A-F , G-Z

Gutshot- See inside straight draw

Heads up- poker being played one-on-one, mano a mano

Hole cards- Players private facedown cards that only he can see

Horse (H.O.R.S.E.)- Game in which you play an equal number of hands or length of time in five different games. Hold 'em, Omaha eight or better, Razz, Seven card stud and seven card stud high-low split

Implied odds- Odds a player factors into his calculation of pot odds to account for being called if you complete your hand

Inside straight draw- Straight draw in which only one card can complete your hand

Jam pot- A jam pot is one which several players are raising and re-raising

Kicker- Side card or highest card with your pair for example

Ladies- Pair of queens

Lay down- Fold

Limit poker- Variations of poker in which the amounts of the bets are preset

Limp in- In hold 'em and Omaha, to call the big blind before the flop

Loose- A style of play in which a player plays a lot of hands

Move in- Put all your chips into one pot

No limit- Variations of poker games in which players can bet as much as they want

Nuts- The best possible hand at that point

Off suit- A term often used to describe the first two hole cards when they are not of the same suit

Open ended straight draw- Draw in which a player can hit two different cards to complete a straight

Outs- When your in the pot with the worst hand but still have cards in the deck that could make you the best hand, "you have outs"

Overcard- A card that's higher than any card showing

Overpair- Pocket pair above the common card's in the middle

Paint- Face card

Pair- Two of a kind

Pocket pair- Pair in a players facedown cards

Pocket rockets- Pair of Aces among a players facedown cards

Position- Refers to where a player is seated relative to the button

Pot- Money gathered in the middle of the table during a hand

Pot odds- Calculation of odds: the size of the pot divided by the cost of calling a bet

Presto- Pair of fives in a players facedown cards

Puck- Button

Raise- Add a bet to your opponents bet

Rag- Weak or unplayable hand

Rake- The percentage extracted from the pot by the house dealer

A-F, G-Z

ReRaise- Raise someone who has raised

Rivered it- Made your hand on the last card

Royal flush- Ace high straight of the same suit

Satellites- Ten handed mini tournaments in which players put up one tenth of the buy in to a poker tournament and the last player standing wins a seat at the main event

Shorthanded- Refers to a game with four or fewer players in it

Sixth St.-Sixth card dealt every active player in stud poker

Slow playing- To play a strong hand weakly

Slow rolling- Flipping the winning hand face up, late, after someone else believes he has won the pot. Considered bad etiquette in poker

Small blind- To the immediate left of the button. Half the size forced bet of the big blind

Smooth calling- Just calling someone else's bet with a strong hand

Split pot- Hand won by more than one player, with the same value of hands divided amongst each other equally

Straight- Five cards in a row of different suits

Straight draw- Having four cards to a straight and needing one card to complete your straight

Straight flush- Five cards in a row of the same suit

Suited connectors- Cards of the same suit that run in sequence

Third St.- In stud poker, the third card dealt to every active player

Three of a kind- Three cards of the same rank

Tilt- Playing badly due to being emotionally unbalanced

Top Kicker- Best possible high card that goes with your pair

Top Pair- Pair of the highest community cards on the board

Treys- Pocket threes

Trips- Common term for 3 of a kind

Turn- In hold 'em and Omaha, the fourth card and the action after the fourth card is turned up

Underpair- Pair underneath the board

Under the gun- First person to act who is positioned directly to the left of the big blind

Walk- Letting the blind win unchallenged

Wired pair- A pair on the first two cards in any poker game

World series of poker (WSOP)- Roughly 33 poker tournaments. It is the biggest and most prestigious series of poker tournaments in the world

Wrap- In Omaha, four consecutive cards in your starting hand

Wrap straight draw- Straight draw in which four different cards make your straight

Zone- Almost mythical place where you're reading players perfectly and making all the right moves

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