Texas Hold'em Terminology

• Action
• Being your turn to act ('Action is on you').
• Getting someone to call your bet/raise or raise you back.
• All-in
• Having all of your chips wagered.
• In no-limit, the act of betting or raising all of your chips at once ('I'm all in').
• Bet - The first wager in a round of betting.
• Board - The face-up cards in the middle of the table for all players to use to make a five-card poker hand.
• Burn - Taking the top card of the remainder of the deck and adding it to the Muck.
• Button - A marker that rotates around the table each hand to represent the dealer.
• Call - To match a bet or raise. This is required to participate further in the current hand if someone has bet or raised.
• Check - Passing on the oppurtunity to bet, but retaining your cards. This is not an option if someone at the table has bet or raised.
• Chips - Sometimes called checks. Round coin-like representations of money usually made of clay or a clay/plastic polymer. Different colours represent different amounts. Traditionally, white = £1, red = £5, blue = £10, green = £25 and black = £100. Many casinos do not adhere to these traditions, but the values assigned to the chips are clearly marked on the face. There are higher-valued chips, but this author does not have the cash reserves to closely inspect them.
• Dealer - The person who manages the cards and the chips that are wagered at the table.
• Fifth Street - See River.
• Fold - To drop out of play for the remainder of the hand. Giving your cards to the dealer.
• Fourth Street - See Turn.
• Hole Cards - The cards dealt face-down to each player.
• Kicker - The card to be used to break a tie.
• Mechanic - Someone skilled at manipulating cards or chips in order to allow themselves to cheat. Players should be alert when playing in an informal 'back room' setting, or a mechanic may get the better of them.
• Muck - The inactive cards at the table.
• Off-Suit - Cards of varying suits.
• Overcard - A card higher in rank than another.
• Paint - A face card (jack or higher).
• Pass - See Fold.
• Pocket - See Hole Cards.
• Pot - The money or chips that have been wagered during the current hand.
• Rainbow - A flop where all three cards are a different suit.
• Raise - After a bet, you can raise the amount of money required for players to participate further in the current hand.
• River - The fifth and final card turned face-up on the Board.
• Set - Three of a kind.
• Suited - Cards of the same suit (Hearts, Diamonds, Clubs or Spades).
• Throw Away - usually done at the end of a hand if someone shows a hand stronger than yours.
• Trips - See Set.
• Turn - The fourth card turned face up on the Board.
• Undercard - A card lower in rank than another.
• Wired Pair - Hole cards that are paired.