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Poker Terms

Action - a fold, call, bet, check or raise

All In - placing all of a player's chips in on a bet

Ante - starting bet for all players

Bet - placing a wager into the pot

Blind - required bet before cards are dealt

Board - table

Bottom pair - pairing lowest card on the board

Button - player in the dealer position

Check - passing on option to bet

Community cards - cards face up on the table that can be used by all players

Cut - to divide cards for dealing

Drawing Dead - drawing to a hand that cannot win

Face card (picture card) - king, queen, jack

Flop - three community cards flipped first in hold'em or Omaha

Flush - five cards of the same suit

Full House - hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair

Heads up play - two players involved in a play

Kicker - highest unpaired card

Muck - to discard a hand (fold)

No-limit - where players can bet all of his/her chips

Outs - ways a player can improve on his/her hand

Raise - to place more chips in a wager over the existing bet

Stack - chips in front of a player

Short stack - player with the least amount of chips

Straight - five cards in consecutive order

Straight flush - five cards in consecutive order and the same suit

Top pair - pairing the highest card on the board
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