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The objective of this poker glossary is to introduce novice players to poker terminology and to explain the main concept of poker game. - All In: An option that allows a player who does not have enough money to make a bet or a raise to place all the money he has and to be eligible to win a part of the pot that corresponds to this amount.
- Ante: A forced bet placed by all players before the game starts.
- Betting Limit: A value that defines the size of allowed bets and raises in the game.
- Betting Round: A round where players bet, raise or fold.
- Big Blind: A blind bet that normally is twice bigger that the small blind in a game with two blinds.
- Blind: A forced bet placed by a number of the players regardless of their cards.
- Collusion: A conspiracy between two or more players with an objective to get an advantage over other players at the table.
- Community Cards: Cards that can (or must) be used by all players in order to combine their final hands.
- Down-card: A card placed face-down.
- Draw Poker: A poker game where players can discard a number of their cards and replace them by new ones.
- Draw: An act of replacing cards in Draw poker games.
- Eight or Better: A qualifier that allows only eight-high or lower hands to be played as low hands.
- Fixed Limit: A betting limit that defines the exact size of allowed bets and raises.
- Flush: A poker hand that consists of five cards of the same suit.
- Forced Bet: A bet that must be placed regardless of the decision of the player.
- Four of a Kind: A poker hand that contains four cards of the same rank.
- Full House: A poker hand that contains three cards of the same rank and two cards of the same rank.
- Guts Poker: A poker game where players declare In or Out before the showdown and players who declare In, but lose match the pot.
- Hand: All cards belonging to a certain player.
- Hands Ranking: A scheme that defines the strength of poker hands.
- High: A game format where the player with the highest card at the table wins the pot.
- High Card: The lowest poker hand that does not contain any poker combinations and is valued by the highest card in the hand.
- High/Low (Hi-Lo): A game format where the player with the highest hand at the table and the player with the lowest one split the pot.
- Hole Card: A down-card that belongs to a certain player.
- Joker: An extra card that can be used as a completely or partly wild card or have other special functions.
- Jacks or Better: A variation of draw poker where only players with a pair of Jacks or a better hand can open betting and win the pot.
- Lowball: A game format with reversed hands ranking. The player with the lowest hand at the table wins the pot.
- No Limit: A betting limit that allows players to place bets of any size.
- Pair: A poker hand that contains two cards of the same rank.
- Pot: A sum of money that consists of all bets placed in the same game.
- Pot Limit: A betting limit that allows players to place bets of any size that is not larger than the total size of the pot.
- Qualifier: A certain poker hand that that separates hands that can be played as low hands from those that can be played as high hands in Hi-Lo games. In other words, if a player has a hand higher than the qualifier, he can not play low.
- Royal Flush: A hand that consists of 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace of the same suit (same as Straight Flush, but with the highest cards).
- Showdown: A game round where players reveal their cards and compare their hands. (also a poker variation where all cards are dealt face-up).
- Straight: A hand that consists of five cards of consequent ranks.
- Straight Flush: A hand that consists of five consequent cards of the same suit.
- Table Stakes: Usually a fixed betting limit used at a certain table.
- Three of a Kind: A poker hand that contains three cards of the same rank.
- Two Pairs: A hand that contains two pairs of matching cards.
- Up-card: A card placed face-up.
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