Poker Glossary
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Fifty-two poker terms, one per card, dealt into four suits. Every card opens a full page: a complete definition with the real numbers, a worked example from the felt, a house note with teeth, and the tool that trains it. Pick a card.
♠ Hands & Boards 15 cards
♠The NutsThe best possible hand available given the current board♠GutshotAn inside straight draw: exactly four cards of one rank complet…♠Open-EndedA straight draw that completes at either end of the sequence, g…♠CoolerA collision of two very strong hands where the chips were going…♠Bad BeatLosing after getting the money in as a clear mathematical favor…♠KickerThe side card that is not part of your made combination but sti…♠BlockerA card in your own hand that removes combinations your opponent…♠BackdoorA draw that needs help on both the turn and the river♠RainbowA flop of three different suits, meaning no flush draw exists y…♠Wet BoardA board texture rich in draws♠Dry BoardA disconnected, unsuited board offering few or no draws♠SetThree of a kind made with a pocket pair plus one matching board…♠TripsThree of a kind made with one hole card plus a pair on the board♠WheelThe five-high straight, A-2-3-4-5♠BroadwayEither the ace-high straight, A-K-Q-J-T
♦ Moves & Math 20 cards
♦Check-RaiseChecking with the intention of raising after an opponent bets b…♦C-BetA continuation bet♦3-BetThe third bet in a sequence♦SqueezeA 3-bet made after a raise and at least one call♦FloatCalling a bet with a hand that has not connected, planning to t…♦Donk BetLeading into the previous street’s aggressor instead of checkin…♦Semi-BluffA bet or raise with a hand that is currently behind but holds r…♦SlowplayDeliberately playing a very strong hand passively♦Value BetA bet made expecting to be called by worse hands♦Bluff CatcherA hand strong enough to beat every bluff in your opponent’s bet…♦PolarizedA range built from the top and the bottom♦RangeThe complete set of hands a player could hold given every actio…♦EquityYour hand’s share of the pot based on its probability of winnin…♦Fold EquityThe portion of an aggressive line’s value that comes from the c…♦Pot OddsThe price the pot offers on a call: the ratio of what you can w…♦Implied OddsPot odds extended into the future: today’s price plus the money…♦MDFMinimum Defense Frequency♦SPRStack-to-Pot Ratio♦GTOGame Theory Optimal♦ICMThe Independent Chip Model
♥ The Players 8 cards
♥FishAn inexperienced or weak player♥NitAn extremely tight, risk-averse player who enters few pots and …♥LAGA loose-aggressive style: playing many starting hands and playi…♥TAGA tight-aggressive style: selective about entering pots and for…♥ManiacA hyper-aggressive player who raises and re-raises constantly w…♥WhaleA very wealthy, very loose recreational player who plays far ab…♥GrinderA player who treats poker as steady work: high volume, discipli…♥RailbirdA spectator watching from the rail
♣ Money & the Grind 9 cards
♣BankrollMoney set aside exclusively for poker, sized so normal variance…♣Buy-InThe cost of a seat♣RakeThe house’s fee for running the game♣FreerollA tournament with no entry fee but a real prize pool♣SatelliteA qualifier tournament whose prize is entry into a bigger, more…♣BubbleThe stage of a tournament just before the payouts begin♣StraddleA voluntary blind bet♣TiltAn emotional state♣VarianceThe natural statistical spread of results around your true win …
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