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Aces Up/Over
Two pair, one of which is a pair of Aces.
Action
Betting activity.
Active Player
A player who is still in the pot.
All Blue, Green, Purple, etc.
Colorful names for a flush.
All-in
To bet all the money you have on the table.
American Airlines
A pair of Aces.
Ante
A small bet all players are required to make before a hand is dealt.
Baby
Any of the four non-aces needed for the lowest possible hand (2,3,4,5).
Back Door
Player makes a late hand that he wasn't originally drawing to.
Back Raise
A re-raise.
Back to Back
Two of the same cards in a row, i.e., two aces, two hearts etc.
Bad Beat
A usually unbeatable hand that is defeated by an even better hand.
Banker
The player who takes care of the game's chips and money matters.
Bankroll
Current total gambling funds available. Not to be confused with a player's stake in a particular game.
Barn
Short for a Full Barn which is slang for a Full House.
Belly Buster
An inside straight draw. Same as a Gutshot.
Bet
To put money into the pot in accordance with the rules of the game.
Bet for Value
Betting a completed or partial hand that, in the long run, is expected to win more than it loses.
Betting Round
All the bets to follow each time to bet.
Bicycle
The best possible low hand: A-2-3-4-5. Also called a Wheel.
Big Blind
An early forced bet, usually a raise of an earlier blind which would be called the Small Blind.
Big Bobtail
An open-ended 4-card straight flush.
Big Slick
In Texas Hold'em, hole cards of A-K, suited or not.
Blank
A card that does not add value to a hand (Bad Draw).
Blind
A forced bet to open the pot, usually in lieu of an ante.
Bluff
A bet or raise made with a poor hand to entice the competition to fold.
Board
The exposed cards in Hold'em and stud.
Boat
Short for a Full Boat which is slang for a Full House.
Bobtail Straight
Same as an Open End Straight. Four cards to a straight in denomination sequence.
BR
Short for bankroll.
Bring-in Bet
A small bet that is forced, by game rules, to start the betting procedure.
Broadway
An Ace high straight.
Bubble
The highest non-paying, or out of the money, position in a tournament, ie: fourth place in a tournament that pays first, second and third.
Bug
A wild card Joker.
Bullet[s]
Ace[s]. Bull(s) for short.
Bump
Slang for Raise.
Burn
To discard the top card of the deck prior to dealing.
Bust / Busted
For a player to lose all his/her money on the table.
Button
A distinctive token placed in front of the player sitting in the theoretical dealer's position, when a house dealer is used. The button rotates around the table so that every player has an opportunity to be the last to act.
Buy-in
The amount of money used to join a game.
Call
To put in to the pot the minimum amount of money necessary to continue playing.
Caller
One who makes a call bet.
Calling Station
An passive player that frequently just checks or calls most bets.
Cap
To cap the betting is to make the last permitted raise in a round.
Cards Speak
The final hand values are determined by the face upcards and not what the hand holder declares.
Case Card
The fourth and last card of a particular rank to become available.
Change Gears
Changing your style of play.
Chase
To continue in a hand, often at poor odds against the competition.
Check
1. The word casino employees use for a 'chip'. 2. To bet zero, when it is legal to do so. Frequently a sign of only a fair hand.
Check Raise
To check initially, then raise a bet made later on in the same betting round.
Chip
A round token used in place of cash at a gaming table.
Come Hand
A hand that is not yet made, such as four cards to a flush.
Cold Call
When a player with nothing invested in the pot except an ante, calls a raise and a re-raise as his first bet.
Community Cards
Cards that are available for every player to use in making a hand. Usually dealt face up somewhere in the middle of the table.
Concealed Pair
Both of the pair cards are face down.
Court Card
A jack, queen or king.
Cowboy
A king.
Cut the Deck
To divide the deck, fairly evenly, into 2 stacks.
Crying Call
To complain when making a call. Sometimes a tactic to keep players in the hand.
Dark Bet
To bet without looking at your hand.
Dead Hand
A hand that has been fouled or has too many or too few cards.
Dead Man's Hand
Two pair, aces and eights. The hand Wild Bill Hickok was holding when he was shot to death.
Dealers's Choice
