Poker Terms

by Carlos on February 12th, 2011

[ English ]

Poker is a prominent game that has a fan base of millions and millions of fervent enthusiasts throughout the planet. The game involves gamblers analyzing their own hands before attempting to determine what cards the competing gamblers might have. The different versions of poker games are Texas Holdem, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Poker, the Hi/Lo adaptation, Five Card Stud, and Five Card Draw. There are poker websites that provide material about the different words deployed in the game. These terms are quite bewildering and might require a while to pickup. Nonetheless, Understanding these words is very critical, as players have to deploy them continuously while gambling in a poker game, regardless if they are beginners or professionals.

The phrase ‘aces up’ applies to a pair of aces and an additional pair. ‘Active player’ generally refers to a player who is still very much involved in a hand. ‘All blue and all Pink’ refers to a player holds a hand of 5 cards that are all diamonds, spades, hearts, or clubs. ‘Blank card’ refers to a card that has very little value in the hand. The phrase, ‘deal’ refers to the act of allotting cards to players or maintaining the cards on the boards. This term pertains to the entire activity from shuffling to giving out the cards and up to when the chips has been won, thereby drawing to a close that deal.

Other general phrases used in the game of poker include discard, drawing dead, flop, Fourth Street, kicker, lock up, loose game, and muck. It is imperative to refer to a comprehensive catalogue of poker words while attempting to learn the game. There are poker webpages that are completely devoted to giving info about commonly used poker terms. They have a separate part wherein the definitions of these phrases are given accompanied with an explanation of the appropriate time to use these words.

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