| Add-on | Purchase of additional chips before the re-buy period during the tournament. |
| Ante | A bet made before any cards have bean dealt. |
| All-in | Betting of all the chips during play. Also if you are disconnected you may be deemed all-in. Even I you have chips remaining. |
| Blind Bet | A bet made before looking at your cards. |
| Bluff | Tricking other players into thinking that you have a really good hand. |
| Board | Community cards in the game. |
| Bug | A Joker. |
| Bullet | An Ace. |
| Burnt card | A card which is removed from the pack and not used in play. Usually removed before hands are dealt to combat cheating by dealer. |
| By me | A verbal statement in draw poker that player is not exchanging any cards. |
| Buy-in | A minimum amount required by the player to sit in any poker game. |
| Calling Station | A player who hardly ever raises. |
| Dead man’s hand | Two pair of aces over eights. |
| Deuce | Two. |
| Door card | The first card dealt face up in stud poker. |
| Draw | Exchanging cards in your hand for cards from the deck. |
| Ducks | A pair of two’s. |
| Fives | Five cards of the same value – this hand is only possible if wild cards are used. |
| Flop | A round where first three community cards are dealt face up. |
| Flush | Five cards of the same suit. |
| Fold | Withdraw from the game. |
| Fours | Four cards of the same value. |
| Freak | A wild card. |
| Full house | Three cards of the same value with a pair. |
| Hole cards | Players cards dealt face down. |
| House | The card room hosting the game. |
| Kicker | Highest unpaired card. |
| Knave | A Jack. |
| Knock | Check or pass. |
| Limit | The maximum bet. |
| Low poker | A game where players aim to have the lowest ranking hand. |
| Monster | A high ranking card. |
| Muck pile | Pile of cards from players who have folded. |
| Nuts | Best possible hand in poker which cannot be beaten. |
| Odds | A ratio expressing your chances of losing against you chances of winning (or) probability of making a hand versus not making a hand. |
| Open | To place the first bet. |
| Off-suit | Cards of different suit. |
| Paint | Any face card. Like queen, king. |
| Pig | A high and low hand. |
| Pocket cards | Cards which are dealt face down. |
| Rake | A charge used by poker rooms for the use of its facilities, usually a percentage of the pot. |
| River | The last round of betting. |
| Rock | A player who always folds unless he has a really good hand. |
| Run | Another name for a straight. |
| Runt | A hand lower than a pair. |
| School | A group of players who regularly play poker together. |
| See | Has the same meaning as a call. |
| Set | Three cards of the same value. |
| Showdown | When the players reveal their hand. |
| Sitting pat | A player who takes no cards in draw poker. |
| Stake | The amount of money bet. |
| Straddle | A method of betting where the previous bet is doubled. |
| Straight | Five cards of nay suit in consecutive order. |
| Street | A round of betting. |
| Stud | A form of poker where some cards are dealt face up. |
| Sweeten | To add money to pot, usually in the form of an ante. |
| Trips | Three cards of the same value, also called threes. |
| Trey | A three. |
| Waking sticks | A pair of sevens. |
| Wheel | 5,4,3,2,A in low poker. |
| Wild cards | A nominated cards which can be used in place of any other card to form a poker hand. |