In home games, a rule that permits the dealer to name which poker game to be played that hand.
Deuce
A two.
Door Card
A player's first upcard in stud games.
Double Belly Buster
A two-way inside straight. ie:, 3-5-6-7-9. Also called a Double Gutshot.
Double Pop
When the second player re-raises a raise.
Down to the Green
When a player has gone all in.
Draw
To discard some number of cards and have dealt an equal number of replacements.
Drawing Dead
Drawing to a hand that can not possibly win.
Draw Out
To catch a card that improves your situation from a losing hand to a winning hand.
Early Position
Being one of the first players to act in a betting round.
Exposed Pair
An exposed pair, as opposed to a split pair or a hidden pair.
Face Card
A jack, queen or king.
Fill
To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush).
Fill up
To fill a Full House.
Fish
A player who loses money. An old saying is 'If you can't spot the fish at the table, *you* are the fish.'
Flat Call
To call a bet. Emphasizes that the caller did not raise.
Flat Limit
A variant of fixed limit where all bets are the same amount.
Floorman
The casino representative in charge of the card room or a section of a card room.
Flop
In Hold'em, the first three community cards, dealt simultaneously.
Flush
A poker hand consisting of five cards all one suit.
Fold
To decline to call a bet, thus dropping out of a hand.
Forced Bet
In some stud games a player may be required to make a bet to start the action on the first card.
Four Flush
Four cards to a Flush.
Free Card
A card dealt after all players checked in a betting round.
Freeroll
Having a lock on part of a pot. A money tournament with no entry fee.
Freeze-Out
A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money.
Full Barn
Slang for Full House.
Full Boat
Slang for Full House.
Full House
A hand consisting of 3-of-a-kind and a pair.
Full Ring
A table with the maximum number of players.
Grifter
A cheat.
Gut Shot
A draw to an inside Straight, as in 2-3-4-6.
Head(s) Up
Playing a single opponent.
Help Card
One that improves one's hand.
High-Low Split
Forms of poker in which the pot is split between the best hand and best lowball hand.
Hole Cards
In stud and Hold'em, the face-down cards dealt to each player.
Hook
A Jack. Short for J-hook.
House Cut
Generic term for how the house profits from hosting the game.
Ignorant End
The lower end of a straight in a game that has community cards.
Implied Odds
A refinement to Pot Odds which includes money not yet, but expected to be in the pot.
Inside Straight
Four cards to a straight, where only one rank will complete the hand. ( 4-5-6-8.)
Jacks or Better
Draw poker in which a pair of jacks is the minimum hand permitted to start the action.
Jake
A Jack.
J Hook
A Jack.
Jam
A pot where several players are raising.
Joker
A 53rd card in the deck, distinct from the others, used as a wild card or as a Bug.
K-Boy
A King. Variation of Cowboy.
Kicker
1. A single high card usually held with a pair of another denomination in draw poker. 2. The highest side card that is not part of the basic final hand.
Lady
A Queen.
Late Position
For a particular betting round, a player who does not have to act until most of the other players have acted.
Lay Odds
To give favorable odds to an opponent.
Leak
To show one's hole cards (often unknowingly).
Lid
The top card of the deck.
Limit Poker
A poker game wherein the amount to be bet is fixed, or at most variable within a prescribed minimum and maximum.
Limp In
To call along as cheaply as possible.
Liner
A face card. (Because you can see a line when the card is face down and the lower right corner is lifted).
Live Card
In stud, a card that has not been exposed.
Live Blind
The last and largest blind bet may or may not be Live. If Live, the blind bettor has the option of 'raising' his own blind in the event the bet is called around to him.
Live One
The best kind of opponent, a poor player with a lot of money to lose and in a hurry to lose it.
Lock
A hand that cannot be beaten. Also called the NUT.
Loose
Playing more hands than the norm.
Lowball
Generic term for poker where the lowest hand wins.
Main Pot
The main pot, as related to one or more side pots, when there are one or more all-in player(s). The main pot is the one in which all active players participate.
Maniac
A player who bets, raises and reraises without much regard to the quality of his hand.
