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All Pink
All pink means a flush made of hearts or diamonds.
All Purple
All purple means a flush made of spades or clubs.
All Red
All red means a flush made of hearts or diamonds.
All‑In
All-in means putting all of your remaining chips into the pot.
Alone Player
An alone player is a card cheat who works without accomplices.
AMC
AMC is shorthand for 'all my chips', said with an all-in bet.
American Airlines
American Airlines is a nickname for pocket aces.
Ammo
Ammo is a synonym for chips.
Ammunition
Ammunition is a synonym for chips.
An Ace Working
An ace working refers to having an ace in your hand.
Anna Kournikova
Anna Kournikova is a nickname for the starting hand Ace-King.
Announce
To announce is to declare your hand as high, low or both ways in a split-pot game.
Ante
An ante is a small forced bet from every player before the cards are dealt.
Ante Bean
An ante bean is an ante, or a chip used to ante.
Ante Up
To ante up is to pay your ante before the hand starts.
Any Two Cards (ATC)
Any Two Cards (ATC) is a willingness to play any starting hand, whatever its strength.
Apologizer
An apologizer is the same as an apology card.
Apology Card
An apology card is a card that would have completed your previous lowball hand, but appears in the next one.
Apple
Apple is slang for the biggest game, often the biggest game in a particular club.
Argine
Argine is a nickname for the queen of clubs.
Arkansas Flush
An Arkansas flush is a four-card flush.
Around-the-Corner Straight
An around-the-corner straight is a home-game straight in which the sequence continues from king through ace to the low cards, such as J-Q-K-A-2.
Assault Rifle
Assault rifle is a nickname for A-K-4-7 in Omaha.
Assigned Bettor
The assigned bettor is the player who is first to bet in a particular round.
Athos
Athos is a nickname for the hold'em hand Ace-Ten.
Auto Ante
Auto ante is an online option that posts your ante automatically each hand.
Automatic
Automatic describes a must-bet situation.
Ax
Ax is a hand with an ace and any other card.
B&M
B&M is short for brick and mortar: a physical cardroom with live players, as opposed to online poker.
Baby
Baby is any of the low cards 2, 3, 4 or 5 needed for the lowest possible hand.
Back-to-back
Back-to-back is a pair in five-card stud made by the first two cards, one in the hole and one up.
Bad Beat
A bad beat happens when a strong hand loses to a stronger one that was far behind.