Poker Terminology and Poker Slang

Part 2.

Poker slang terms.
Backdoor – the situation on the flop or on the turn, when the player has the opportunity to collect Straight (Backdoor straight) or Flush (Backdoor flush) on the turn or on the river.
Bad beat – a situation where a hand is beaten by another, better hand.
Bluff – bet or raise with a weak hand, hoping that the opponents will fold.
Bullet – Ace on hand.
Catch – a situation where a player is dealt a needed card.
Check-raise – a check to show that you have a weak hand, and after an opponent bets, make a raise.
Connectors – cards close in rank. For example, 67 or QA.
Cowboy – King.
Drill – three of a kind.
Duck – a Two.
Family pot – the bank, which is invested by most of the players at the table.
Fast play – an aggressive game with constant and usually high bets and raises.
Feeler bet – a small bet in order to test the strength of “hands” of other players.
Fill up – to collect a Full House.
Fish – a poor player, a beginner or an inexperienced player.
Fishhoocks – Jacks.
Free card – a situation where the player has the opportunity to see the next card for free, ie without betting.
Freeroll – 1. situation where several players have equal in strength “hands”, but after the flop, one of them has an opportunity to collect a flush 2. “Free” tournament, a tournament with no buy-in.
Head to head, Heads up – “face to face” game.
Inside straight – straight, in which one card is missing “in the middle.” For example, 3467.
Key card – a needed card
Loose – a player who plays the most hands (even low ones) and folds late.
Monster – a very strong, win-win combination.
Move in – go all-in.
Nut flush – the most significant possible flush at this table.
Nuts – “sweetie”, the situation on the flop, when a player has a win-win hand.
One gap, gap – the same thing as Inside straight.
Open card – face-up card.
Open-ended straight – two-side straight draw. For example, 6789.
Out – cards in the deck that can improve the player’s hand (usually when the players went all-in and opened up their cards).
Overcard – any card that is higher than cards on the flop.
Pocket – face-down cards on the players’ hands.
Pocket pair – a pair that is dealt.
Quads – four of a kind.
Rainbow – three or four first given cards of different suits.
Runner – a player who has collected a combination (usually not less than a straight) with the card, which came on the turn or on the river.
Semi bluff – bluff with a good chance to collect a very good hand on the turn or on the river.
Slow play – a situation when a player with a very strong hand does not play aggressively in order not to scare or confuse opponents.
Steal the pot – to use aggressive tactics to force opponents to fold and win the pot without having a strong hand.
Steal the blind – to use aggressive tactics to force opponents to fold and win the pot, which consists only of the blinds, without having a strong hand.
Tight player – a player who plays only with a strong hand.
Top pair – the higher pair possible at a given table
Trips – three cards of the same rank.
Underdog – the player whose chances of winning at this table are smaller than other players’.
Wheel – the lowest straight – A2345.

Poker stake terms

Partial staking
The partial sale of stakes means that the seller is offering only a part of the game package ranging from 1% to 99%.
Stakee / Backee
The seller of stakes – is the player who sells stakes of a part of the game package or a whole package.
Long-term staking
Long-term staking works sufficiently long period of time. Usually this implies a certain number of hands or tournaments, as well as a time piece, for example, 31 days or 4 weeks.
Staker / Backer
Baker – is someone who lends money. He invests the player with the intent to get high returns.
Short-term staking
Short-term staking works a short period of time. Usually it is one day, one play session or one tournament.
Staking
In general, the staking is the investment of one or more investors to the poker player, that is, to give him the money needed to play poker.
Stakeback
If you win, the seller of stakes returns buy-ins or sponsor contributions, and then distributes the appropriate amount of winning among the interested parties.