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Poker Terms Flashcards

1
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Angle or Angle Shooting

A

manipulation of the rules to gain an unfair advantage

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2
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Any Two

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Refers to a situation where the villain folds so often you could profitably bet any two cards, even if it means giving up when you get called

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3
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Backdoor

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Refers to a draw that needs to catch two consecutive cards in order to complete.

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4
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BRM

A

Bankroll Management

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5
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MDF

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Minimum Defense Frequency

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6
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Bad Beat

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Losing an unlucky hand, typically opponent sucks out

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7
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Sucks out

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8
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Barrel

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Making a bet after being aggressor on previous street

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Gutshot / Belly Buster

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An inside straight draw.

You have 4, 5, 7, 8 and need a 6.

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10
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Blocker Bet

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A small bet made to stop your opponent from making a bigger bet if checked into.

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11
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Bluffcatch

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To call with a hand that can only win if our opponent is bluffing

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12
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Brick

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A card that doesn’t complete any draws.

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13
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Broadway

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Any card Q-10 or an Ace-high straight

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14
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Bubble

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The stage of a tournament before players are ‘in-the-money’

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15
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Calling Station

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Refers to a bad poker players that calls too often

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16
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Case

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The last of a card in the deck. If 3 aces are in play, the last Ace in the deck is known and ‘the case ace’

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17
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C-Game

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Playing poker in a bad mental state

18
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Cold-Call

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A call made on the first betting round where said call is the player’s first action on that betting round

19
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Cold Deck

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Expression used when you are getting a bad run of cards

20
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Color Up

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Trading chips with low value for a smaller number of higher denomination chips to makes stacks easier to handle

21
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Combo Draw

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Having multiple draws, straight and flush

22
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Connector

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Refers to a hand that contains cards of consecutive rank

23
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Continuation Bet (C Bet)

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Is a bet you make when you missed the flop but entered the pot as the preflop raiser

24
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Cooler

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When a strong hands gets beat by a stronger hand

25
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Dead Money

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Money in the pot that is currently not being fought over. (Players all missed on the community cards)

26
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Dirty Stacks

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A unorganized chip stack, can be considered cheating in some cases. Denominations of chips should be stacked together

27
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Donk Bet

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Making a bet out of position on the current street after closing the action by calling on the previous street

28
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Drawing Dead

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When none of your outs will give you the best hand

29
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Dry

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Refers to a board texture where there are few-t-no draws

30
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Effective Stack

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Refers to the smaller of two stacks left in play. This is because the larger stack can’t use all of their chips.

31
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Expected Value

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The expected value of a certain play indicates how profitable we expect a certain play to be in the long run.

32
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Family Pot

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When most players call to see the flop

33
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Fastplay

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To come out betting and raising when holding a strong made hand

34
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Fish

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A derogatory term used to describe a weak player at the table

35
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Flat

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A term for calling

36
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Float

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A call made with the intention of bluffing on a later street

37
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Free Card

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A card seen without having to invest additional chips

38
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Hand-for-Hand

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A stage in the tournament where every table completes it current hand before the entire tournament moves on to the next hand

39
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Hero Call

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A call when an opponent is bluffing and you have the better hand

40
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Hero Fold

A

When you have a great hand but fold to a stronger hand

41
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ICM

A

Independent Chip Modelling

Poker (10 decks)

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