Texas Hold'em terms

All-in means to bet all your own chips held at a particular table. Once all-in, you can't bet or call, or fold until the showdown. The remaining players will continue to play the round as usual.

Bet means increasing the stack. If the player in front has not placed a bet, bet is one of the actions that the player can take. A player may bet if no other players have bet during the current round. If a player has placed a bet, the player must make a call or raise if necessary.

The amount of money required to participate in the game. For cash games, the minimum buy-in is set by the table. For the tournament, it is divided into a prize pool fee and a participation fee paid to the organizer.

A player's bankroll is all the money he uses to play poker. That is, the total amount of funds prepared. For online poker, it refers to the money a player has in his account.

Blinds are a form of forced bet in poker games They are bets that must be paid before the cards are dealt and are paid by two players each round. It is not paid by fixed players, and it changes in turn every round. It is common for two bets to be the same size, or one to be larger than the other. The latter is called “big blinds and small blinds”.

In games that use community cards, Board generally refers to all community cards. For example, in Texas Hold'em, the Board consists of flop, turn and river cards.

A button, or dealer button, is a tip that shows who is currently the dealer. The position where the dealer is sitting is also called a button position. Or, say “the dealer is the button”.

A bad beat is that a player with a very strong hand nevertheless loses. The boundary between normal loss and bad beats varies from player to player. Generally, if you lose a hand with a 5-10% winning rate, or if your opponent loses because you have drawn two perfect cards, it is called a small probability of failure.

A blank or brick is a board card that never completes any drawhand. “Turn is blank” means “Turn card did not change the game situation”. For example, after the flop of 3 high cards (cards of different suits), a 2 appears on the turn, which means it is blank.

Bust or bust out means losing all your chips or losing the tournament. Busting someone means eliminate someone from the table or tournament.

Call means betting the same amount as the previous player. Call is one of the actions that a player can take against an opponent's bet.

Checking means giving the action to the next player without betting. If there is no opponent betting at all, the check is one of the actions a player can take. Players can only check if no bets have been made.

In the dealer button game, the Cutoff is the position just to the right of the button.

Cap is the last raise you can make in one round, or the maximum amount you can bet in one round. It is normal to cap on the third, fourth, or fifth raise in one round. The last raise becomes the cap.

cards dealt face up in the center of the table and shared by all players.

A check-raise is trapping move that refers to "a player checks first and then raises when his next opponent bets".

A draw refers to an unfinished combination, and one or more cards are needed to form a specific card type.

A dealer is a person who deals with cards.

Drawing Dead means playing a hand that cannot win against an opponent's hand, even if it improves

"Having an edge" means having an advantage over another player. For example, a strong hand has an edge over a weak hands. A player with advanced skills or position at the table also has an edge.

In a game where the relative position of the player to the dealer determines the order of the game, the early player is the player who must act first. For example, in a full ring table Texas Hold'em, the first three positions after the blind are the early positions. They are also called UTG (Muzzle Position), UTG+1, UTG+2.

In poker games that use community cards such as Texas Hold'em and Omaha, the flop refers to the first three community cards.

The player who folds places his cards and quits the game in current round. Chips the player bet remain in the pot and the player can rejoin the game in the next round.

Fish refers to rookie or players who play poorly. Fish is the duck of players who play well. Fish has no strategy and even take actions with negative expectations. So "he is a fish". The fish enters the pot with bad hands and bets frequently. Fish is also used to replace some of the insulting words used before, for example, dull (idiot), idiot (idiot) and fool.

Freeroll refers to a tournament with sponsored prizes or sponsors that does not require entry fee. Freeroll also refers to the situation in which two players have the same strength in hand draws, and if one player forms a card type, the entire prize pool will be taken away. (The second player draws but loses ).

Grind means a strategy that continuously make profit with a certain limit without taking much risk. The terms "Grinder" or "Rounder" refers to the player playing at the limit of some or all of his income ability, even if he can play a greater risk at a higher limit.

A poker game played with only two players is called heads-up. Heads-up games are an irregular but the most fierce battle. Because players cannot afford to wait for strong cards, they have no choice but to believe in their luck and discover the weaknesses of their opponents.

Hole cards are the face-down cards that only the player can see. Such as the two starting cards in Texas Hold'em.

A kicker is a card other than the five cards that make up a poker hand. When there are two hands with a combination of equal value, kicker's role is to determine the rank. Therefore, the kicker exists only for hands that can be combined with less than 5 cards. That is, only for Four Card, Three Card, One Pair (Two Pair), and High Card. The kicker determines which player is the winner if two players have hands of equal rank. The highest kicker is the strongest kicker. The narrower definition identifies only one kicker. That is, only the kicker decides which is stronger when two players have similar hands. If the player has the exact same hand, the highest uncombined card becomes the kicker and they split the pot.

Limit is another term for bet amount or stakes to play. For example, NL400 is a limit with a maximum buy-in of $ 400 and a bet structure with no limit (NL).

In games where the order of the player's actions is determined by the dealer's position, the late position refers to the last two positions (cutoff and button) that cause the action. Players in these positions have an advantage over other players. Because they know the move of all previous players.

In a game with blinds (forced bets), when the player calls the blind as the first action, the player is limping. Call the big blind instead of raise.

In games where the action order of the players is fixed by the dealer's position, the middle position is the people who come to the center of the table as seen by the dealer. For example, in a Texas Hold'em full table with 10 players, the 6th, 7th, and 8th positions are called middle positions or MP, MP2, MP3. Players in these positions will fight against the players in disadvantages after them, but will be in an advantageous position against players before them (can see the action taken earlier).

Muck is an area on the poker table where all used cards are placed. It contains all the shuffled cards (remove the top card on the deck at some point) or the cards that the player has folded. Muck means placing cards without showing them.

