slang
Bay and a Gray
A bay and a gray is a $6 bet made with a red $5 chip and a white $1 chip.
Behind a Log
Behind a log describes a player who is far ahead in a game and plays only premium hands.
Belly Buster
A belly buster is a draw to an inside straight.
Big Blind Special
A big blind special is a hand won by the big blind with very weak cards because nobody raised before the flop.
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 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.
Bink
To bink is to hit the card you needed, often with the sense of getting lucky.
Blaze
A blaze is a hand of five face cards, which counts as a special hand in some home games.
Blistering
Blistering is a cheating technique of marking cards with a fingernail or another device.
Blow Back
To blow back is to lose most or all of the money you have won.
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.
BRB
BRB is chat shorthand for 'be right back'.
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.
Broomcorn’s Uncle
Broomcorn's uncle is a player who antes himself broke.
BTW
BTW is chat shorthand for 'by the way'.
Bullets
Bullets is a nickname for a pair of aces.
Busted
Busted means out of chips, or a hand that did not complete.
C-Note
A C-note is a hundred-dollar bill.
Calling Station
A calling station is a player who calls too much and rarely raises or folds.
Cashing
Cashing means finishing in the prize positions in a tournament.
Catch
To catch is to receive the card you need on a draw.
Cheese
Cheese is slang for a very poor starting hand.
Chip and a Chair
Chip and a chair is the saying that as long as you still have one chip and a seat, you can win.
Clicking It Back
Clicking it back is making a minimum re-raise, a phrase from clicking the min-raise button online.
Coin Flip
A coin flip is a situation in which two players have roughly equal chances of winning the pot.
Cold Deck
A cold deck is a deck secretly swapped in to give a player a planned hand; the term is also used for hands that clash and create a cooler.