stud
Ace in the Hole
An ace in the hole is an ace dealt face down to a player. The phrase also means a hidden advantage.
An Ace Working
An ace working refers to having an ace in your hand.
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.
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.
Bring It In
To bring it in is to start the betting by making the forced first bet in stud.
Bring-In
The bring-in is the forced bet made by the player with the worst upcard in the first round of a stud game.
Buried Pair
A buried pair is a pair in the hole in a stud game.
Complete
To complete is to raise a forced or partial bet up to a full bet, mostly in limit games.
Concealed Pair
A concealed pair is a pair in which both cards are face down.
Door Card
A door card is the first face-up card dealt to a player in stud, and in hold'em sometimes the first visible card of the flop.
Down and Dirty
Down and dirty is the final hole card dealt in seven-card stud.
Down Card
A down card is a card dealt face down, such as a hole card.
Downcard
A downcard is a card dealt face down.
English Stud
English stud is a stud game that includes a draw.
Exposed Cards
Exposed cards are cards that have been revealed to all players, normally or by accident.
Exposed Pair
An exposed pair is a pair that can be seen, as opposed to a split pair or a hidden pair.
Fifth Street
Fifth street is the fifth community card in hold'em, the river, or the fifth card dealt to each player in stud.
Five-card Stud
Five-card stud is a poker game in which each player gets five cards, one face down and four face up, with betting after each.
Force‑In
A force-in is a mandatory blind bet, usually with an option to raise. The player must put the money in before the cards are seen or before action.
Fourth Street
Fourth street is the fourth card dealt to the board in community-card games, which is better known as the turn, and in stud games the fourth card each player receives, together with the round of betting that follows it.
In the Hole
In the hole means the cards dealt face down to a player, called the hole cards. In Hold'em and Omaha, these are the private cards.
Live Cards
Live cards are cards that can still improve your hand because they are not in the opponents' hands or on the board. In Hold'em, a hand with live cards is a hand that has not been dominated and still has a good chance to win.
Lowcard
Lowcard is the card with the lowest value in a hand or on the board. In stud, the player with the lowcard must start the betting with the bring-in.
New Guinea Stud
New Guinea stud is a form of seven-card stud that starts with four down cards, followed by turning up or rolling any two of them. It is a home-game variant.
New York Stud
New York stud is a form of five-card stud in which a four flush beats a pair. It is a home-game variant with a changed ranking of hands.
Open Card
An open card is a card dealt face up. In stud and some other games, open cards are seen by all players.
Open Pair
An open pair is a pair that has been dealt face up, so all players can see it. It is common in stud games.
Razz
Razz is a form of seven-card stud in which the lowest hand wins. Aces are low, and straights and flushes do not count against you, so the best possible hand is A-2-3-4-5, called the wheel.
Rolled Up
Rolled up is a term for seven-card stud: a player is dealt three of a kind in his first three cards. It is a very strong start.
Seven‑card Stud
Seven-card stud is a popular poker game in which each player gets three cards face down and four face up, and plays the best five-card hand from the seven.
Seventh Street
Seventh street is the last round of betting in seven-card stud and stud eight-or-better. Each player gets the seventh card face down, and then there is a round of betting and a showdown.