tournament
6‑Max
6-max is a poker table format with no more than six seats.
8‑Game
8-Game is a poker format that rotates through eight different games at the same table.
Add‑on
An add-on is an optional chip purchase offered at the end of a tournament's rebuy period.
All‑In
All-in means putting all of your remaining chips into the pot.
Back-shove
A back-shove is an all-in re-raise made by a player who first called.
Backer
A backer is a nonplayer who finances an active player.
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.
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.
Bink
To bink is to hit the card you needed, often with the sense of getting lucky.
Bounty
A bounty is a cash prize paid for eliminating another player in a tournament.
Bubble
The bubble is the point in a tournament where the next player to be eliminated gets nothing.
Bubble Pressure
Bubble pressure is the pressure a player, especially a short stack, feels when close to the money in a tournament.
Bubbled
Bubbled means eliminated just short of the money in a tournament.
Bust
To bust is to lose all your chips and be eliminated.
Bust a Player
To bust a player is to win a hand that eliminates them.
Bust Out
To bust out is to lose all your chips and be eliminated from a tournament.
Buy-In
A buy-in is the amount of money you pay to enter a game or tournament.
Buy-in Limit
A buy-in limit is the minimum amount you must bring into a one-on-one game.
Cashing
Cashing means finishing in the prize positions in a tournament.
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.
Chip Dumping
Chip dumping is intentionally losing chips to another player, usually as part of collusion.
Chip Leader
The chip leader is the player with the most chips in a tournament at a given time.
Chip Race
A chip race is a tournament procedure that removes small denomination chips from play when the blinds have risen.
Chop
A chop is a pot divided equally between players with equal hands, or a tournament deal to split the prize money.
Color Up
To color up is to exchange chips for fewer chips of a higher denomination.
Crossbook
A crossbook is a bet between players in the same event, in which the loser pays a percentage of the winner's net winnings.
Dead Money
Dead money is chips in the pot that came from players who have folded or who cannot win it.
Deep Stack
A deep stack is a large number of chips compared with the stakes or the starting stack.
Donkament
A donkament is a derogatory word for a poker tournament with a weak field.
Double Up
To double up is to double your stack in one hand, usually by winning an all-in.
Elimination
Elimination is the removal of a player from a tournament, usually after losing all their chips.
Entry Fee
An entry fee is the money paid to enter a tournament, part of which goes to the prize pool and part to the organizer.