Poker Terms & Words

Poker terminology is important. To understand the game and be able to communicate with other poker players, it can be helpful to learn the basic poker terms, it also provides a good foundation and knowledge of how the game works.

Flop

The three common cards are turned over after the first round of betting.

Turn

The fourth common card. Also known as Fourth Street.

River The fifth and last community card. Also known as Fifth Street.

Suited

Two or more cards of the same color, that is, clover, spades, hearts, diamonds.

OS

An abbreviation for off-suite. Also can be abbreviated o. As in A9os, or A7o.

Connector

Two cards that are within 4 short of each other so as to possibly make a ladder. AK, JT, A2 are all contacts, which are Q8, 62, etc. The contacts "related to each other", ie, JT, 78, is better to have, because they can pick up the steps at low and high side. There are no differences between them.

Suited connectors

As a contact, only that they have the same color as well. 87s for example. These are powerful cards when you have ladder, color, and the straight color in the game, pre-flop. These cards usually give you a lot of "outs".

Outs

The number of cards that is theoretically remain in the game to complete your hand, or give you the "nuts". Outs coincides with the odds of your hand to give you your percent chance to hopefully draw the winning card.

Nuts

A poker term for the best possible hand in a given hand. You always hope to get the nuts. You can not lose if you have "Nut Hand." If you do not fold. Used as an adjective in terms such as "Nut Flush," "Nut Straight" and "Nut Trips".

Hand odds

The odds to get the card to complete your hand. This is a theoretical number at best, but it gives you something to go by, to see if the pot is worth it to try to draw the card you need.

AA

Notation for two aces as the starting hand. Also known as Pocket Rockets or Bullets. The best starting hands in Hold'em.

AK

Ace-King or Ace-King "suited" (AK's). Nickname is "The Big Slick."

Full Boat or Boat A full house.

Pot Odds

The% host that you receive for your effort. If it only costs you 10 dollars to possibly win $ 100, you get '10-1 Pot Odds. " This term is more used in Limit Hold 'em than No-Limit.

Sit 'N Go (SNG)

A 1-table game where everyone gets the same amount of chips for a buy-in. The game is played in the tournament format, with increasing blinds were 10e hand.

Call the game

A table where the same people playing the same poker for the same blinds throughout. People can get up and leave at any time, and new people can come in, you can re-buy if you're out of money. This is the type of game usually played on the short clubs.

Multi-table

A poker tournament that spans more than one table. People are eliminated, all moving down to a final table.

Satellite

A tournament, often a kvalspel, held online to get to a bigger tournament in a casino. For online games, tournaments can be considered a satellite tournament, which nobody really play "together". Each satellite is someone who plays from the comfort of their homes.

Home Game

A game of poker is played between you and your friends. Often, there is much bluffing, all stay to see all the cards, and lower shares. Not exactly "real" poker.

Position

Place on the table where you sit in relation to the dealer "button". To the left of the button is small blind (small blind) and the big blind (big blind). The first 4 or 5 places are said to be in "early position." The person on the button is in the best position because he will see how everyone else has bet when it finally is his turn. On the button, and two on the right said to be in "late position". All other locations, in a 9 or 10 people ring, said to be "middle way". Play "In postition" is the most important poker skills as beginners do not have, or understand. Early position is bad, then the position is good.

Under the Gun (UTG)

The first position after the big blind. It is the first position to bet before the flop and 3e to bet after the flop.

Pot Comitted

If you've put a lot of chips in a pot, you said to be "pot comitted." Pot comitted is a fallacy and should not be used as an excuse.

Tilt / Tilted

A player who plays aggresivt and make crazy bets, often become a ridge after having had very bad luck, so-called "Bad beat. The terms of being able to control their emotions so as not to become ridge.

Bad Beat

When you have a winning hand but your opponent wins the upper hand against all odds. Bad beats will result mostly in that it is eliminated, or that they are playing ridge.