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Poker Dictionary Poker Glossary Dictionary Letter D Definitions and terms Dead Man s Hand door card down card Doyle Brunson draw lowball draw poker drop ducks deuces

Letter D Poker Dictionary

Dead Man?s Hand Two pair – Aces and Eights (Wild Bill Hickock was shot in the back while playing this hand).

Door Card This is the ?rst exposed card, or “up” card, in a player?s hand in Stud games.

Down Card Hole cards. Cards that are dealt face down.

Doyle Brunson It?s a Holdem hand consisting of a 10-2 (Brunson won the world championship two years in a row on the ?nal hand with these cards).

Draw Lowball Form of poker where each player is dealt ?ve cards with the option of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones and the low hand wins.

Draw Poker Form of poker where each player is dealt ?ve cards down with the option  of discarding one or more and replacing them with new ones to attempt to make a better hand.

Drop Fold.

Ducks A pair of Twos.

Deuces A pair of Twos.

Poker Dictionary Poker Glossary Dictionary Letter C Definitions and terms call call cold cap cardroom case chips cash out check check-raise chop collusion community cards cowboys

Letter C Poker Dictionary

Call When a player chooses to match the previous bet.

Call Cold To call both a bet and raise(s).

Cap To take the last of the maximum amount of raises allowed per round of betting.

Cardroom The room or space in a casino where poker is played.

Case Chips A player?s last chips.

Cash Out To leave a game and convert your chips to cash.

Check When it?s a player?s turn to act and there has been no action in front of them and he opts not to bet, he “checks.”

Check-Raise When a player ?rst checks and then raises in a betting round.

Chop To return the blinds to the players who posted them and move on to the next hand if no other players call. It also means to “split the pot”.

Collusion When two or more players conspire to cheat in a poker game.

Community Cards Cards that are face-up and used by all players.

Cowboys Two Kings.

Poker Glossary Dictionary Letter B Definitions and terms bad beat belly buster bet bet the pot bicycle big blind big slick blind blind raise bluff boardcards broadway bring-in bring it in broomcorn s uncle bullets bump button buy-in

Letter B Poker Dictionary

Bad Beat When a hand is beaten by a lucky draw.

Belly Buster A draw and/or catch to an Inside Straight.

Bet To place chips into the pot.

Bet the Pot When a player bets the amount of the pot.

Bicycle A straight that is A-2-3-4-5.

Big Blind A designated amount that is placed by the player sitting in the second  position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt.(Players joining a game in progress must post a Big Blind, but may do  so from any position.)

Big Slick A hand that contains an A-K.

Blind The bet(s) that must be made by the two players sitting directly to the dealer?s left which will start the action on the ?rst round of betting.The blinds are posted before any cards are dealt. (A “Blind” bet is one  that is made in the dark without looking at your cards.)

Blind Raise When a player raises without looking at his hand.

Blu? To make other players believe that one has a better hand than he/she might otherwise have by betting or raising when they do not have the best hand.

Boardcards The cards that are dealt face-up in a poker game for all players to see.  In ?op games, ?ve cards are dealt face-up in the center of the table.   In Seven Card Stud, four cards are dealt face-up in front of each player.Bottom Pair   When a player uses the lowest card on the ?op to make a pair with  one of his own cards.

Broadway An Ace high straight (A-K-Q-J-10).

Bring-In The forced bet made on the ?rst round of betting by the player who is dealt the lowest card showing in Seven Card Stud and Stud 8 or Better.In Razz (Lowball) it is the highest card showing.

Bring It In To start the betting on the ?rst round.

Broomcorn?s Uncle A player who antes himself broke.

Bullets A pair of Aces.

Bump To raise.

Button Also known as the dealer button, it is a small round disk that is moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following each hand, to theoretically indicate the dealer of each hand.

Buy-In The minimum amount of money required by a player to sit down in a particular poker game.

Poker Glossary Dictionary Letter A Definitions and terms aces full ace-high aces up action active player add-on all-in american airlines ante

Letter A Poker Dictionary

Aces Full A full house with three aces and any pair.

Ace-High A ?ve card hand that contains one Ace, with no straight or ?ush or a  hand with no pair in it.

Aces Up A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces.

Action Checking/Betting/Raising. A game in which players are playing a lot of  pots is considered an “action” game.

Active Player Any player who is still in the hand.

Add-on A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in  a tournament.

All-In When a player bets all his/her chips.: In online poker, you may be  deemed  “All-in” when you are disconnected (even if you have chips remaining).

American Airlines Two Aces.

Ante Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun.

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