the prize zone of a tournament.
Kicker - A card without a pair used to determine which hand is the best. Ex: suppose that
you have AK and your opponent has AQ. If the flop has an ace, both have a pair of Aces,
However, what will decide the hand then is the kicker, in this case the K is stronger than the Q.

Late position - These are the players who are the last to speak in a betting round.
(it is usually considered late position the button, CUT off and hijack positions).
Leak - It is a certain deficiency that a player has in their game.
Level (metagame) – It is the way a previous move can affect the attitudes of a
player in a future hand, e.g.: a player has already made 3-bets on you several times, so you
is creating a level or metagame with this player and this may influence the way that
you will play a hand against him in the future.
Limp - In poker, 'to limp' refers to the action of entering a pot by just calling a bet.
minimum bet.
Limp – It is the player who enters with a limp.

Live cards - When you have a hand that is not the favorite, but still has
good chances of winning, for example: your opponent has AK and you have QJ, you are not the favorite anymore

there are still live cards.

Loose - Type of player who likes to play many hands.

Maniac - A player who plays many hands and in a very aggressive manner.
Marginal (hand or situation) - A situation or bad hand that can be avoided.
Middle position – These are the intermediate positions of a table, which are between the
initial and final positions of the table.

Miniraise–Make the smallest possible raise in the game.

Monster – When the player has a very good hand e.g. AA, KK, QQ
MTT – Multi Table Tournament or in a free translation Tournament of multiple tables.
Muck - It is the action of folding without showing the cards.

No limit – Type of game where the bets do not have a stipulated limit.
NLHE - Abbreviation for No Limit Hold'em.
Nosebleeds are referred to as the most expensive cash game tables on the planet.
Nuts - In poker, having the 'Nuts' simply means having the best possible hand at any given time.
of the game.

Odds - It is the probability of completing or not completing a hand.

Offsuit - Cards that are not of the same suit.

Omaha - A game variant in which players receive four initial cards and five
community cards. To make your hand, you must necessarily use two cards that
There is one in hand and three more on the table.

One gap - It is the gap between certain cards, examples hand of a gap: 79, QT, 35 etc.
Open ended straight draw - It is when one has the possibility of hitting a straight.
hitting either the card at the beginning of the sequence or the card at the end of the sequence, e.g.: you have

89 and the flop comes 67K, you can hit the straight with a 5 or a T.
Out – It is one or more cards that can improve your hand, usually referred to as outs.
Overbet - When you bet an amount greater than the value you have in the pot.
Overcard – In poker, this term refers to a card that is higher than any card.
present on the board. For example, if you have AQ and the flop comes J-7-3, you do not have a pair,

but you have two overcards.

Overpair - A pair in hand that is higher than the highest card on the table, e.g., QQ on a flop of 894.

Pocket pair - When you receive a pair as your starting hand, you have a pocket pair.
Pot limit - A game mode in which the maximum allowed bet is the value of the pot.
PLO–Abbreviation for Pot Limit Omaha.
Position - It is the position that a player has at the table.

Pot control - It is when a player tries to keep the size of the pot under control.
Pot odds–In poker odds means the amount of money you have in the pot.
compared to the amount of money you have to pay to keep playing.
Prize pool - It is the total amount of prizes collected in a tournament, the prize pool is distributed

among the winners.

Push - Bet all the chips, go all in.
Quads (quads) - Four cards of the same number.
Rainbow - A rainbow board is a board where no suit is repeated.
Range - I bet you've heard this word a lot but don't really know what it means.
range in poker, well, this term refers to all possible hand combinations
that you or your opponent may have in a given situation.
Raise - Have you ever wondered what a raise is in poker? 'To raise' is simply the act of
raise the bet, simple as that.
Rake - The fee that the house or the poker site charges to play.
Rake back - It is the percentage of the rake that the house or the poker site can return to you.

