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Poker Dictionary

Here is a list of words both used as more official poker terms and more unofficial kind of expression:

3bet – A reraise preflop

Bad Beat – A situation where two players gets All In with two very uneven hands and the worst hand wins

Bankroll – The amount of money a player has for playing poker – Normally very different from personal finances

Big Slick – Ace King as hole card in holdem

Blank – A card that most likely didn’t affect the situation before

Bluff – A bet or reraise to make a stronger hand fold than the players own holding

Bullets – Aces as a pocket pair

Button – 1. Definition of the small coin used to define where the specific hands should be dealt from 2. Expression for the player just before the blinds

Calling Station – A player who doesn’t like to fold and is often calling way to much than what is profitable

Cowboys – Kings as pocket pair

Cut-Off - The player to act before the Button player

Equity – A mathematical expression describing how big a share the player have in a given situation depending on which action he decide

Family Pot – When all players at the table play the same hand

Fish – A bad poker player

Gutshot – Term used to describe a straight draw where only one card can give the straight

Heads-Up – When only two players is playing at the table

Hit and Run – Very negative description of a player who wins a hand and then leaves the table

High-jack – The player to act befor the player sitting in Cut-Off position

Loose – Expression describing players who plays a lot of hands

Set – Three of a kind where the player has a pocket pair on his hand and has hit three of a kind with one card on the table

Setup – Situation where two or more  players have extremely strong hands

Split Pot – When two or more players have hands of equal strength, they share the pot

Steal - Expression used about preflop raises from players in Cut-Off to Small Blind

Squeeze – A 3bet with more than just the initial raiser in the pot – squeezes is often considered as a kind of stealing the pot

Suck out – When a player gets All In and is way behind but improves and wins the pot

Tight – Expresion describing players who plays few hands

Trips – Three of a kind where there is a pair on the board and the player has one card on the hand (read also about ‘Set’ which is often confused with trips)

UTG - Under the Gun – First player to act preflop

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