Raise: A bet which equals a bet made previously in the round, plus an additional bet.
Rake: The amount of money taking out of the pot by the house as its fee for running the game.
Re-raise: A bet equaling a previous bet and raise, plus an additional bet—a raise of a raise.
Rough: In lowball, backing cards that are relatively high, such as 8 7 5 4 3, a rough 8.
Round: The complete cycle of checks, bets, folds, and raises occurring after each new card or cards are dealt; the complete cycle of cards dealt previous to or subsequent to betting.
Royal Flush: An A K QJ 10 of the same suit. The highest ranking hand in high poker.
Showdown: The final act of a poker game, where remaining players reveal their hands to determine the winner of the pot.
Seventh Street: The seventh and final card dealt in seven-card stud.
Sixth Street: The sixth card dealt in seven-card stud.
Smooth: In lowball, backing cards that are relatively low, such as 8 4 3 2 A, a smooth 8.
Stand Pat: In draw poker, to draw no cards.
Straight: A sequence of five consecutive cards of mixed suits, such as 4 5 6 7 8.
Straight Flush: A sequence of five consecutive cards in the same suit, such as 8 9 10 J Q of spades.
Stud Poker: Variation of poker where one or more cards are visible to the other players.
Suited: Cards of the same suit.
Table Stakes: A rule stating that a player's bet or call of a bet is limited to the amount of money he has on the table in front of him.
Tell: An inadvertent mannerism or reaction that reveals information about a player's hand.
Third Street: The first round of betting in seven-card stud.
Trips: Three-of-a-kind.
Two-Way Hand: A hand that can be played for both high and low.
Up: A card dealt with its pips "face up" so that its value can be viewed by all players. Cards that are dealt face up are called Upcards.
Wild Cards: Cards designated as "wild" can be given any value, even as a duplicate of a card already held, by the holder of that card.
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Hand: The cards a player holds; the best five cards a player can present.
Head to Head: Poker played by two players only —one against the other.
High Poker: Poker variations where the high hand wins.
Hole Card: Card held by a player whose value is hidden from other players.
Joker: The "53rd" card in a deck bearing the drawing of a joker or clown; sometimes used as a wild card.
Limit Poker: Poker in which the maximum bet size is set at fixed amounts. Limit poker is generally, though not necessarily, set up in a two-tiered structure, such as $5-$10.
Low Poker: A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.
Misdeal: A deal deemed illegal and therefore invalid.
No Limit: Poker in which the maximum bet allowed is limited only by the amount of money the bettor has on the table.
Opener: The player making the first bet in a betting round; the bet itself.
Openers: In jacks or better, hands that can open the betting (consisting of a pair of jacks or higher ranking hands).
Pass: See Check.
Pat Hand: In draw poker, a hand to which no cards are drawn; also implies an excellent hand.
Picture Card: The jack, queen, or king.
Position: A player's relative position to the player acting first in a poker round.
Pot: The sum total of all antes and bets placed in the center of the table by players during a poker hand and collected by the winner or winners of that hand.
Pot Limit: A rule signifying that the amount of the largest bet can be no more than the current size of the pot.
Pot Odds: A concept which examines the cost of a bet against the money to be made by winning the pot and compares this to a player's chances of winning that pot.
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