Street Poker Meaning
The game of poker has its own slang or “poker talk.” If you are new to poker, learning the poker slang will greatly improve your knowledge of the game.
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From the small blind to the straight flush, here is a poker glossary of the important poker terms to know.
Act: check, bet, raise, or fold
Action: whose turn it is, as in “Action is on you.” Also, slang for gambling, as in “He loves action.” Or a lot of betting, like “The 2/4 game at Pala has a lot of action.”
Active Player:player still in competition for a pot
Add-on: additional chips that may be purchased to “add on” to your chip stack, usually at the end of the Re-buy period, though some tourneys allow add-ons earlier and some tourneys even allow for multiple add-ons (and/or Re-buys)
All-in: a player bets all of his or her remaining chips
Bad Beat: when a player has the best of it and the odds are heavily with him or her, but gets beaten in the hand by a long-shot draw
Bankroll:the money a player has set aside to gamble with
Behind: a player who acts after another player in a betting round
Benjamin: a hundred-dollar bill (Benjamin Franklin’s portrait appears on a U.S. $100 bill)
Best of It: the player who has the odds on his or her side
Bet:money initially wagered and put into the pot (during a given betting round, subsequent betting action beyond an initial bet is termed a “raise”)
Big Blind: the larger of two forced “blind hands” in community card games like Hold’em and Omaha; the big blind is generally located two to the left of the “dealer button”
Big Hand: a really good hand
Big Slick: Ace-King hole cards (see Hole Cards)
Blank: community board card that looks like it is harmless or couldn’t really help anybody
Bluff: a bet or raise that appears to represent a good hand, when in fact the bettor has a mediocre or at best a drawing hand
Board:(see also, Community Cards) the playing surface and the community cards on the “board” that are shared by all players in games such as Hold’em and Omaha. Players use the community cards to complete their hands.
Boat:full house (aka “full boat”). three of one card, two of another. ex. JJJ99
Brick and Mortar: a casino with a physical world spatial existence (as opposed to merely online or cyberspace); some casinos, like Pala, have both a brick and mortar and an online existence.
Broadway: ace-high straight
Bubble: in a tournament, one place away from making it to the money
Busted: broke. Lost all chips and out of the tournament.
Button:(aka Dealer Button), disc that denotes which player is the “dealer” for that hand. Button position is dealt the last card and is last to act in each betting round
Buy-In:the amount of chips a player must buy in order to enter a card game. For tourneys, the buy-in is a set amount of money for a set amount of starting chips. For cashgames, buy-ins are generally expressed as minimums, but can have an optional limited or unlimited range beyond the minimum as well.
Buying the Pot: to win a pot with a bluff or semi-bluff that forces other players out
Call:to put in the amount that another player bet: “I call”
Calling Station: you bet and bet and he calls and calls; generally a weak player who calls too much but doesn’t usually bet or raise.
Case Card: last card of a given rank left in the deck… the other three are already out
Chasing: hoping an upcoming community card will “hit” to complete a so-far unmade hand
Check: to not bet when it is your turn. can say “I check” or tap on the table in a live game
Check and Raise: to check initially, but then make a raise if another player bets after your initial check
Chop:in tournament play, the last remaining players decide to split up the prizepool rather than play to the end; or, in a hand, where the end result is a tie and the pot is split up and distributed evenly to the tied players.
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Community Cards:(see also, Board) the community cards on the “board” that are shared by all players in games such as Hold’em and Omaha. Players use the community cards to complete their hands.
Connectors:(see also, Suited Connectors) two or more cards in sequence; for example: 89 or 10J
Counterfeit:In Omaha Eight or Better, when the board pairs one of your low cards
Cracked: to lose a hand you were initially favored to win, as in “My Aces got cracked!”
Crying Call: a very reluctant call
Dealer:player or staff member who deals the cards out to players; however, see also, Button
Dead Man Hand: A famous hand that consists of the black eights and the black aces
Deep Stack:a tournament in which players begin with an amount of chips that is relatively high in relation to the blind or ante.
Dog:underdog. Not favored to win.
