Poker glossary

Full Barn

Full barn is slang for a full house.

The simple explanation

If someone says he has a full barn, he has three of a kind and a pair.

A closer look

The name is a joke: a full house is a barn. Like full tub and boat, it is just another word for the hand. The hand ranks above a flush and below four of a kind.

A practical example

A player shows K♥ K♦ K♣ 4♠ 4♥ and says: 'Full barn.'

Full explanation

Full barn is slang for a full house.

It is three of a kind and a pair.

Other names are full tub and boat.

It is above a flush and below four of a kind.

A full house

No-limit Hold’em · Blinds 1/2 chips · No rake

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Player A has the button (BTN) and posts the 1-chip small blind (SB). Player B posts the 2-chip big blind (BB).

Preflop · Pot: 3 chips
The blinds are 1 and 2 chips. Heads-up, the dealer (D) also posts the small blind.
- Player A BTN / SB Ace of clubs (Ac)King of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 199 · In this round 1
- Player B BB Queen of hearts (Qh)Queen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
Preflop · Pot: 8 chips
Player A raises to 6 before the flop.
- Player A BTN / SB Ace of clubs (Ac)King of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB Queen of hearts (Qh)Queen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 198 · In this round 2
Preflop · Pot: 12 chips
Player B calls. Each player has put in 6 chips.
- Player A BTN / SB Ace of clubs (Ac)King of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
- Player B BB Queen of hearts (Qh)Queen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 194 · In this round 6
Flop · Pot: 12 chips
Player B holds a pair of queens, and the flop brings a third queen and a pair of sevens. Three queens and two sevens are a full house.
Board: Queen of clubs (Qc)7 of spades (7s)7 of diamonds (7d)
- Player A BTN / SB Ace of clubs (Ac)King of diamonds (Kd) · Stack 194 · In this round 0
- Player B BB Queen of hearts (Qh)Queen of diamonds (Qd) · Stack 194 · In this round 0

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