Poker Terms

Question 1

Angle or Angle Shooting

Answer 1

manipulation of the rules to gain an unfair advantage

Question 2

Any Two

Answer 2

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

Question 3

Backdoor

Answer 3

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

Question 4

BRM

Answer 4

Bankroll Management

Question 5

MDF

Answer 5

Minimum Defense Frequency

Question 6

Bad Beat

Answer 6

Losing an unlucky hand, typically opponent sucks out

Question 7

Sucks out

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Question 8

Barrel

Answer 8

Making a bet after being aggressor on previous street

Question 9

Gutshot / Belly Buster

Answer 9

An inside straight draw.

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

Question 10

Blocker Bet

Answer 10

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

Question 11

Bluffcatch

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Brick

Answer 12

A card that doesn’t complete any draws.

Question 13

Broadway

Answer 13

Any card Q-10 or an Ace-high straight

Question 14

Bubble

Answer 14

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

Question 15

Calling Station

Answer 15

Refers to a bad poker players that calls too often

Question 16

Case

Answer 16

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’

Question 17

C-Game

Answer 17

Playing poker in a bad mental state

Question 18

Cold-Call

Answer 18

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

Question 19

Cold Deck

Answer 19

Expression used when you are getting a bad run of cards

Question 20

Color Up

Answer 20

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

Question 21

Combo Draw

Answer 21

Having multiple draws, straight and flush

Question 22

Connector

Answer 22

Refers to a hand that contains cards of consecutive rank

Question 23

Continuation Bet (C Bet)

Answer 23

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

Question 24

Cooler

Answer 24

When a strong hands gets beat by a stronger hand

Question 25

Dead Money

Answer 25

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

Question 26

Dirty Stacks

Answer 26

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

Question 27

Donk Bet

Answer 27

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

Question 28

Drawing Dead

Answer 28

When none of your outs will give you the best hand

Question 29

Dry

Answer 29

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

Question 30

Effective Stack

Answer 30

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

Question 31

Expected Value

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Family Pot

Answer 32

When most players call to see the flop

Question 33

Fastplay

Answer 33

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

Question 34

Fish

Answer 34

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

Question 35

Flat

Answer 35

A term for calling

Question 36

Float

Answer 36

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

Question 37

Free Card

Answer 37

A card seen without having to invest additional chips

Question 38

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

Question 39

Hero Call

Answer 39

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

Question 40

Hero Fold

Answer 40

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

Question 41

ICM

Answer 41

Independent Chip Modelling