Poker terms - ev poker

All in – To “go all in” means that you bet all your chips in the same time.

Bad beat – Is being used in some different situations, but is often describe a clear favourite
hand that loses in the end to another hand.

Connected cards – Cards in a sequence like 4-5, 7-8 and so on.

Draw hand – A hand that have potential and will be realized if the right card(s) joins.

Dominated hand – For example A-K is dominated by A-A because the King becomes the only “living” card.

Flop – The first three table cards.

Hole cards – The cards you are dealt before the flop.

Kicker – If the table shows A-5-T-3-Q and you holding A-9, you got a pair of Aces and a 9 kicker.

Limp in – If you just pay the blind before the flop and don’t raise.

Nuts – The player with “the nuts” holds an unbeatably hand.

Outs – The number of the cards in the deck that will improve your hand.

Over cards – If the table shows 5-7-8 all card higher then 8 is over cards.

River – The same thing as the 5th table card.

Runner-runner – This is when you need to hit both on turn and river to make your draw hand.

Showdown – When all table cards have been placed and the players reveal their cards.

Suited cards – Cards belonging to the same colour.

Table image – The impressions of a specific player among his opponents.

Turn – The same thing as the 4th table card.

The button – The button lying in front of a player showing he’s in last position after the flop.