rules
6‑Max
6-max is a poker table format with no more than six seats.
According to Hoyle
According to Hoyle means following the accepted rules: playing "by the book."
Ace-to-Five
Ace-to-five is a way of ranking low poker hands: aces are low, and straights and flushes do not count against you.
Ace‑High
Ace-high is a hand with no pair or better whose highest card is an ace.
Acepots
Acepots is a form of high draw poker in which a player needs at least a pair of aces to open the betting.
Aces Up
Aces up is a two pair hand in which one of the pairs is aces.
Acey-Deucey
Acey-deucey is a poker nickname for two pair of aces and deuces, or for a starting hand of an ace and a deuce.
Acey‑Uppy
Acey-uppy is another name for aces up, a two pair hand in which one pair is aces.
Action Button
An action button is a marker that gives a player a forced bet in the next hand, as in seven-card stud hi-lo.
Action Only
Action only is a short all-in bet that can be called but does not reopen the betting for a raise.
Active Player
An active player is a player who is still in the hand and has not folded.
Add‑on
An add-on is an optional chip purchase offered at the end of a tournament's rebuy period.
After‑Hours Game
An after-hours game is a private game played in a casino or card room after it has closed for the night.
Age
Age is an old term for the player immediately to the left of the dealer.
Alone Player
An alone player is a card cheat who works without accomplices.
Anaconda
Anaconda is a stud variant in which players pass cards to their opponents.
Ante
An ante is a small forced bet from every player before the cards are dealt.
Ante and Straddle
Ante and straddle is an older name for a game with two blinds, an ante and a straddle.
Ante Bean
An ante bean is an ante, or a chip used to ante.
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.
As Nas
As Nas is an ancient Persian game that some say is an ancestor of poker.
Asian Five‑Card Stud
Asian five-card stud is a form of five-card stud played with a stripped deck.
Assigned Bettor
The assigned bettor is the player who is first to bet in a particular round.
Auto Ante
Auto ante is an online option that posts your ante automatically each hand.
Bad Beat Jackpot
A bad beat jackpot is a bonus paid when a very strong hand loses to a stronger one under the room's conditions.
Badugi
Badugi is a draw poker game in which the best hand has four cards of different suits and ranks.
Beat the Board
To beat the board is to have a hand better than all others showing.
Betting Stakes
Betting stakes are the limits of all bets and raises allowed in a game.
Big Bet Game
A big bet game is a poker game played with a pot-limit or no-limit betting structure.
Big Blind (BB)
The big blind is the larger of the two forced bets posted before the cards are dealt.
Big Blind Ante
A big blind ante is a way of collecting antes in which the big blind pays the ante for the whole table.
Black Friday
Black Friday is April 15, 2011, when US authorities charged the largest online poker companies serving American players.