Marked Cards
Cards that have been (illegally) altered so that their value can be read from the back.
Mechanic
A cheat who can manipulate the cards to deal himself or another player agood hand.
Middle Position
Betting positions approximately halfway around the table from the first player to act.
Misdeal
A hand dealt incorrectly that must be re-dealt.
Mites and Lice
A hand consisting of two pair, threes over twos.
Muck
1. A collection of face-down cards near the dealer composed of discards and burn cards. 2. To throw one's cards into the muck, thus folding.
Nickel
Five dollars, usually represented by a red casino check.
No-Limit Poker
A game where there is no maximum bet; a player can wager any amount (perhaps above some minimum) up to whatever money is on the table in front of him.
Nut
The best possible hand or the best possible of a given class. The 'nut flush' is the highest possible flush.
Nut Player
A very tight player who plays only the best hands.
Offsuit
Not of the same suit.
On the Come
A situation where the player does not yet have a complete hand.
On Tilt
Playing worse (usually, more aggressively) than usual because a player has become emotionally upset.
Open
Take the first bet in a hand, especially in draw poker.
Open-Ended Straight
Four cards to a straight in denomination sequence (5,6,7,8).
Opener
The player who starts the betting, usually in draw poker.
Openers
Cards in a hand that qualify a player to open the betting.
Open-Handed
A category of games characterized by a part of each player's hand being exposed.
Open Pair
An exposed pair.
Out
A card that will improve your hand, often substantially.
Overcall
To call a bet after one or more players already called.
Overpair
In Hold'em, a pair in the hole that is larger than any community card on the board.
Paint
See Picture.
Pair
Two cards of the same rank.
Pass
Opposite of bet. To check, if checked to. To fold, if bet to.
Pat Hand
Holding or being dealt a complete hand.
Pay Off
Calling a bet with little expectation of winning, unless the opponent is bluffing.
Pay Station
A player who rarely folds, thus who frequently calls better hands and loses.
Picked Off
To get called when you are bluffing.
Picture
Slang name for a face card.
Pigeon
An easy player.
Pocket
Starting hole cards in stud and Hold'em.
Pocket Rockets
A pair of aces in the hole.
Position
One's location in the betting sequence, relative to the players still in the hand.
Pot
The total amount of money bet so far in a hand.
Pot Limit
A game where the maximum bet is determined by the size of the pot at the time.
Pot Odds
The amount of money in the pot divided by the amount of money you must bet in order to call.
Premium Hands
The best possible hands.
Proposition Player /Prop
An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is just to play and help keep enough players at a table. The prop player does not participate in wins or losses.
Puck
A token denoting the dealer position. See Button.
Puppy Feet/ Pups
Club flush or just the suit of Clubs.
Quads
Four of a kind.
Qualifier
A minimum standard that a hand must meet in order to win. Usually applied to the lowball side of a high-low split pot.
Quartered
To divide half a pot between two tying hands in split pot games.
Rags
Board cards that are small to medium, not suited and not in sequence.
Rail
A barrier dividing the card playing area from a public area.
Railbird
A spectator behind the rail.
Rainbow
Small groups of cards with no two in the same suit.
Raise
To wager more than the minimum required to call, forcing other players to put in more money as well.
Raiser
One who raises.
Rake
The usually small percentage of money taken from each pot and given to the house in return for hosting the game.
Rat-Hole
To take money or chips off the table during play.
Read
To determine whether an opponent has a good, medium or bad hand by observing his personal behavior. REPRESENT - Implying, by one's betting style, that one has a particular hand.
Reraise
To raise after an opponent has raised.
Ribbon Clerk
A small time gambler.
Ring Game
A standard game where players can come and go as they choose.
River
The last card dealt in a hand of stud or Hold'em.
Rock
A very tight, solid poker player.
Rolled Up
In seven-card stud, being dealt three of a kind in the first three cards.
Royal Flush
An ace-high straight flush, the best possible hand in regular poker.
Runner-Runner
