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Poker Dictionary

Thursday, July 17th, 2008
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Poker is a popular game that has a following of countless of aggressive supporters around the globe. The game involves gamblers evaluating their very own hands before attempting to determine what cards the competing players have in their hands. The different versions of poker games are Hold’em, Seven Card Stud, Omaha Poker, the Hi/Lo version, Five Card Stud, and Five Card Draw. There are poker forums that offer data about the various terms used in the game. These phrases are incredibly baffling and might take players quite a while to become versed in. In any case, knowing these words is awfully important, as players have to use them constantly while engaged in a poker game, whether they are amateurs or champions.

The phrase ‘aces up’ applies to a pair of aces and one more pair. ‘Active player’ generally refers to a gambler who is still completely involved in a hand. ‘All blue and all Pink’ means that a gambler holds a hand made up of all spades, clubs, diamonds, or hearts. ‘Blank card’ references a card that has little or no value in the hand. The term, ‘deal’ refers to the action of giving out cards to gamblers or keeping the cards on the boards. This term pertains to the complete activity from mixing the cards to giving out the cards and until the chips has been won, thus drawing to a close that deal.

Other well-known phrases used in the game of poker are discard, drawing dead, flop, Fourth Street, kicker, lock up, loose game, and muck. It’s critical to refer to a complete list of poker terms while learning to play the game. There are poker sites that are especially committed to bringing forth data about regularly used poker words. They contain a separate part wherein the meaning of these terms are listed along with an example of the justifiable situation to employ these words.