postflop
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.
Barrel
A barrel is a bet on one of several streets in a row, usually the flop, turn or river.
Blank
A blank is a community card that appears to change nothing for the players in the hand.
Board
The board is the set of community cards dealt face up on the table.
Board Coverage
Board coverage describes how well a range of hands connects with the possible flops, turns and rivers.
Boardcards
Boardcards are the cards dealt face up for all players to see.
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.
Combo Draw
A combo draw is a hand with both a straight draw and a flush draw at the same time.
Come Hand
A come hand is a drawing hand, a term likely borrowed from the craps term 'come bet'.
Common Card
A common card is a face-up card used by all players at showdown in stud when too few cards remain in the deck.
Community Cards
Community cards are the face-up cards in the middle of the table that all players share.
Continuation Bet (C‑Bet)
A continuation bet is a bet on the flop by the player who raised before the flop.
Coordinated
A coordinated board has community cards that connect with each other or share a suit, making strong hands and draws possible.
Counterfeit
To counterfeit a hand is to have its value cancelled because the board makes a better version of the same hand.
Cripple
To cripple the deck is to hold or see so many of the cards others would need that they cannot have a strong hand.
Delay C-Bet
A delayed c-bet is a continuation bet made on the turn after checking the flop.
Donk Bet
A donk bet is a bet made out of position into the player who was the aggressor in the previous betting round.
Drawing
Drawing means playing a hand in order to improve it.
Drawing Hand
A drawing hand is a hand that needs improvement to win, usually a straight or a flush.
Dry
Dry describes a board with cards that do not connect and give few straight or flush draws.
Dry Board
A dry board is a set of community cards that do not coordinate with each other and offer few draws.
Family Pot
A family pot is a pot in which most or all of the players at the table see the flop.
Fill
To fill is to draw a card that completes a five-card hand: a straight, flush, full house or straight flush.
Float
A float is calling a bet with a weak hand, planning to take the pot away on a later street.
Flop
The flop is the first three community cards, dealt face up together after the first round of betting in Hold'em and Omaha. It is also the name of the second round of betting, which takes place once those cards are on the table.
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.
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.
Free Card
A free card is a card that you see without paying for it, because nobody bet in the previous round. It gives you a chance to improve your hand at no cost.