A hand made using both of the last two cards dealt.
Rush
A winning streak.
Sandbag
Playing a strong hand as if it were only a fair one.
Scoop
To win all of the pot in a split pot game.
See
To call a bet, as in: 'I'll see you'.
Semi-Bluff
To bluff with a come hand that figures to win if it hits.
Set
Trips or Quads. In Holdem, a pair in your hand with one (or two) on the board.
Shark
A good/crafty player often posing as a fish early in the game.
Shill
An employee of the gaming establishment whose primary purpose is just to play and help keep enough players at a table. A shill is staked to the game by the house as his compensation.
Short Call
Call a bet with not enough money on the table and start an all-in side pot.
Short-Stacked
Playing with a only a small amount of money.
Showdown
The point at the end of the hand where all active players reveal their cards and the pot is awarded to the winner(s).
Side Pot
When an active player runs out of money during the course of a hand, the remaining players participate in a second or Side Pot for the rest of the hand. Additional side pots are possible if several players run out of money at different points in a hand.
Slowplay
To play a hand unaggressively and risking as little as possible.
Small Blind
In games with two blinds the first blind is the Small Blind because it is usually one-half (or less) the amount of the big bland.
Snapped Off
To get a good hand beat.
Solid Player
A strong, all around player.
Split Openers
In draw poker, to discard one or more openers, usually to draw to a straight or flush.
Split Pair
A pair in Stud with one card up and the other down.
Split Pot
A pot that is split between two or more hands.
Spread
For a casino to offer a particular game.
Stack
The amount of money (the stack of chips) a player has on the table.
Stacked Deck
A deck that has been arranged to give one player a huge advantage.
Stake
The amount of a player's BUY-IN, or the amount of money they are willing to play with in a given session.
Stand Off
To call a raise. 'Opener raises, I stand off'.
Steal
To win the pot by bluffing.
Steal Position
The next to last or last position.
Steam
Playing wildly, calling and raising a lot.
Straddle
In Hold'em, a raise to the big blind before the deal.
Streets
Fourth Street, Fifth Street etc. In stud, the fourth card dealt to a player, the fifth card etc.
String Bet
An unethical and often illegal means of raising whereby a player puts a call-size stack of chips into the pot and, after observing the reactions of the players, then goes back to his stack and puts out more.
Stuck
A significant amount of money lost.
Stud
Any of several poker games in which some of each players' cards are exposed.
Suicide King
King of Hearts. So named because in the drawing the king appears to be stabbing himself in the head.
Suited
Two or more cards all the same suit.
Table Charge
A fee paid for playing.
Table Stakes
A standard rule whereby during a hand players can only bet the money they have on the table.
Tap
In no-limit games, to wager all of one's money in one bet.
Tapped Out
Out of money.
Tell
Any personal mannerisms that reveal the quality of one's hand.
Three of a Kind
Three cards all the same rank.
Three Flush
Three cards of the same suit.
Tied On
When your hand is good enough to play it to the end.
Tight
A style of play that entails playing fewer hands than average.
Tight Player
A person who plays on the premium hands.
Toke
Gambling term for 'tip'. Comes from the term 'Token of appreciation'.
Top Pair
In flop games, having a hole card that matches the highest card on the board.
Top Two Pair
In flop games, having hole cards that make the highest possible two pair hand.
Trey
A three.
Trips
Three of a specific kind, as in 'Trip sixes'.
Turn
The fourth community card in Hold'em.
Two Flush
Two suited cards.
Underdog
Before all the cards are dealt, a hand that does not figure to be the winner.
Under the Gun
The position that has to act first in a round of betting.
Uphill
To chase or try to outdraw a better hand.
Value Bet
A small bet to get calls and increase the pot.
Walk
A pot won by the last blind when no one opens.
Wheel
A-2-3-4-5. The best possible low hand. Also called a 'Bicycle'.
Wild Card
A joker or standard card that, by player agreement and/or dealer's choice, can be used to represent any card desired.
Wired Pair
A pair in the hole. In 5-card stud, a door card that pairs the hole card.

