hands
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.
Backdoor
A backdoor draw needs two more cards, the turn and the river, to make a hand.
Backdoor Flush
A backdoor flush is a flush made by hitting the needed suit on both the turn and the river.
Backdoor Straight
A backdoor straight is a straight made by hitting the needed cards on both the turn and the river.
Barbara Hutton
Barbara Hutton is a nickname for ten-five, the hold'em hand T-5.
Barn
Barn is short for full barn, slang for a full house.
Baskin Robbins
Baskin Robbins is a nickname for Ace-Three in hold'em.
Bay and a Gray
A bay and a gray is a $6 bet made with a red $5 chip and a white $1 chip.
Beat the Board
To beat the board is to have a hand better than all others showing.
Belly Buster
A belly buster is a draw to an inside straight.
Bicycle or Bike
A bicycle, or bike, is the lowest possible hand in lowball and high-low poker: A-2-3-4-5.
Big Bobtail
A big bobtail is a four-card open-ended straight flush, a nonstandard hand valued in some home games.
Big Dog
Big dog means an underdog, and in some home games a nonstandard hand of nine to ace with no pair.
Big Pair
A big pair is a pair of high cards, such as aces, kings, queens or jacks.
Big Slick
Big Slick is a nickname for Ace-King in hold'em.
Big Tiger
A big tiger is a nonstandard hand of eight to king with no pair, played in some home games.
Blank
A blank is a community card that appears to change nothing for the players in the hand.
Blaze
A blaze is a hand of five face cards, which counts as a special hand in some home games.
Bluff Catcher
A bluff catcher is a hand that can win only if the opponent is bluffing.
Boat
A boat is another name for a full house.
Bobtail Straight
A bobtail straight is a four-card straight draw, or in some home games a hand of four cards to a straight.
Boss
The boss is the strongest hand at a given stage of betting.
Bottom End
The bottom end is the lowest of several possible straights, especially in community card games.
Bottom Pair
Bottom pair is a pair made with the lowest card on the board.
Brick
A brick is a card that does not improve anyone's hand.
Broadway
Broadway is the highest straight, ten through ace; the word is also used for any card from ten to ace.
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford is a nickname for the hold'em hand ten-four, from the radio code 10-4.
Bullets
Bullets is a nickname for a pair of aces.
Buried Pair
A buried pair is a pair in the hole in a stud game.
Bust
To bust is to lose all your chips and be eliminated.
Busted
Busted means out of chips, or a hand that did not complete.
Busted Hand
A busted hand is a worthless hand, or a draw that failed to complete.