Just some random terms you may see used here that don’t fit into the the hand names post
TAG: Tight Aggressive a style of play in which the player usually only plays good starting hands, but then bets them once he starts
LAG: Loose Aggressive a style with a wider range of starting hands, but will make plays at pots at all times
Donkey or Donks: Players other than myself, usually newer players or ones that make plays counter to the math that operates behind the game.
Hole Cards: The cards everyone is dealt which are their own for the entire hand. Two in Holdem and Seven Card Stud, 4 in Omaha, 5 in Draw.
Flop: The first three community cards turned over, all at once, after the initial first round of betting has taken place.
Turn: The next community card turned over, also called fourth street.
River: The last of the community cards, also called fifth street.
Dealer: Dealer of the cards in the home game, also denotes a position at the table, also referred to as The Button. Dealer is the last to act on all rounds after the flop.
Small Blind: First of the forced bets, small blind is the first person to the left of the dealer.
Big Blind: Second of the forced bet and twice as big as the small blind, it’s the person on the left of the small blind.
Under the Gun (UTG): Refers to the player that is first to act, before the flop it would be the person to the left of the dealer, after the flop and on every successive round it would then move to the Small Blind position.
Cutoff: Refers to the position at the table of the person to the right of the Dealer.
Ante: Is a forced bet by players to get cards, in some games all players pay an Ante of some sort, in others it is just the Blinds. And example would be a tournament where the Small Blind was $25, the Big Blind was $50 and all player paid a $5 Ante.
Outs: The number of possible cards left in the deck that will “make” your hand. An example would be if you have a 2 suited cards in your hand and there are two of those suited cards on the flop, you can assume that you have the other cards left of that suit to make your hand, 13 original cards minus the 2 in your hand and the 2 on the flop leaves 9 cards or outs left.
Pot Odds: The ratio of the bet to you versus the amount of money in the pot. Imagine there is $9 in the post and the bet is $1, you are now getting 10-1 pot odds on calling the $1.
Implied Odds: This has to do more with the players at the just the math, it has to do with what you feel the chance of other players making the call after you are, or the chance that you feel you will be able to bet and get paid after the next card comes. An example may be calling a raise from a tight aggressive player with a small pair in your hand knowing that if you do hit a set on the flop and they catch part of the flop, or have an over pair you will get a much larger bet paid off to you in the action to come.
All In: In No Limit games, a player has no limit as to the amount he may bet, and a All In bet is the player saying he bets all the chips he has in front of him.
Position: A term used to denote whether you act before or after another person in the hand. If you act before the person you would be Out of Position and if you act after the person you would be In Position or Have Position on them. A very important part of poker, very much so with larger amounts of players at the table.
Full Ring: Refers to the amount of players at the table. A Full Ring usually means 9-10 players.
Short Handed: Less players than a Full Ring game. Short handed usually refers to 6 or less players.
No Limit: Other than the blinds and antes, in a No Limit game, a player may bet as much as they at anytime, or there is No Limit to the amount they may bet.
Cold Deck: A reference to having a deal that looks like it was set up, from the days of poker cheats who would switch decks when it came to their deal to a deck that hand the cards all set up to make an action hand that would ultimately get a lot of money in the pot and still have them win. An example would be to deal out cards that would give a player a full house, another four of a kind and another the dealer a straight flush. Also used to when dominated hands get sucked out on, ie. AA losing to KK when a K hits on the flop.
The Nuts: A term used to signify the absolute best hand possible given what is on the board. The Nut flush for instance in a term used to signify the Ace high flush if there is no possible straight flush.
Kicker: The card used to break ties when both players have the same hand. For instance, if both players had a pair of Aces, an Ace in their hand and an Ace on the board the winner would be decided by who had the next highest card. If the board was A8723 and one player held AQ and the other AJ the Q in player ones hand would be the higher Kicker and the player with the AQ would win.
Check: Check means to pass on you option to bet to the person to your left. If you were the big blind in a hand and everyone had called the blind up before you and you don’t wish to raise you would say check and the action would move to the next person.
WSOP: World Series of Poker. For the most part used in reference to a poker tourney held in Las Vegas Nevada in which the Main Event is played, now it is a series or tournaments played around the world.
Main Event: The big game at the WSOP. A $10,000 entry fee open event of no limit hold’em. The Main Event attracts upwards of 8,000 players and is considered the Super Bowl of Poker.
