07/10/2008		Online Casino Style: Dictionary
Home History Games News Dictionary		Hand – The combination of cards you hold in your possession during the extent of a game. Bet – A wager; the risk you are taking in order to play the game. Pot – The sum of money players attempt to win. Fold – Forfeiting the game. Muck – A pile of cards that have been folded. Showdown – The last round in a poker game where players show their cards to declare the winner. Raise – Increasing the size of a bet. Ante – A bet everyone playing must enter in order to play the game. Blind – A bet made on top of the ante before the game has started. Open – Volunteering the first bet of a game. Call – Matching another players bet. Check – Choosing not to open and the same as betting zero. All In – Betting everything to stay in a game. Stack – Money in a player’s possession. Rank – The number or letter on a card. A (high), K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, A Suit – The 4 different shapes on a card: Diamonds, Spades, Hearts and Clubs. Straight Flush – a hand where the cards are of the same suit in escalating order. Four of a Kind – a hand that contains 4 cards of the same rank. Also known as Quads. Full House – a hand that contains 3 cards of the same rank and 2 cards of another rank. Also known as Full Boat. Flush – a hand where all 5 cards are of the same suit. Straight – a hand where all 5 cards are in escalating order. Three of a Kind – a hand that contains 3 cards of the same rank. Also known as Trips, Set or Prile. Two Pair – a hand that contains 2 cards of the same rank and an additional 2 cards of another matching rank. One Pair – a hand that contains 2 cards of the same rank. High Card – a hand that has different ranks and no sequence. Also known as a no-pair.