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Welcome to PokerStars Learn's "Glossary of Poker Terms."
By the end of this video, you will have heard more than 50 different...
poker expressions and what they mean.
So you won't feel lost at the table when other players start launching...
into poker lingo.
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Right, let's get started with the fundamentals.
'Hand.' Well, this can actually mean one of two things:
A hand of poker refers to each individual short round of the game,
from the moment the cards are dealt to the pot being won.
A poker hand is used to describe the five card holding each player has...
after all the cards have been dealt.
In Hold'em, this is done by combining the community cards in the middle of the table...
with a player's hole cards.
'Hole cards' are the two cards dealt face down to each player...
at the start of a hand of Hold'em, also known as a player's 'starting hand.'
'Community cards' are the five cards dealt face up in the middle...
of the table that everyone can use, also known as the 'board.'
The 'pot' is the total number of chips created by all the bets made by all the players during a
hand of poker that everyone is playing for.
'Stack' refers to the number of chips a player has in front of them, and can play with.
'Deal.' This is the process of distributing the cards to the players in the correct order.
'Shuffle' means to randomly order the cards before the deal.
This is done before the start of every hand of poker.
'Wash' is a method of shuffling where the dealer puts all the cards face down...
in a pile and mixes them around.
'Burn.' This only happens in live poker. The dealer discards a card from the top of...
the deck before dealing the flop, turn, or river.
'Blinds' can refer to the players in the small blind
and big blind positions at the table, or the actual bets themselves.
'Blind level' is a section of a tournament where the blinds are...
fixed at specific amounts.
'Steal the blinds.'
This is where a player bets preflop, not wanting to be called.
They just want to take the chips contributed by...
the two players who posted the blinds.
'Defend the blinds' means not folding from either the small blind or big blind position,
When there's been a raise before the flop.
'Blinding out' occurs when a player isn't playing any hands,
but is losing a lot of chips simply by posting the blinds each orbit.
This could be because they're being dealt particularly bad cards,
or it could be they're away from the table
for an extended period of time.
A 'walk' is when the player in the big blind wins the pot without...
having to do anything because every other player at the table folds pre-flop.
'Street' is used to describe each stage of a hand where there's a round of betting,
following the dealing of a specific card, or cards.
These streets are: 'Preflop.'
This is after the hole cards have been dealt, but before any community cards are known.
The 'flop' refers to the first three community cards;
The 'turn' is the fourth community card;
The 'river' is the fifth and final community card.
Flop, turn and river can be used as verbs when you make a hand on a particular street.
For example, "I flopped a straight" or "I rivered a flush."
'Showdown.' This isn't a betting street, it's when players show the whole cards...
at the end of a hand to determine who's won.
'Muck' is when a player doesn't reveal their cards at showdown and accepts defeat.
They pass their cards back to the dealer face down,
signaling they can't beat their opponent's hand.
'Action' refers to the decision a player takes on each betting street.
'Bet' means to put chips into the pot, specifically when...
it's the first player to do so.
'Raise.' This occurs when someone has already bet and another player wants to...
increase the size of that bet.
'Call' means simply matching someone else's bet without raising.
If it's preflop, and the initial bet is the big blind, calling is known as 'limping.'
'Fold' means a player doesn't want to call the bet.
They're surrendering their hand and giving up on the pot.
A situation where a player folds a really good hand is known as a 'laydown.'
'Check' is a signal that a player doesn't want to bet.
They either tap the table or say the word check,
and the action then passes to the next player. If everyone checks,
the action moves on to the next betting street.
In a situation where no one has raised pre-flop, and the player...
in the big blind is given the chance to check, or bet,
this is known as their 'option.'
'All-in.' This is where a player bets or raises all their remaining chips,
also known as 'shoving,' 'pushing,' or 'jamming.'
A '3-bet' is a re-raise. It's where a player raises after...
There's been an initial bet and a raise. It's effectively, the third bet.
Hence, the name.
'4-bet' means to raise after a 3- bet, '5-bet' means to raise after a 4-bet,
and so on.
A 'value bet' occurs when a player thinks they have the best hand...
wants to build a pot and win chips, and bets hoping to get called by...
an opponent with a worse hand.
'Bluff' means betting with a poor hand with the sole intention of making...
other players fold better hands.
A 'semi-bluff' is basically bluffing with a draw.
It's betting with a hand that doesn't have much value yet -
For example, four cards to a flush -
but has potential and could improve to something really strong.
A 'continuation bet,' commonly known as a C-bet,
is where a player who made the final raise in the previous betting round...
is the first player to bet in the next round. It's also known as 'barreling.'
A 'donk-bet' occurs when a player who caught a raise then takes the initiative...
to bet first on the next street, rather than checking to the aggressor and...
letting them make a continuation bet.
It has a derogatory name because inexperienced players...
often do it without thinking.
So, those are the fundamentals.
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