Dominated: a hand that is beaten due to shared cards. for example, A-8 is “dominated” by A-K
Draw: hand that needs additional cards to become a winning hand
Drawing Dead: when there are no cards left in the deck that will make a draw hand into a winner
Draw Poker: each player gets a set amount of cards and then can replace some of his or her cards with others dealt out from the remainder of the deck
Duck: a deuce, a 2
Early Position: approx. first third of players to act in a hand
Face Down: cards, like the hole cards, that are unexposed to other players
Face Up: exposed card that everybody can see
Fast Play: aggressive style emphasizing a lot of betting and raising
Favorite: based on odds alone, most likely hand to win
Fish: a novice or poorly-skilled player, expected to lose money
Flop: first three community cards dealt face up on the board
Flush: hand containing five cards of the same suit
Fold:to get rid of one’s cards, and in doing so forfeiting the right to any part of the pot.
Four-Flush: having four of the five cards needed for a flush… and hoping for the fifth
Free Card: a betting round where all players have checked, thus allowing the next community card to fall without anybody putting any money in the pot
Freeroll: a poker tournament in which certain qualifying players get in for free. “Freerolling” also is an expression sometimes used to describe somebody who has won a lot of chips already and is “rolling” through the game with other people’s money.
Four-of-a-Kind: Hand containing four cards of the same rank, like J J J J.
Full House: hand with two of one rank and three of another, like 9 9 J J J
Hand: the cards a poker player holds, combined with any community cards, to make the best five card combination
Head-to Head: aka “Heads Up”
Hi/Lo: type of poker where the highest hand and the lowest hand each take half the pot
Hole Cards: cards held by a player, unseen by other players
Implied Odds:what a player thinks his actual payoff will be if he hits his hand, relative to how much it will cost to play
In Front Of: a player who acts before another player
Inside Straight Draw: a draw where only one card will complete the straight, for example a hand like 6-7- – 9-10… needs an 8 to complete
Isolate: to bet and raise so as to get heads-up against a weaker hand or weaker player
Joker: a wild card, or slang for a really lucky card that came to complete a hand against odds
Kicker:unmatched card in a player’s hand that is not used except to break ties. Example, two pair 5-5 and 8-8 with A kicker beats two pair 5-5 and 8-8 with Q kicker.
Late Position: aprox. the final third of players to act in a hand
Laydown:to fold
Limit:the most that can be bet or raised at any one time (see also, Limit Poker)
Limit Poker:poker games where limits exist for betting or raising, as opposed to no-limit poker
Limp: to just call, rather than bet or raise
Live Card:a card whose rank has not yet appeared on the board (nor presumably in another hand)
Live One: a player likely to bet wildly and probably lose like a fish (see Fish)
Lock: a hand that cannot be beaten
Lock Up My Seat: a commitment to take a seat that is waiting for you
Longshot: a drawing hand that has the odds heavily against it and probably won’t be made
Look Up: to call somebody, as in “I’m gonna look you up.”
Loose: playing style that plays a lot of hands and often goes for longshots (see Longshot)
Made Hand: already solid. Don’t need to hit a draw to have a good winning hand.
Maniac:wild, loose player who bets it up with mediocre hands just to build the pot
Middle Position: aprox. the middle third of players to act in a hand
Monster: an excellent hand that is either a lock (see Lock) or at least probably won’t be beat
Muck: fold. To throw a hand away and toss it into the Muckpile. (see Muckpile) & (see Fold)
No-Limit: a player may bet any amount of chips up to and including everything he has in front of him or her
One Pair: hand containing two cards of the same rank, like Q Q
Overcard: a higher card. So a K is an “overcard” to a Q, and a Q is over a 9
Pocket Cards: see also- Hole Cards
Position: players relative position to the player who acts last; in flop games like Hold’em and Omaha, position is usually considered relative to the button
Pot:sum total of all antes, blinds, and bets put into the center of the table during a given poker hand. It is the pot for which players are competing to win.
Preflop:before the flop
Premium Starting Hands:holding among the best starting hole cards; for example, in Hold’em premium starting hands include A-A, K-K, Q-Q, and A-K, and possibly A-Q and J-J as well. Hi/Lo games also have low premium starting hands of their own, for example holding perhaps A-2-3-5 as a starting hand in Omaha Hi/Lo
Raise:adding more chips to another player’s original bet to make it more expensive for other players to continue to play for the pot
Rake:the amount of money taken out of a pot by the house (the dealer is the house’s representative in this process) as its fee for running the game; the rake is used to pay overhead, including equipment, facilities, utilities, and staff salaries
Reraise: raising another player’s raise
Ring Game: a cash game with a full table of players, usually seven or more for Stud and nine or more for Omaha or Hold’em
River: the fifth (last) community card on board
Royal Flush: an A-K-Q-J-10 of the same suit. The highest ranking hand in poker.
