Let’s continue with the abc of Texas Hold’em provided by poker.tv. Here our short glossary keeps going with the meaning of most used terms in the game. But if you prefer to start playing immediately go to Colosseum Poker website and have a great time!
P
Play back: The act of raising.
Play the board: It’s when the best hand for a player comes only from the 5 common cards without any hole card.
Pocket cards: Go and see the definition of hole cards.
Pocket pair: Already set pair with pocket cards.
Position bet: Bet influenced by the rounder’s position at the table.
Pot: The total amount of all the bets in a single hand.
Pot limit: Structure in which the higher bet cannot exceed the pot.
Pot Odds: Ratio between the pot and the bet requested to stay active in the hand.
Pre-Flop: The action included between cards dealing and flop.
Private cards: Synonymous with hole cards and pocket cards.
R
Rebuy: The option some tournaments give to purchase new chips.
River: It’s the name of fifth and last community card.
Rivered (to be): Being defeated by an opponent helped by river card in completing his score.
Rounder: Player.
S
Sandbagging: Synonymous with check raise.
Satellite: Qualification tournament to a greater event.
Scare card: Common cards allowing high scores.
Set: Synonymous with Tris.
Shootout: Elimination tournament: the winner of each table goes to the final round against all other winners.
Showdown: After the river, when all the rounders still in action have to show their own cards.
Sit’n'go (STG): Tournament which begins only when a certain number of players has joined the table. It’s very common in case of STT (Single Table Tournament) events.
Slow Play: Betting lower than the cards would permit, so to make the opponents think you don’t have a very good hand: thereby they stay active giving the chance of gaining much more money.
Small Blind: The cheapest of two blinds to bet before the flop. It’s paid by the player at the dealer’s left.
Spare wrap: Having the chance of a flush and a Straight at the same time.
Stack: The total chips at disposal to a player.
Stakes: The buy in and betting amount set for each tournament.
T
Texture: It’s the technical analysis of a hand.
Third pair: Pair made up of a hole card and the third high-rated card at the flop.
Top Pair: Pair made up of a hole card and the higher-rated card at the flop.
Trips: It’s a tris made up of one hole card and two common cards.
Turn: It’s the fourth community card.
U
Under the Gun (UTG): At big blind’s left, is the first player who acts in the pre-flop and that will have to pay the big blind in next hand.
V
Value bet: Low bet from a player which has a very good draw and thinks opponents are in a weak situation: he won’t frighten them as to keep the pot growing.
W
Walk: All the players fold before the big blind.
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