Middle Position - In respect to the order in which players are seated around a poker table, players who do not act first or last are in middle positions

CYAL8R - Abbreviation for 'see you later' - used often in poker chats

Assault Rifle - Pocket cards that are A-K-4-7 of any suit(s)

Independent Chip Model - a mathematical model used in the final stages of tournaments to calculate the money a player stands to make in the tournament.

CS - See Calling Station

Center Pot - See 'Main Pot'

Dealer can refer to:

1. The person dealing the cards.
2. A position in certain poker games, for the purposes of betting order even though someone else might be physically dealing.

20 Miles - Poker hand nickname for TT (two Tens)

3 of a Kind - See 'three of a kind'

7-Card Stud High/Low

7-Card Stud High

Ace

A-Team refers to the card combination AT (Ace/Ten). The term is a reference to the world-famous television series, "The A-Team"

Ace - A playing card. In a standard deck, an ace has a single suit symbol (a heart, diamond, spade, or club) located in the middle of the card. Aces may have either the lowest value or the highest value of all cards in a suit, depending on the game.

A poker hand with a full house consisting of three aces and another pair. This hand will beat all other full houses.

A poker hand with two pair, with one one pair being aces.

Action has two meanings in poker terminology:

1. A player's turn to act. If a player seems not to realize it's his or her turn, the dealer will say "Your action."
2. Bets and raises.

A marker on which a player places an extra forced bet.

Starting hand consisting of an ace and a jack (AJ)

A poker strategy characterized by raising and betting often.

Air Jordan - A poker starting hand combination made up of an Ace and a Jack.

Ajax - A combination of starting cards made up of an Ace and a Jack.

AK47 - Card combination referred to as 'Machine Gun' or 'Assault Rifle' (named after the Russian machine gun).

AKQJT - Card combination referred to as 'Broadway'

All-in - Having bet all of your chips in the current hand.

American Airlines - A hand with two aces in the hole (AA)

Anna Kurnikowa is a term used to describe the card combination AK (Ace/King) often with the side-comment: "looks good but doesn't win very often"

Ante - A forced bet which requires all players to put an equal amount of money or chips into the pot before the deal begins.

AP - The abbreviation for the poker room Absolute Poker, one of the few places where Americans can play online.

APPT - The abbreviation for the Asia Pacific Poker Tour

ASAP - The abbreviation for the phrase, 'as soon as possible,' which is often used in poker chats.

Ashtray - Term used to refer to the starting hand A3

Asia Pacific Poker Tour - the first major poker tour in Asia. Like its counterparts the European Poker Tour and Latin American Poker Tour, it is sponsored by PokerStars.

Ax - Any starting hand with an ace. The 'x' symbolizes any other card.

Backdoor - A hand requiring drawing cards from two or more rounds or a hand made other than the hand the player originally intended to make.

A bad beat is situation where a good hand is beaten by an improbable hand that is even better. Poker players often use the term to refer to situations outside the world of gambling as well.

Bankroll - The amount of money that a player has to wager

BB = See 'Big Blind'

BBL - Abbreviation for 'be back later' - used often in poker chats

BBS - Abbreviation for 'be back soon' - used often in poker chats

Beer Hand - in poker terms, this is often said to 72 (seven/two) and essentially means "don't play, go drink a beer instead. Statistically, seven/two is the worst possible pre-flop starting hand.

Bet - Any money wagered during the play of a hand or, more specifically, the opening bet of a betting round.

BF - Abbreviation used to refer to the online poker room and betting exchange Betfair.

Big Bet - the larger of two fixed bet amounts in a fixed-limit poker game.

Big Blind - The larger of two fixed bet amounts (also known as a 'big bet'). Big blinds are generally double the amount of the initial or small blind.

Big Chick - A nickname for the starting hand ace-queen (AQ). Also known as Little Slick.

Big Lick - Hole cards consisting of a 6 and a 9, regardless of suit.

Big Slick - A nickname for the card combination AK (both suited or otherwise).

Blackjack - In reference to the card game of Blackjack, the term is used in poker to refer to the card combination AJ (Ace/Jack)

Blank - A board card ('community card')  that doesn affect the standings in the hand.

Blind - a type of forced bet posted by players to the left of the dealer button in most poker games.

BLNT - Abbreviation for 'better luck next time' - used often in poker chats

Blocky - Starting hand combination made up of a Six (6) and Three(3).

A bluff is a classic and popular poker move. It involves, for example, pretending to have a very strong hand to force one's opponents to fold and throw away their cards. If, however, the other players do not fall for the bluff, chances to win the pot at the showdown are slim at best. It is also called bluff if one has a strong and competitive hand but signals the opposite to the other players.

Board - All the community cards in a hold'em game - the flop, turn, and river cards together.

Board Cards - Cards that can be used by all players in community card games.

Bot - (from "robot") - in poker, a computer program that plays poker online. Bots have been a source of great controversy in recent years.

Bottom Pair - A pair with the lowest card on the flop.

BR - can refer to 'Bankroll' in poker chat rooms.

Bracelet - the prize awarded to the winner of every event at the annual World Series of Poker.

Brick and Mortar Club - A poker room with a physical location where players gamble in real life. This term is used to distinguish such places from online card rooms.

Broadway - An Ace High Straight

Broderick Crawford - The pocket cards 10-4, either suited or offsuit.

BU - As an abbreviation used in poker chat rooms, BU means 'Button'

Bubble - The last finishing position in a poker tournament before entering the payout structure.