Satellite Tournament: a smaller stakes tourney in which the prizes are one or more entries into a more expensive major event
Set: three of a kind, consisting of a pocket pair plus a matching community card
Shorthanded: a poker game with five players or less, perhaps six or less
Showdown: final act of a poker hand
Slowplay: playing a powerful hand in a weak manner to disguise its strength and lure, or “trap,” other players into the action
Small Blind: located just to the left of the button, it is the smaller of the two forced blind bets preflop
Standard Raise: typically, three times the big blind
Steal the Blinds: bluffing to make the blinds fold
Straight: a sequence of five consecutive cards, like 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10
Straight Flush: a sequence of five consecutive cards that are all also the same suit
Suck-out:to hit a longshot draw, typically on the river
Suited Connectors: (see also, Connectors) two or more cards in sequence and of the same suit; for example: 8-9 or 10-J of Hearts
Swing:fluctuation of a player’s chip count or even overall bankroll
Table Stakes: a player can only play with the money/chips he or she has on the table in front of him or her; the player’s bet, call, or raise is limited to the number of chips he or she currently has, and the player cannot buy, borrow, or produce more chips in the middle of a hand.
Three-of-a-Kind: three cards of the same rank held in a given hand, ex.: QQQ. see also, Trips
Tournament: a competition in which all players start with the same amount of chips and play continues until one player holds all the chips
Trap: to underplay or slowplay powerful hand so as to lure other players into betting
Trips: three of a kind
Turn: the fourth community card on board, following the flop
Two Pair: a hand that contains two different pairs, like QQ and KK in the same hand
Under the Gun: the first player to act in a round of poker; preflop, under the gun is to the immediate left of the button
Value Bet: betting a hand that is perhaps not a sure thing but that over time will win more than it loses
Wheel: (aka “Bicycle”) a five-high straight: A – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5
Wired: to have a pair in the hole from the start
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Poker is a funny game with seemingly contradictory ideas found in abundance. On one hand lying, needling, and even overtly trash talking other players is an everyday part of gameplay. On the other hand, there are lines that are taboo and should never be crossed. One of them is slow rolling. In fact, if you slow roll someone, even accidentally you are likely to become, at best, ostracised at your table and, at worst, may even start a fistfight.
So what is a slow roll? A slow roll occurs at showdown when a player with an extremely strong hand, often the nuts, faces river bet and then delays calling or turning over his cards. This is usually done to give an opponent false hope that he holds the winning hand. Slow rolling is a serious breach of poker etiquette.
Here are three specific examples of ways that a player can slow roll an opponent while holding a strong hand:
- Pausing on the river after facing a big bet or all-in
- Calling quickly but then taking a long time to turn over the winning cards
- Pretending to be disappointed or admitting defeat at any point after the bet or all-in before turning over the winning hand
Why Slow Rolling Is Frowned Upon
Slow rolling is frowned upon because it plays a trick on a person at the exact moment that he or she is losing a lot of money or chips at the poker table. It adds unnecessary duress onto what may already be an emotional time for a player. Basically, when you delay showing a strong hand you give your opponent a false sense of hope that the pot will be going his way. At the poker table, nothing is crueler. Here are a few ways that a slow roll might go down.
The slow roller may:
- Feign disappointment and even sigh before delaying and turning over the winning hand
- Say things to make their opponent think they may have won
- Go “into the tank” and take several minutes before calling
- Hold their cards out over the muck as if to throw them away before quickly turning them over
Is Slow Rolling Illegal?
There is usually no explicit rule that states that taking a long time to call or turn over your cards with a strong hand is illegal. Even so, slow rolling in the wrong poker room might get you banned or worse. I have heard stories of assaults taking place in parking lots outside of casinos due to someone being slow rolled.
I’d tell you to check the local rules before deciding to slow roll but I feel that’s bad advice. You should be focusing on how to beat your opponents, not make them hate you for life. Slow rolling someone is an unforgivable act to most poker players.