Re-raise - It is when the Bet is increased once it has already been raised.
formerly.
Re-steal - Increase the bet to steal from a player you think only raised to
try to steal the blinds.
Represent – To represent something that you do not have.

Ring game - A type of game where the chips bet have real money value.
River – It is the last card that is turned on the table.

ROI - Return on Investment, is the return on your Investment.

Royal flush – Sequence (A-K-Q-J-10) of the same suit. It is the best possible hand in poker.
Running hot - When a player is hitting all the hands, when you are in
a good phase.
Runner runner – Similar to the concept of a backdoor, it is when you hit a hand that
It was not expected on the flop, but it only completes on the river.
Satellite - A type of qualifying tournament where the prize is entry into a larger tournament.
dear.
Second pair - When you have the second best possible pair, e.g., you have AT and the flop comes
K-T-6, you hit the second highest pair on the flop, or you have 77 and the flop comes J-2-4.
Semi bluff – Betting when you don't have a made hand but the possibility of making one.
in the next rounds.
Set (three of a kind) – When you get three of a kind.

Short stack - In poker, this term refers to a player who has a small amount of chips.
relatively low chips compared to the value of the blind are usually considered
short stack a player with 20 big blinds or less.
Shove - Same concept as push or all in, it is when one decides to bet all the chips.
Showdown–At the end of the last round of betting, the players involved in the hand.
show the cards to see who the winner is.
Side pot - Secondary pot, when a player involved in the hand has already bet all their chips.
chips but there are still other players involved who are betting and with that
they form a secondary pot.
Sit and Go–Sit-and-Go (SNG) is a type of format where the main
the characteristic is the fact that there is no set time for the game to start, basically the game
It starts when the determined number of players sits at the table.
Slow play - When a player bets little with a strong hand, with the intention of
make your opponent stay in the hand and put more money in the pot.
Slow roll - in poker, the act of doing a slow roll refers to when a player has the
better hand and still wastes a lot of time thinking about paying a bet of
opponent (usually an all-in), normally this type of attitude is done to irritate,
provoking or making fun of the opponent is not well viewed by the other players.
Small blind - Player who pays half of the mandatory initial bet.
Snap call (instant call) – When a player calls instantaneously in the Bet of a
another player.
Split pot - When the pot is divided among two or more players.
Squeeze - In poker, the squeeze or the act of 'squeezing' is the action of making a re-raise to
remove some or all players who have already entered the hand.
Steal – When a player decides to raise with the intention of just stealing the blinds.
Straight - When you hit 5 cards in sequence, e.g.: you have 45 and the flop comes 678.
Straight flush - When you get 5 cards in sequence that are of the same suit, e.g.:
You have 45 of hearts and the flop comes 678 of hearts.
Suited - Cards of the same suit.
Suited connectors – Cards that not only have the same suit but are also connected, e.g.:
78 of cups, TJ of wands etc.
A hint or indication that a player gives unknowingly about the strength of their hand.
Trap - Trap, when a player has a very good hand it is preparing a
trap.
Tree of a kind – When you hit a three of a kind.
Tight - Style of a conservative player who plays few hands.
Tilt - Player who starts playing incorrectly after losing a previous hand.
Time bank – Additional time a player has to decide their action.
Top pair - When you hit the highest pair on the board, e.g.: you have A9 and the flop comes AJQ,
you have the highest pair or top pair.
Top set - Similar to top pair, it is when you hit the highest set on the board, e.g.: you have TT and the

The flop is T64, you hit the highest set on the board, or top set.
Top two - When you hit the two biggest on the table.
Turn – It is the fourth community card on the table.

Under the gun (UTG) – First player to speak in the first round of action, first
position to the left of the big blind.

Value–Valor
Variance, or as some players call it, the element of luck involved in the game.
Walk - When you are in the big blind and no player plays the hand, you receive a walk and
bring the blinds and antes.
WSOP – Abbreviation for World Series of Poker.