A full house, also known as a full boat or a boat (and originally called a full hand), is a hand that contains three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank, such as 3 ♣ 3 ♠ 3 ♦ 6 ♣ 6 ♥ (a 'full house, threes over sixes' or 'threes full of sixes' or 'threes full'). It ranks below four of a kind and above a flush. If two or more players hold a full house, the highest three-of-a-kind wins. So, if a hand contained 3 aces and 2 kings (also known as 'Aces full of Kings') it would beat 3 kings and 2 aces (also.

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For anyone who has played poker for a while, you are probably familiar with the standard poker hands. But did you know there are names for non-standard poker hand too?

And even some of the names that we think are standard poker hands aren’t really standard, but variations of a standard hand.

Standard Poker Hands

The standard poker game has a standard ranking system. This system assumes that there are no wild cards and follow standard poker play where each player is dealt a minimum of 5 cards and only 5 cards are used to determine the winning hand. Below I have ranked in order from best to worse, the standard hands in poker:

  • Straight Flush. A straight flush contains 5 cards in consecutive order all of the same suit. The lowest ranking straight flush (assuming the game allows for aces to be high or low) is an ace, a 2, a 3, a 4, and a 5. All must have matching hearts, clubs, spades, or diamonds.
  • Four of a Kind. When a player has four of a kind, the player has 4 cards of the same rank. The lowest four of a kind hand would be 4 2’s.
  • Full House. In a full house, a player has 3 cards of matching rank and 2 cards of another matching rank. It is a combination of 2 lower-ranking hands: three of a kind and a pair. The lowest ranking full house would be a hand containing 3 2’s and 2 3’s.
  • Flush. Any five cards of the same suit. An example of a flush could be a 2, a 4, a 6, a 7 and a jack all of clubs.
  • Straight. A straight contains 5 cards in order but have different suits. The lowest ranking straight would be an ace 2, a 3, a 4, and a 5 all of a different suit (once again assuming that the ace can be played either high or low).
  • Three of a Kind. A three of a kind contains 3 cards of the same rank, For example, 3 7’s.
  • Two Pair. When a player has two pair, he has 2 cards of one rank and 2 cards of another rank. The lowest ranking two pair hand would be 2 2’s and 2 3’s.
  • One pair. This is when a player has 2 cards of the same rank. The lowest ranking pair is 2 2’s. However, in most video poker games, a player must have 2 jacks or better to have a winning hand, but this can vary based on the version of the video poker game the person is playing.
  • High Card. This is simply the highest card in a hand where none of the cards match up to make one of the above scenarios.

As you can see this covers all the standards, but even in this case, there are some you may have heard of that are not there. And there are definitely others that have interesting stories behind the names.

Non-Standard Poker Hands

5 of a Kind

Everyone has heard of 5 of a kind, and the name is self-explanatory. You have 5 matching cards. This is a non-standard hand because there are only 4 of each kind in a deck. But when you are in a casino that plays poker with multiple decks or playing a game with wild cards, the possibility exists for 5 of a kind. It is the highest ranked hand in these types of games

Royal Flush

Slang

This is also one that everyone had heard of, but it is not technically a standard poker hand. It is technically a straight flush with the highest ranking cards. Incidentally, the term flush comes from the Latin “fluxus” which means flow and is used in poker because it means fullness, in this case, full of the same suit.

Big Bobtail

A big bobtail is when you have a 4 card straight flush. The term bobtail simply means cut short. So a big bobtail is one card cut short of a straight flush.

Straight Flush House

A straight flush house is when you have 3 cards of one suit and 2 cards of another in consecutive order. As the name indicates, the hands of a straight, a flush and a full house are used to coin this term.

Wrap-Around Straight

In this hand, the player will have a Q-K-A-2-3. With the ace being both a high and low card in most games, the Q-K-A combination are the top 2 ranks and the A-2-3 cards are the lowest, thus this hand bridges or wraps the cards around from highest to lowest via the ace. It is also known in some circles as a round-the-corner straight.

Skip Straight

A skip straight is cards in consecutive order that skip ranks, for example, a hand of 2-4-6-8-10 would be a skip straight as it is consecutive but skips the 3, 5, 7 and 9. Other names for this are alternate straight, Dutch straight, skipper, or kangaroo straight.

Five and Dime

A five and dime hand is one where the player has all of their cards between 5 and 10 with no pairs with a 5 as the low card and the 10 as the high card. Since there are six ranks between 5 and 10 (inclusive) this would mean they are one card short of a straight or straight flush (if all of the cards are of the same suit). This hand gets its name from the famous Woolworth stores in the US at the beginning of the 20th century, which were called five and dimes because all of the items were either 5 or 10 cents.

Little Bobtail

Full house in poker slang

Much like the big bobtail, this hand means you are short from making a straight flush. In this case 2 cards short. This hand contains 3 cards, all of the same suit, in consecutive order

Flash

This is a very uncommon hand because, in most games, the Joker is not used, but in games where it is used, you can have a flash hand. It consists of one card of each suit (any rank) and the Joker. Where the term flash came from, in this case is not very clear, but it seems to be due either the fact that there are only 2 Jokers in a deck, meaning they are less likely to appear making a quick appearance in a game where they are played or because they are rarely used in a game so they appear “in a flash” and are gone.

