Learning The Lingo Of Texas Hold'em Poker-more Poker Terms
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Here are a number of common terms you will hear when playing Texas hold'em poker:
Bad Beat. When the odds to win are in your favor and yet your hand ends up getting beaten, that is what is known as a “bad beat”.
Big Slick. Having an Ace and a King as your two pocket cards.
Big Chick. Probably a piece of wordplay based on “Big Slick.” It means you have an Ace and a Queen as your pocket cards.
Check-raise. When you check on your turn to bet, drawing a bet from another player, and then raise on that player’s bet, that is what is known as a “check-raise.”
Flush Draw. Having four out of the five cards you need to complete a flush.
Inside Straight Draw. Having four out of the five cards you need to complete a straight, the needed card being somewhere in the middle of the card sequence. An inside straight draw is also known by the terms “gut shot” and “belly buster.”
Kicker. A tie-breaking card that is used to complete such hands as two pair, three of a kind, and four of a kind. Five-card hands do not make use of a kicker.
Limp. When you call the minimum bet to play in a hand, that is known as “limping into the hand.”
Muck. To fold your hand without showing your cards.
Nuts. When you have the unbeatable hand at the table, you are said to be holding the “nuts”
