A
Ace High – When the highest hand you can make is an Ace with no pair.
All in – When a player chooses to bet his last chips (he can never win more then he risks from the remaining players)
Ante - Money placed in the pot before the hand is dealt
Auto Blind - a button that will automatically post the small or big blind
B
Bad Beat - when a hand is lost with a hand that usually would win.
Bankroll - the amount of money a players has in play.
Bet – Money put in play.
Big Blind – A full forced bet before any cards are dealt
Blind - an opening bet before any cards are dealt
Bluff - a bet with a weak hand
Board - the cards used by all the players.
Burn a Card - removal of the top card of a deck by the dealer
Button - a disk that is used to show who is the theoretical dealer.
Buy in - the amount of money it requires to get into a game, it is the money available to bet in the game
C
Call - making a bet equal to the previous bet
Calling Station - a player who always seems to call and rarely folds.
Cap - the number of times a raise can be re-raised
Catch - when a draw makes a hand
Check - do not bet on one’s turn to bet
Check Raise - a player checks on the first opportunity to bet then raises on his next opportunity
Cold Call - calling a bet and raise at the same time after first checking, or betting for the first time
D
Deal - distribute the cards to the players
Draw - receiving more cards in a game
Drawing Dead – When even drawing the card you need will not give you a winner
E
Early Position - in an early betting position