Blaze

Also known as a blazer, this occurs when all the cards in your hand are jacks, queens and/kings. Since it means that you could have a full house or 2 pairs, the hand is “on fire” thus the term blaze.

Flush House

A flush house consists of 2 cards of one suit and 3 cards of another. It gets its name from a full house and a flush.

Cats and Dogs

Cats and dogs are no pair hand. The type of cats and dogs hand you have is determined by the highest and lowest cards.

Cats and Dogs rank below straight flush houses and above straights in games where they are allowed. Usually, if cats and dogs hands are played, they are the only unconventional hands allowed. It ranks just above a straight, and below a straight flush house or any other cat or dog.

Full house poker slang
  • Little dog: Has a 2 as the low card and 7 as the high card. This allows for 1 non-consecutive card in the hand as you would see in the five and dime hand.
  • Big dog: Has a 9 as the low card and an A as the high card and also allows for 1 non-consecutive card. This ranks above a straight or little dog, and below a straight flush house or cat.
  • Little cat: Has a 3 as the low card and 8 as the high card. This hand ranks above a straight or any dog, but below a straight flush house or big cat.
  • Big cat: A big cat is an 8 low card, K high card hand. This hand ranks just below a straight flush house, and above a straight or any other cat or dog.

It should be noted that in some games a dog or cat flush beats a straight flush, under the reasoning that a plain dog or cat beats a plain straight. In these circumstances, the big cat flush would be the highest hand in the game.

House

In some circles, the word tiger is substituted for cat.

These hands got their names because of dogs and cats tendency for these animals to chase things. In the case of these hand, you are chasing the missing card to make the straight.

Full House Poker Slang

Russ

A russ is 5 cards of the same color. The relationship of the names to the cards is unclear. There are 2 unsubstantiated origins of the term. The first is that it started to be used after World War 1 and was originally the term for all red cards, red being the color of the Communist Soviet Union or Russian, thus the shortened term russ. The other possible origin is from the Hindi term juice. The term juice has been slang for blood for centuries, thus as in the first possible origin, red cards were russ, then expanded to all black cards as well.

Skeet

A skeet is a hand consisting of a 9, a 5, a 2, and two other cards lower than 9. The word skeet means to shoot or spray. In this case, the ranks are spread out or sprayed over the non-suited cards. A skeet can also be referred to as a pelter or bracket

This hand also allows for a Skeet Flush, which is a skeet with all of the cards of the same suit.

Kilter

A kilter or kelter is what we have been learning today. It is a general term for all non-standard hands. The term means order or good condition. A phrase you may have heard of is off-kilter, which means out of balance; away from the norm. A kilter hand is one that is out of the norm.

Where Kilters Would Be Used

Most of these hands obviously would be meaningless or even impossible in standard poker, but there are games where they are not only meaningful but vital to know.

Games with wild cards would allow for the 5 of a kind hand.

Games with the joker (and the joker is not wild) would be games where the flash hand is used.

Games like Manilla which removes all cards below the rank of 7 and Mexican Stud where the 8s, 9s, and 10s are removed utilizing a good number of Kilter hands.

Ranking Hands with Kilters

At the beginning of this article, we showed you standard poker card rankings. But how would the kilter hands fit in? The answer is in the list below:

Full house poker slang
  • 5 of a Kind
  • Royal Flush
  • Skeet Flush
  • Straight Flush
  • 4 of a Kind
  • Big Bobtail
  • Full House
  • Flush
  • Straight Flush House
  • Big Cat
  • Little Cat
  • Big Dog
  • Little Dog
  • Straight
  • Wrap-Around Straight
  • Skip Straight
  • Five and Dime
  • Skeet
  • 3 of a Kind
  • Little Bobtail
  • Flash
  • Blaze
  • 2 Pair
  • Russ
  • Bobtail Flush
  • Flush House
  • Bobtail Straight
  • One Pair
  • High Card

Conclusion

Full House In Poker Slang

It is quite possible that you will never play a game of poker where most of the kilter hands are used. But they exist and they exist for a reason. The reason is that poker had hundreds of variations and these variations require rule changes.

Knowing these terms can also increase your reputation around the poker table. Even though a standard game wouldn’t use a big cat or a bobtail flush, you can impress your opponents in your friendly weekly poker game by commenting on how they almost got what they needed for a flush, but instead got a bobtail flush. This might make them think twice about calling a bluff in a future hand.

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