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Paint Cards
Paint cards are the king, queen and jack, also called face cards, court cards or picture cards. They have pictures of faces.
Pair
A pair is two cards of the same rank. In Hold'em, a pair in your hand is a pocket pair, and a pair of one hole card with a board card is also a pair. It is the lowest-ranked made hand, above high card.
Pass
To pass is to fold. In some games, it means to decline to bet, or to check.
Passive
A passive player mostly checks and calls and rarely bets or raises. The style is the opposite of aggressive.
Pat
A pat hand is a hand that is already complete and needs no more cards. In draw poker, a player who stands pat keeps all five cards.
Pay Station
A pay station is a player who rarely folds, so that he often calls with worse hands and loses money. The same type of player is a calling station.
Payoff
A payoff is a call of a bet, usually on the last round, with a hand that is not expected to be the best. The caller pays off the bettor.
Pedigree
Pedigree is a nickname for king-nine, K-9, of any suits. It is a weak, speculative hand.
Peel
To peel is to call a bet with a drawing hand, to see the next card in the hope of improving. It is a small call that keeps the draw alive.
Peg
To peg cards is to mark the fronts of cards with a pin, tack or ring so that the cheater can later tell their rank by touch. It is a cheating technique.
Pegging
Pegging is a cheater's technique of marking cards with a fingernail or a device, so that the marks can be found later. It is the same as pricking.
Penny Ante
Penny ante is a game with very low stakes. The phrase is also used for anything that is small or unimportant.
PFC
PFC is short for preflop caller: a player who calls a raise before the flop. It is used in notes and hand discussions.
PFR
PFR has two meanings: the preflop raiser, the first player to raise before the flop, and a statistic that shows how often a player raises before the flop. In both cases it describes aggression before the flop.
Picked Off
To be picked off is to get called when you are bluffing. Your opponent finds your bluff by calling.
Picture Cards
Picture cards are cards that show a face: the king, the queen and the jack. They are also called face cards or court cards.
Pigeon
A pigeon is a player who is seen as a bad player by others. He is a weak player who makes many mistakes and loses money.
Pineapple Hold’em
Pineapple Hold'em is a variant of Texas Hold'em in which each player gets three hole cards and must discard one, usually before the flop. After that, the game is played like Hold'em.
Pips
Pips are the spots or marks on the face of a card that show its rank, such as the hearts on a seven of hearts.
Pips, Pipped
Pips, or pipped, can mean the spots on a card, and as a verb, one card beating another by a single pip, outranking it by one. For example, ace-ten is pipped by ace-nine when the ten is only one higher.
Play Back
To play back is to raise or re-raise another player's bet. It is a way to answer aggression with aggression.
Play Behind
Play behind means that a player has extra chips or cash that is not in play, but available to use during the game. It is allowed in some cash games.
Play Fast
To play fast is to play aggressively: to bet and raise instead of checking and calling. It is often used for strong hands, to build the pot.
Play Over
To play over is to play in a seat when its occupant is absent. A player may take over the hand or the seat for a short time.
Play the Board
To play the board means that your best five-card hand is made entirely of the five community cards. Anyone else in the hand with the same board also plays it, so the pot is split unless somebody has a better hand.
Playability
Playability is how easy it is to play a hand after the flop, and how often it can make strong hands or good draws. Hands with good playability, such as suited connectors, are valuable.
Played Card
A played card is a card dealt to a hand. It is a card that has been put into play, rather than left in the deck.
Playing the Board
Playing the board means that your best five-card hand is made of the five community cards. Anyone who plays the board and nobody has a better hand splits the pot.
Playover Box
A playover box is a clear plastic box used to cover and protect the chips of an absent player when someone plays over that seat. It keeps the absent player's chips safe and visible.
Pocket means the down cards, also called the hole cards, which only the player can see. In Hold'em, they are your two private cards.
Pocket Cards
Pocket cards are the two cards dealt to you at the beginning of a Hold'em hand that nobody else may see. They are also called hole cards.
Pocket Pair
A pocket pair is a pair of hole cards, such as two sevens. It is also called a wired pair. It is a strong start, since you already have a pair.
Pocket Rockets
Pocket rockets is the nickname for a pair of aces as hole cards, the best starting hand in Hold'em. The aces look like rockets to the players.
Point
A point is the value of a card. In some games, it is a number used to count the strength of a hand.
Poker
Poker is a family of card games in which players bet on the strength of their hands. The winner is the player with the best hand at showdown, or the last player left after the others fold.
Poker Face
A poker face is an expression that hides a player's thoughts and does not reveal anything about the cards he holds. It is a basic skill that stops opponents from gaining information.
Poker network
A poker network is a group of several poker rooms owned by the same company. The rooms share software and often share players.
Poker room
A poker room is a dedicated space in a casino or an online site where players can play different types of poker games.
Poker Rules
The rules of poker differ between games, but most share a structure: players receive cards, bet in rounds, and the best hand wins at showdown, or the last player left wins the pot.
Poker Shark
A poker shark is a highly skilled player who makes a living by beating weaker opponents. Weak players are called fish or donkeys, and sharks are the ones who prey on them.