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Flop a Set
To flop a set is to hold a pocket pair and see a third card of the same rank on the flop, which gives you three of a kind.
Flop Games
Flop games are poker games, such as Hold'em and Omaha, played with community cards dealt face up in the center of the table.
Flush
A flush is five cards of the same suit, not in sequence. It ranks above a straight and below a full house.
Flush Draw
A flush draw is a hand with four cards of one suit that needs one more card of that suit to make a flush. In Hold'em it is usually a hand with two suited hole cards and two more of that suit on the board.
Fold
To fold is to throw your cards away and give up your claim on the pot. You can fold when it is your turn and someone has bet. Once you fold you take no further part in the hand, and you can no longer win the pot.
Force‑In
A force-in is a mandatory blind bet, usually with an option to raise. The player must put the money in before the cards are seen or before action.
Forced Bet
A forced bet is a bet that a player must post to start the action in a hand, even before seeing any cards. The most common forced bets are antes, blinds and the bring-in.
Foul
A foul hand is a hand that cannot be played for one of several reasons. A player with a foul hand may not claim any part of the pot.
Foul Hand
A foul hand is a hand that contains the wrong number of cards, and so cannot be played.
Four Flush
A four flush is a hand with four cards of the same suit and one card of another suit. In Hold'em it is usually called a flush draw, because it needs one more card of the suit to become a flush.
Four of a Kind
Four of a kind, also called quads, is a hand containing four cards of the same rank, plus one other card. It beats a full house and loses only to a straight flush or a royal flush.
Four‑Color Deck
A four-color deck is similar to a standard deck, but each of the four suits has a different color. Usually hearts are red, spades are black, clubs are green and diamonds are blue.
Four‑Street (Four to a Straight)
A four straight is four cards in sequence, such as 7-8-9-10, that need one more card to make a straight. The term can describe a hand, or a board that already shows four cards to a straight.
Fourth Street
Fourth street is the fourth card dealt to the board in community-card games, which is better known as the turn, and in stud games the fourth card each player receives, together with the round of betting that follows it.
Full Barn
Full barn is slang for a full house.
Full Boat
A full boat is a full house: three of a kind with a pair. For example, three sevens and two kings is a full boat.
Full Buy
A full buy is a buy-in of at least the minimum amount of chips required for a particular game.
Full House
A full house is a five-card hand that has three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank. It beats a flush and loses to four of a kind. It is also called a boat.
Full Ring
A full ring game is a cash game with a full table, usually nine or ten players. It is the opposite of a short-handed game such as 6-max, and it is the usual format in live casinos.
Full Tub
A full tub is another name for a full house: three of a kind with another pair. It is also called a full hand.
FWIW
FWIW is chat shorthand for 'for what it's worth'. People write it before giving an opinion or a piece of advice that they offer modestly, as in 'FWIW, I would fold there'. It is not a poker term, but you see it in forums and table chat.
Gallery
The gallery is the nonplaying spectators who watch a game.
Gambler
A gambler is a player who wagers money at unfavorable edge odds, which means he is the one at a disadvantage in the long run.
Gambling
Gambling is betting money at unfavorable investment and edge odds. It means risking money where the long-term expectation is negative.
GG
GG is chat shorthand for 'good game'. It is said at the end of a game or a tournament as a sign of sportsmanship, and in online poker players type it after a hand or when somebody is eliminated.
GL
GL is chat shorthand for 'good luck'. Players type it at the start of a tournament or a hand to wish the opponents well.
Go All In
To go all in is to bet all of your remaining chips on a single hand.
Grand
A grand is a thousand dollars, or a thousand units of another currency.
Gut Shot
To gut shot is to draw to, or to hit, an inside straight. A gut shot is a draw that needs one card in the middle of the straight.
Gutshot Straight
A gutshot straight is a straight that was filled in the middle. For example, with nine and eight, a flop of 7-5-2 and a six on the turn, you have made a gutshot straight.
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.
Head to Head
Head to head means a game or a hand with only two players. It is the same as heads-up.