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Hand
A hand has two meanings: the set of cards a player holds, and a single game of poker from the deal until the pot is pushed to the winner.
Hand History (HH)
A hand history is a record of everything that happened in a poker hand: the cards, the players, the stack sizes and every action. Online sites generate hand histories automatically, and players also write them out to discuss a hand.
Hand-for-Hand
Hand-for-hand is a tournament procedure used near the money bubble, in which every table plays one hand at a time and waits for the other tables to finish before starting the next hand. It prevents players from stalling to reach the money.
Head to Head
Head to head means a game or a hand with only two players. It is the same as heads-up.
Heads Up
Heads up means that only two players are involved in a hand or in a game. It is a pot contested by two players.
Heads‑Up Display (HUD)
A heads-up display, or HUD, is software that shows statistics about your opponents on the table in real time while you play online poker. The numbers come from hand histories and show how often a player raises, folds and calls.
Hearts
Hearts is one of the four suits in a standard deck, with diamonds, clubs and spades. There are 13 hearts in the deck, and the suit is red.
Heater
A heater is a winning streak or a long run of good cards. A player who is on a heater is winning a lot of pots, often in a row.
Heinz
Heinz is a nickname for a starting hand of five and seven, 5-7, after the '57 Varieties' slogan of the Heinz company.
Help Card
A help card is a card that improves a player's hand. When it comes, your hand is stronger than before.
Hero
Hero is the name for the player whose point of view is used in a hand discussion. The hero is you or the player you are following, and the opponent is the villain.
Hero Call
A hero call is a call with a weak or marginal hand, based on the belief that the opponent is bluffing. The caller has no strong hand, but trusts a read and pays to see whether it is right.
Hero Fold
A hero fold is a fold with a very strong hand, usually top pair or better, because you believe the opponent has an even stronger hand. It is the opposite of a hero call, and takes discipline.
Hi‑Lo
Hi-lo is the name for poker games in which the pot is split between the best high hand and the best qualifying low hand. If one player has both the best high and the best low, he wins the whole pot. The best-known examples are Omaha hi-lo and seven-card stud hi-lo.
High Hand
The high hand is the best hand in a round of poker. In hi-lo games, the high hand wins one half of the pot, and in some casinos a high hand jackpot pays the best hand of the hour.
High Limit
High limit describes a game in which the amounts wagered are high. What counts as high depends on the room.
High Roller
A high roller is a player who plays at very high stakes. The word is also used for tournaments with very high buy-ins, usually $25,000 or more.
High‑Card
A high card is a hand in which no other combination is possible, so the highest card decides the value. It is the lowest-ranked kind of poker hand.
High‑Low
High-low, also called hi-lo, is a format in which the pot is divided between the highest and lowest ranking hands at showdown. Common high-low games are Omaha and seven-card stud.
High‑Low Split
A high-low split game is a game in which half of the pot goes to the highest-ranking poker hand and half goes to the lowest-ranking hand.
High‑Stakes
High stakes are the biggest betting levels in poker. Online, cash games at $5/$10 and up are considered high stakes, and in live rooms the label applies to games above about $10/$25.
Hijack
The hijack is the seat two places to the right of the button, immediately before the cutoff. In a six-handed game it is the third player to act before the flop, after the under the gun player. It is usually written HJ.
Hit
Hit means that the flop contained cards that help your hand, as in 'the flop hit me'. It can also be used for the turn and the river.
Hit and Run
Hit and run means leaving a cash game right after winning a big pot, without giving the others a chance to win their money back. It is legal but is considered bad etiquette.
Hitchhiker
A hitchhiker is a player who comes into a pot cheaply as the victim of a trap. He enters because the price is low and does not know that a strong hand is waiting.
HM2
HM2 is short for Hold'em Manager 2, a poker software program that records hand histories and shows statistics about your own play and your opponents'. It also provides a heads-up display for online play.
Hockey Sticks
Hockey Sticks is a nickname for a pair of sevens, 7-7. The number 7 looks like a hockey stick.
Hold’em
Hold'em, usually called Texas Hold'em, is the most popular form of poker. Each player gets two private cards, and five community cards are dealt face up in the middle.
Hold’em Manager
Hold'em Manager is a poker software program that stores hand histories from online games and shows statistics about your play and your opponents'. It is one of the most widely used tracking programs.
Hole Cards
Hole cards are the cards dealt face down to each player that only that player can see. In Texas Hold'em each player gets two, in Omaha four. They are combined with the community cards to make the best hand.
Hollywood
To Hollywood is to act or talk in an exaggerated way to encourage a specific reaction from an opponent. It is often used for deceptive acting, such as pretending to have a hard decision.
Home Game
A home game is a poker game played in a private home, not in a casino or a card room. It can range from a friendly low-stakes game among neighbors to a large private game with high stakes.
Home Run Hitter
A home run hitter is a player who makes risky calls and wins. He takes long shots, hoping for a big hit, and sometimes they come in.
Hook
Hook is poker slang for the jack, because the letter J looks like a fish hook.
HORSE
HORSE is a mixed game that rotates through five poker variants: Hold'em, Omaha hi-lo, Razz, seven-card stud and seven-card stud hi-lo (eight or better). It is usually played with fixed limits, and the letters of its name are the first letters of the games.
Horsing
Horsing is the habit of passing a small amount of money to another player after winning a pot. It is also called scooting.
Hot Deck
A hot deck is a period when a player is dealt strong hands again and again. It implies a streak of good luck, as if the cards favored one player.
Hot Hands
Hot hands are a run of high-value hands. A player who gets many strong hands in a short time has hot hands.
Hot Seat
A hot seat is a seat in a poker game where the players have had winning hands, so it looks lucky. Players may want to sit there.
Hot Streak
A hot streak is a run of good luck or winning hands. It is also called a spinner.