Do you like poker but aren’t surre about the meaning of all Texas Hold’em words? Then take a look to the abc that poker.tv is providing you. Here we start with the first part of our short glossary of most used terms in poker. But if you prefer to start playing immediately go to Colosseum Poker website and have a great time!
A
Aces up: Two pairs, one of which formed from aces.
Add-on: The chance to purchase some other chips beyond the buy.
All-in: Play all the Chips remained in an only hand. Move in it’s a synonymous.
Ante: Compulsory bet for all the present players to the table independently from the position. It usually happens in the end of the tournaments.
B
Bankroll: The money owned by each player which is in the game.
Big Blind: It’s a compulsory bet posted before the cards are dealt, it’s made by the player who stands two places after the dealer. It represents the slightest pot of the hand.
Blind: Another compulsory bet, which is posted before the cards are dealt, it’s made by the player who stands immediately after the dealer.
Bluff: Deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards.
Board: Cards in common to all the players. They also are called community cards.
Bottom Pair: Pair made up of one of your own cards and one of the board.
Bring in: It’s the first bet after the flop.
Bubble: In a tournament is the ranking of the first player ranked out of the prize list.
Busted (to be): Being struck out of a tournament.
Button: Detect who currently is the dealer.
Buy in: Amount of money requested to play in a tournament.
C
Check: Not to raise in a hand.
Check dark: At first position it means to check before the flop.
Check-out: To fold instead of checking.
Check-Raise: To do a check and then, eventually, set off against a bet.
Chop (the pot): When the pot it’s shared between two or more rounders.
Community Cards: Go and see the definition of board.
Cut-off: It’s the player standing at the dealer’s right.
D
Dealer: Marked by the button points out the rounder which should deals the cards. In on-line gaming is important to set the betting order.
Dealer-advantage: Il dealer benefits for his position betting after all other players: he can see what they’ve done and think better about his action.
Double-up: Betting all in while playing an hand gives the chance of double your own stack.
Double chance: The chance gave by some tournaments of increasing the amount of chips of each player buying an extra fee.
Draw: To play aiming a Flush or a straight.
E
Early Position: The opposite of Dealer-advantage.
Expected value (EV): What a player expects to win (or to lose) with a certain action.
Even money: A hand which has 50% of winning chances or I’ts really closest to.
(Read Part Two)
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