Glossary - i-o

Poker Term	Poker Term Description
inside straight	A hand in which you have four cards to a straight but missing One in the middle.

ignorant end	The low end straight.

implied odds	The amount of money you expect to win if you make your hand Versus the amount of cash it will cost you to continue playing.

in	A player is in when they call a bet.

in the dark	To check or bet blind without looking at your cards.

inside straight	Four cards requiring one in the middle to fill a straight.

insurance	Selling the outcome of the hand for its mathematical equity.

isolate	Bet strongly in an attempt to make everyone fold except one.

jackpot	A special bonus paid to the looser of a hand if he gets a very Good hand beaten.

jackpot poker	A form of poker in which the card room offers a jackpot for Bad beats.

jacks or better	When a player needs a pair of Jacks to start betting.

jam	To bet the maximum.

joker	The fifty-third card in the pack used as a wild card.

kansas city lowball	A form of lowball poker played for a deuce to seven low.

keep honest	To call an opponenet on the river, even if you believe he has a Better hand than yours.

key card	The one card that will make your hand complete.

key hand	In a tournament the hand that proves to be a turning point for Better or worse.

kicker	An unpaired card used to determine the better of two near- Equivalent hands.

kick it	To raise.

kicker	The highest unpaired card in your hand.

kill	A kill game is when a player may place extra bets causing The betting limits to go up for that particular hand. The player Posting the bet is known as the killer and the hand is known As a kill pot.

knave	A Jack.

ladies	Queens. Indicates the weak hand.

lay down	To reveal your hand in a showdown.

lay the odds	To bet more money on a proposition than you hope to win.

lead	To be the first to enter the pot after the blind.

limit poker	A game with fixed minimum and maximum betting intervals.

limp in	In the first round of betting calling the big blind rather than raising. This allows the big blind to see the flop for free and indicates the weak hand.

live blind	A forced bet put in by one or more players before any hands Are dealt.

live card	A card that has not yet been seen in stud games.

lock	A hand that cannot loose.

long odds	The odds for an event that has a small chance of occurring.

look	To call the final bet before showdown.

lowball	A form of poker in which the lowest hand wins.

ladies	Queens.

loose	A player who stays in more hands than most and stays in them longer.

make a hand	To get a certain hand.

make a move	To try and bluff.

maniac	An aggressive player who plays hands that other players Would not consider.

mark	A sucker.

marker	An I.O.U.

mechanic	Someone who cheats by manipulating the cards while dealing.

meet	To call.

miss	To not make your drawing hand when final cards are dealt.

monster	A hand that is almost certain to win.

move	To go all in.

muck	Pile of discarded cards.

nit	To bide your time whilst waiting for a playable hand.

no limit poker	A game in which players can bet as much as they have in Of them at any given round.

nuts	The best possible hand given the cards on the board.

odds	The probability of making your hand.

off suit	Cards with different suits usually referred to as Hole cards.

one gap	A hold-me starting hand in which the two cards are two apart In rank.

omaha	A flop game similar to Hold-em. Each player is dealt four Cards instead of two and a hand must be made using two Pocket cards plus three community cards.

on tilt	Betting wild or making poor bets.

one gap	Inside straight.

open	To make the first bet in a round.

open ended straight	A hand with four consecutive cards. A straight which can be Completed by drawing the fifth card at either end.

outs	Any remaining card that will give you the winning hand.

outrun	To beat.

overcall	To call a bet after one or more other players have already called.

over card	A higher card than any card on the board.

monte carlo	Monte Carlo is where the Grand Final of the EPT takes place