etiquette
According to Hoyle
According to Hoyle means following the accepted rules: playing "by the book."
Ace Up the Sleeve
An ace up the sleeve refers literally to a concealed card used to cheat, and figuratively to a hidden advantage.
Act
To act is to make a legal play on your turn: check, bet, call, raise or fold.
Alcohol
Alcohol is a player's announcement that they will pay only the minimum needed to stay in the hand.
Angle
An angle is a legal but unethical play that tries to gain an advantage.
Angle Shooting
Angle shooting is using unethical or misleading tactics, short of cheating, to gain an advantage.
Announce
To announce is to declare your hand as high, low or both ways in a split-pot game.
Apologizer
An apologizer is the same as an apology card.
By Me
By me is an expression meaning to pass or check.
Call The Clock
Calling the clock asks the dealer to give a slow player a limited time to act.
Card Protector
A card protector is an item placed on your cards to keep them from being thrown away by mistake.
Card Sharp
A card sharp is a skilled card player, historically often a cheat.
Chat
Chat is the feature of online poker that lets players send text messages to each other.
Cheater
A cheater is a player who uses dishonest methods to gain an advantage or to win.
Chip Dumping
Chip dumping is intentionally losing chips to another player, usually as part of collusion.
Chopping Blinds
Chopping blinds is when the small blind and big blind take back their bets after everyone else folds.
Coffeehousing
Coffeehousing is talking about a hand you are in, to mislead or manipulate other players.
Collusion
Collusion is cheating in which two or more players cooperate against the rest of the table.
Dead Hand
A dead hand is a hand that cannot win the pot because of a foul.
Deal Me In
Deal me in is a request to be dealt cards after a temporary absence.
Deal Me Out
Deal me out is notice that a player will be away from the game for at least one hand.
Dirty Stack
A dirty stack is a stack of chips that contains a chip of a different denomination.
End Strippers
End strippers are cards tapered along their ends, used for cheating.
Ethics or Etiquette
Ethics or etiquette means the understandings and courtesies whose violation does not count as cheating.
False Cut
A false cut is a cheating move that looks like a cut but leaves the deck's order unchanged.
Flash
A flash is a card that is briefly exposed by accident, or in some games a common card turned up for everyone.
Flashed Card
A flashed card is a card that is partially exposed.
Floor
The floor is the poker room staff member who makes rulings, and the term also refers to the ruling officials in general.
Forward Motion
Forward motion is a house rule saying that when a player moves chips toward the pot with the intention to bet, they are committed to that action and cannot take the chips back. The rule helps to prevent players from changing their mind after seeing the reaction of others.
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.
Gallery
The gallery is the nonplaying spectators who watch a game.