Texas Holdem Poker Terms
Sandbag - Playing a strong hand as if it were only a fair oneSatellite - A mini tournament to gain an entry into the larger main tournament
Scare Card - A card when drawn will now most certainly turn the best into a probable loser
Second Best - Is the best losing hand
Second Pair -when you pair the second highest card on the board
Shark - A very good player that eats up the poor players(fish)
Short Stacked - A player that does not have many chips compared to the other players
Show - To expose ones cards
Showdown - The point in the game where each player shows their cards to see who is the winner
Shuffle - The act of randomly mixing the cards before a hand
Side Pot - When a player in the game runs out of money a side pot is created so the players with money left can continue. The player out of money can not win the side pot
Small Blind - The smaller of the two Blinds that starts off a Texas Holdem pot
Speed Limit - Another name for a pair of five's
Split Pot - A pot that is shared by two or more winners
Split Two Pair - A player has two pairs, and one of each pair is a community card
Stake - The amount of money a player enters into a game
Stay -When a player remains in the game by calling rather than raising
Steal - To win the pot with what is probably not the best hand, but raising and bluffing cause the opponent to fold
Straight -Five cards in consecutive rank
Straight Flush -Five cards in consecutive rank, all of the same suit
Structured - Describes games like holdem which has fixed betting structures
Stub - The portion of the deck which has not been dealt
Suit - Any of the four sets of 13 in a deck (clubs, diamonds, hearts, spades)
Suited - Cards are of the same suit
Table Charge -A fee paid for playing at a table
Table Stakes - A standard rule stating that a player can only bet with the chips he or she has on the table during a hand. More chips may be bought between hands
Tapped Out - To lose all of ones money
Tell - Any type of mannerisms a player unknowing does to reveal the strength of their hand
Thirty Miles - Another name for three tens
Three of a Kind -Three cards with the same number, or face value
Tight - A way of playing were few hands are played, only playing premium hands
Tilt - To play wildly, with little caution. Not playing your best
Time - Asking to suspend play, to have a moment to decide what to do next
Toke - A small amount of money given to the dealer from the wining pot as a tip
Top Pair - When a player has a hole card that pairs up with the highest card on the board
Tournament - A competition where normally the chips are not money, but just a counting object to see who wins prizes made from the entry fees
Trips - Another name for three of a kind
Turn (Turncard)- The fourth community card in Texas Hold'em Poker
Two Pair - Two separate pairs of different values
Under the Gun - A player is under the gun if they are the one that has to bet first in a betting round
Underdog - A hand that is mathematically not likely to win the pot
Wager - To bet or raise
Walking Sticks - Another name for a pair of sevens
Wash - To shuffle the deck
Wheel - A straight that consists of Ace-2-3-4-5 also called a Bicycle
World Series of Poker - A poker tournament with a $10,000 dollar buy-in at Binion's HorseShoe Las Vegas Nevada (WSOP)