The Nuts refers to the strongest hand in a given situation. If a player has the best hand , he has a winning card. This term is also used in certain card types. For example, a must-win flush or a must-win straight refers to the strongest flush or straight among the known cards.

For example, if there are a certain number of draws (which can enhance your own card type) [the remaining 1 card (maybe more than 1) can form a card type], there is a certain probability of dealing this kind of card. This probability is often called the odds. In the case of poor odds, the draw is unlikely to form a hand pattern.

It is also called an out card, which enables the player to win all the community cards that may be won at a certain stage. If the player with pocket 8 needs to get another 8, then he has two "outs" (two 8s of different suits)

In Texas Hold'em, a pocket pair is a pair made from both player's hole cards. For example, if a player has two kings, there will be pocket kings.

The pot is a prize pool that includes all bets made in the round. If the pot is divided between two or more players, for example, a high/low game where the best hand and the worst hand win, or if two or more players get the same hand, it is called to split the prize pool equally.

The pot limit is a betting structure in which the “pot size must be smaller or equal to the current pot size”. The bet can be any value, but it must be less than or equal to the current pot size, and it is usually greater than the size of the last bet or raise.

Pot odds are the ratio between the "bonus that can be won" and the "cost of the opportunity to get the bonus". Therefore, they are the inverse cost-benefit ratio of a given bet.

Refers to the first round of betting stage before the public cards appear in games such as Texas Hold'em and Omaha.

A raise is an action one player can take after another player's bet. A raise is a bet exceeds the opponent's bet amount. The number and size of a raise per round may be limited according to house rules. Typically, three, four, or five (rare times) raises are allowed per betting round. When you raise against to your opponent's raise, that raise is called a re-raise.

Re-raise is the raise action after another player has already raised. If one player bets, the second player raises it, and the third player raises it on the turn, the third player has re-raised.

In games such as Texas Hold'em and Omaha, the fifth community card is called the river card(5th street).

Rag refers to cards that have no value or are very weak. For example, in Texas Hold'em, a starting hand with an A and a low card (such as 4, etc.) is represented as an A Rag.

Rake refers to a fixed percentage drawn from the prize pool to casinos, etc. in each round. The card type that collects a rake is called a rake card. Rake depends on various conditions. Generally, if a certain amount limit is exceeded, 5% of the pot will be drawn as a rake. The maximum margin per hand is also controlled according to specific rules and stakes. If the hand does not reach the flop stage, no rake will be charged. This is also called "no flop, no rake".

Rock refers to a player who is conservative and only enter the pot with strong hands. His strategy is to "play only the strongest cards", but when he gets a strong hand with high expectations, even if he is likely to lose, he will continue to play with a positive attitude.

A ring game is a table that is always open in casinos, where players can sit with chips and continue playing at the rate of the table. Players are free to enter the game and leave. If players want to play at a lower or higher rate, they need to move to a different table.

A shark is a strong and aggressive player at the table. Sharks attack weak players to make money.

The showdown is the last part of the game. The remaining players at the table show their cards, and then compare to see who has the best cards and is therefore the winner of the pot. The showdown takes place after the last round of betting.

Slowplay is a deceptive play where in order to make the opponent's vigilance, the player deliberately adopts a negative way when he gets a strong hand, giving the impression that it is a weak hand or make the opponent mistakenly think that they have the strongest hands.

Side pot refers to the pot placed on the side in the game when at least one player is all-in. The main pot of the game refers to the pot that all active players can get. When a player all-in and at least two other players are still in the game and they are not all-in, all subsequent bets will be placed in the side pot and only not all-in players can get it.

Semi-bluff refers to bluffing with a hand that is currently weak but may develop into a strong hand. The goal of a semi-bluff is not necessarily to eliminate all opponents. When the cards are completed before showdown, there is still a chance to win the pot. Therefore, one other goal of a semi-bluff is to collect chips in the pot as much as possible in the early betting. This action is beneficial because the opponent is likely to fold and the player may be able to win a bigger pot. When you have an incomplete hand that could be completed if the proper card might be dealt , apply semi bluff to get better chance of winning.

The starting hand chart is a summary of the probability table of the hands that can be entered into the pool and explains the actions to be taken based on these hands. SHC (Starting Hand List) is especially useful for beginners to develop strategies in the first round of betting.

Streak refers to the situation where lucky winning cards or bad luck cards are connected in the game.

In games where community cards are used, such as Texas Hold'em or Omaha, the fourth community card is called the turn.

Tell actions refer to some subconscious actions revealed by the player inadvertently, and these actions may cause him to lose. It also includes conscious actions. For example, when the player notices that the opponent is observing himself, he deliberately makes some fake actions to make the opponent draw a wrong judgment.

In a broad sense," Tilt" refers to the player's inability to make reasonable judgments, and some emotional states have appeared. For example, in order to regain a large amount of lost chips as soon as possible, players bet aggressively. It is obvious that they have weak hands to try their luck and want to win the jackpot. We say that he is the tilt player.

Poker tournament is a form of game in which every player can participate in the game by buying an entry fee. Each player initially gets the same number of chips, and if they lose all the chips in their hands, they lose the game. In the rebuy game, players can buy again at the initial stage of the game. The prize is distributed according to the ranking of the players who won the game. Player's bonus will be determined according to the specific expenditure structure. Of course, prizes other than money can be used. For example, goods items or tickets for higher-level tournament.

The first on the left hand side of the big blind is UTG(under the gun), and the player in this position is act first before the flop. In Texas Hold'em,later action means more advantageous, so the player sitting at UTG is the most passive player, because the starting hand requirements are higher than other positions, players tend to fold before the flop.