Glossary of poker terms
If you’re looking for a useful list of poker terms, you can find it at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_poker_terms
This list supplements the glossary of terms for other card games. There are probably hundreds of common and uncommon poker slang terms. The list is not complete and is not a formal dictionary.
Some examples from the glossaryt:
- Back in: To enter a pot by checking and then calling someone else’s open on the first betting round.
- Bluff: A bluff is a bet or raise made with a hand which is not thought to be the best hand. To bluff is to make such a bet. The objective of a bluff is to induce a fold by at least one opponent who holds a better hand.
- Five of a kind: A hand possible only in games with wild cards, or a game with more than one deck, defeating all other hands, comprising five cards of equal rank.
