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6‑Max
6-max is a poker table format with no more than six seats.
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‑High
Ace-high is a hand with no pair or better whose highest card is an ace.
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.
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.
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.
AFAIK
AFAIK is chat shorthand for 'as far as I know'.
AFK
AFK is chat shorthand for 'away from keyboard'.
Age
Age is an old term for the player immediately to the left of the dealer.
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.
Ainsworth
Ainsworth is a nickname for the starting hand 6-2 in hold'em, six-deuce.
Air
Air is a hand with no value, often used when bluffing.
Ajax
Ajax is a nickname for the starting hand Ace-Jack in hold'em.
Alcohol
Alcohol is a player's announcement that they will pay only the minimum needed to stay in the hand.
Alexander
Alexander is a nickname for the king of clubs.
All Black
All black means a flush made only of black suits, spades or clubs.
All Blue
All blue means a flush made of spades or clubs.
All Green
All green means a flush, usually one made of spades or clubs.