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3-bet

A 3-bet is a raise after another raise. It is the first re-raise in a betting round.

4-bet

A 4-bet is a raise over a 3-bet: the second re-raise in the same betting round.

5‑bet

A 5-bet is a raise over a 4-bet: the third re-raise in the same betting round.

6‑Max

6-max is a poker table format with no more than six seats.

8‑Game

8-Game is a poker format that rotates through eight different games at the same table.

A‑Game

Your A-Game is the best level of poker you can currently play, with your skills and attention working together.

ABC Poker

ABC Poker is a straightforward style built around basic poker decisions, with little fancy or deceptive play.

Able

Able is an old poker term for the player immediately to the left of the dealer.

According to Hoyle

According to Hoyle means following the accepted rules: playing "by the book."

Ace

An ace is the card marked A. In standard high-hand poker it ranks above a king, but it can also be low in a straight.

Ace in the Hole

An ace in the hole is an ace dealt face down to a player. The phrase also means a hidden advantage.

Ace Out

To ace out is to win a poker hand while holding only ace-high, sometimes by bluffing.

Ace Up the Sleeve

An ace up the sleeve refers literally to a concealed card used to cheat, and figuratively to a hidden advantage.

Ace-to-Five

Ace-to-five is a way of ranking low poker hands: aces are low, and straights and flushes do not count against you.

Ace‑High

Ace-high is a hand with no pair or better whose highest card is an ace.

Acepots

Acepots is a form of high draw poker in which a player needs at least a pair of aces to open the betting.

Aces and Spaces

Aces and spaces is slang for a five-card hand whose only pair is aces, with three unhelpful cards.

Aces Full

Aces full is a full house made of three aces and a pair of another rank.

Aces Over

Aces over is poker slang for a hand built on aces, usually a full house of three aces and a pair.

Aces Up

Aces up is a two pair hand in which one of the pairs is aces.

Acey-Deucey

Acey-deucey is a poker nickname for two pair of aces and deuces, or for a starting hand of an ace and a deuce.

Acey‑Uppy

Acey-uppy is another name for aces up, a two pair hand in which one pair is aces.

Act

To act is to make a legal play on your turn: check, bet, call, raise or fold.

Action

Action is the betting in a hand, a player's turn to act, or a game with lots of betting.

Action Button

An action button is a marker that gives a player a forced bet in the next hand, as in seven-card stud hi-lo.

Action Only

Action only is a short all-in bet that can be called but does not reopen the betting for a raise.

Active Player

An active player is a player who is still in the hand and has not folded.

Add‑on

An add-on is an optional chip purchase offered at the end of a tournament's rebuy period.

Advantage

Advantage is another word for edge: being better than opponents because of skill, a stronger hand or a better position.

Advantage Player

An advantage player is someone who looks for an edge in a game.

Advantage Tool

An advantage tool is any device or method used to cheat, such as a marked card or a holdout machine.

Advertise

To advertise is to bluff or show a hand on purpose so opponents form a false impression of how you play.

AFAIK

AFAIK is chat shorthand for 'as far as I know'.

AFK

AFK is chat shorthand for 'away from keyboard'.

After‑Hours Game

An after-hours game is a private game played in a casino or card room after it has closed for the night.

Age

Age is an old term for the player immediately to the left of the dealer.

Agent

An agent is someone who helps cheaters, for example by partnering with them or luring another player into a crooked game.

Aggression

Aggression is a tendency to bet and raise rather than check or just call.

Aggressive

Aggressive describes a style of play with a lot of betting and raising instead of checking and calling.

Ahead

Ahead means leading: having the best hand now, being up in a session, or acting before another player.