What to Do If You Are Slow Rolled
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If you find yourself on the wrong end of a slow roll then it is usually best to take the high road. It is likely that someone is slow rolling you to try and get under your skin and get you off your game. Therefore, the best policy is typically to just say “nice hand” and move on.
Even so, make sure you take note of it the next time you are on the river with a really strong hand and face an all-in from this player. You know what they say about paybacks.
What To Do If You Witness Someone Else Get Slow Rolled
If you see another player fall victim to a slow roll, it’s actually best to not react or say anything. For all you know, those two players have a history and it’s a tradition to slow roll each other. In fact, it’s best to think of ways to use the situation to your advantage over the next few hands and keep in mind that the slow rolled person may be steaming.
I know this sounds cruel but emotional control is an important part of poker. Trust me, no one is going to soft play you and you should never do the same. There is no room for nice guys when it comes to forming optimal strategies. Take my advice and be a nice guy outside the gameplay and a ruthless villain with your poker actions.
Can Slow Rolling Happen Before the River?
There is nothing wrong with taking a long time or “Hollywooding” with a strong hand at any point except the river. In fact, it is part of the game for a player to feign weakness in order to keep his or her opponent involved in the hand. If taking a long time to act accomplishes this, it’s not bad etiquette but rather good poker.
What Is the Difference Between Slow Rolling and Slow Playing?
Slow playing actually has nothing to do with how long you take to act and can occur on any street, even the river. Basically, when you slow play you take a passive action with a really strong hand such as checking or calling. The opposite is to fast play, which means you bet or raise a really strong hand,
Examples of Slow Rolling
Giving the play by play of a slow roll could never do justice to actually witnessing one for yourself.
I actually once was accused of slow rolling before I even knew what slow rolling was. While playing a pub poker game I was faced an all-in bet on the turn while holding a flush. I made the mistake of counting out the chips to call before turning over my cards. My opponent immediately accused me of slow rolling and I told him I had no idea what that was. It was explained to me and I apologized.
Here is a video showing various players slow rolling their opponents:
Slow Roll Poker Etiquette
In order to avoid slow rolling someone, it’s best to get in the habit of just flipping your cards up instantly whenever you make a call. Even with a hand that is less than the nuts, you may be perceived as slow-rolling if the other person has a slightly worse hand. By insta-turning your hands up, you also gain a few secondary benefits:
- It speeds up the game
- There is no chance you will accidentally fold the best hand
- You will also confidently show down the marginal hands you are calling with, which may dissuade future opponents from bluffing you
Is It Ever Okay to Slow Roll?
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On a rare occasion, it may actually be okay to slow roll someone. Even so, until you gain a feel for reading table dynamics I would avoid slow rolling altogether. Here are a few instances where it’s okay to consider a slow roll:
- Someone has recently slow-rolled someone at the table and you hold a strong hand on the river versus the slow-roller
- You are playing with a group of friends and it’s a tradition to slow roll the nuts
- Another player has been obnoxious and abusive to other players (Make sure you are ready for an altercation if you slow roll the jerk)
- You have the image as a newbie and decide to slow roll to perpetuate that image (don’t overdo it and make sure you pretend to genuinely think you misread your hand)
- It’s the final table bubble in a tournament and another all-in is occurring on an adjacent table
Online Slow Rolling
This is a common question that people ask: Can you slow roll online? The answer is yes!
Similarly to live play, if you face a bet on the river while holding the nuts or near nuts it is considered a slow roll if you take more than a couple of seconds. In fact, since most people are not really paying attention to the action due to the prevalence of multi-tabling, slow rolling is not likely to elicit the same condemning reaction that you would be subject to live. Even so, there’s really no reason to slow roll anyone for more than a few seconds. The only exception would be if you are calling a friend or family member into the room to show off your super-strong hand.
Online slow rolls are generally more forgivable. This is because the majority of slow rolls are actually not intentional. Instead, they are often due to internet lag, multi-tabling, or some kind of external distraction. In fact, people will seldom notice or even comment when an actual slow roll occurs.
Summary
While slow rolling may seem like a funny thing to do to a person while you are holding the nuts, it’s best to follow the golden rule. Losing a big pot on the river after believing you might have the best hand is a horrible feeling no matter what the stakes are. Just because you are trying to beat your opponents doesn’t mean you have to disrespect them in the process.