Bullets - Term used to refer to the starting hand combination AA, also known as 'American Airlines'

Burn card - a playing card dealt from the top of a deck, and discarded ('burned'). Burn cards are almost always placed face down next to the discard pile without being revealed to the players as a security against any player recognizing or glimpsing the next card to be used on the board.

Button - A marker that signifies the dealer's position. The player with the button receives the last card dealt in a round.

Buy-in - An amount of money paid by players to enter a poker tournament. Often shown as two numbers, such as $100+9, meaning that it costs a total of $109 to enter the tournament with $100 going into the prize pool and $9 going to the house.

C - 'Call' or 'Clubs' depending on context

C/C - See check-call

C/R - See check-raise

Call - To match the current high bet.

Calling Station - a (negative) term describe a player who consistently calls bets and rarely (if ever) raises, regardless of the strength of his or her hand.

Canadian Aces - The nickname for the starting hand card combination QQ

Canine - The poker starting hand King-Nine (K9).

Cap - A limit imposed on the number of raises allowed in a betting round. Typically three or four (in addition to the opening bet).

CAPT - Casinos Austria Poker Tour, an annual poker tournament series held in Austria.

Case Card - The last available card of a certain a rank

Ch - See 'Check'

Check - the equivalent of calling the current bet of zero (if no one else has bet yet in a given round).

Check-call - A strategy to remain in a hand while playing passively, meaning to check and not bet and then call the another player's bet if one is made.

Check-raise - a play in which a player first checks early in a betting round, hoping another player will open. The player who checked then raises in the same round.

Check-raiser - Term used to describe players that use the tactic of check-raising often (see check-raise).

Chip - A form of casino tokens used in place of currency in casinos.

Chip Leader - The player currently holding the most chips in a tournament.

Chip Tray - The tray or box in front of a dealer that holds that table's inventory of chips.

CL - See 'chip leader'

Clubs - One of the four suits used in standard card decks. 

CO - See Cutoff

Coin Flip - A situation in which each of two players have approximately equal chances of winning the pot.

Cold Call - Calling an amount of bets or raises by more than one player.

Commander Crab - Nickname for the card combination K3 (also known as 'King Crab')

Common Card - Another term for 'community card'

Community Card - A card dealt face up that can be used by any player at the table.

Computer Hand - The term given to the starting cards Q7, the mathematical "average" starting hand.

Connectors - Pocket cards of consecutive rank.

Counterfeit - In community card games, a player or hand is said to be counterfeited when a community card does not change the value of his or her hand, but makes it more likely that an opponent will beat it.

Cowboys - Poker starting hand made up of two Kings (KK)

CR - See check-raise

Crabs - Pocket cards 33 (two 3's)

Crack - To beat another hand.

Cripple the Deck - means having a hand that is nearly impossible for any other player to beat.

Crying Call - A call made by a player who does not expect to win the current hand.

Cutoff - The player seated immediately to the right of the dealer button.

D - See 'Diamonds'

D-Day - Poker starting hand combination consisting of 44 (two 4's), possibly in reference to the D-Day invasion which began on June 6, 1944.

Dead Man's Hand - Two pairs, Aces and Eights, was the hand that Wild Bill Hickok was holding in a game of five-card-draw when he was murdered in 1876.

Dead Money - has multiple meanings in the world of poker:

1. Money contributed to a pot by a player no longer in the pot.
2. A player in a tournament who has no realistic chance of winning.

Dealer can refer to:

1. The person dealing the cards.
2. A certain game position used to determine the betting order, even though someone else might be physically dealing.

Deck - A complete set of cards is called a pack or deck.

If a player has a deep stack, this means his or her stack is distinctly larger than the maximal table buy in, e.g. a player owns a stack worth 2,000 Euros on a table with 1,000 Euros maximal buy-in.

In tournaments you've got a deep stack, when your stack is distinctly larger than the other players' stack and the stakes.

Devil's Hand - Nickname for the poker hand composed of three of a kind sixes

Diamonds - one of the four suits found in the standard international deck of playing cards.

Divas - One of the many nicknames for the poker starting hand combination QQ (two Queens).

Dolly Parton - "nine to five" is a hit from Dolly Parton, a famous American singer, which led to this nickname for the card combination 95

Dominated Hand - A hand that is very unlikely to win against another specific hand, even though it may not seem to be a poor hand.

Door Card - The first card dealt face up to a player (in stud games).

Double Date - Hand nickname for the card combination QQ (two Queens)

Draw - To play a hand that is not yet good, but could become so if the right cards come.

Drawing Dead - Playing a drawing hand that will lose even if successful (usually not proven as being a case of drawing dead until after the fact).

DS - See 'Deep Stacked'

Ducks - Twos (cards)

Early Position - In respect to the order in which players are seated around a poker table, players who act first are in early positions

EP - See 'early position'

EPT - See European Poker Tour

Equity - An estimation of a players expected share of the current pot, based on the total pot value and the chances the player has of winning it (depending on his or her cards and the number of other players).

European Poker Tour - a series of televised poker tournaments similar to those in the World Poker Tour (WPT).

EV - See 'expected value'

Expected Value - Expected value is the return (positive or negative) a player may expect on a wager.

Exposed Card - A card whose face has been deliberately or accidentally revealed to players who normally should not have seen it during game play. Some online card rooms have this function built-in as well.

F - See 'Fold'

Face Card - In a deck of cards, the term face card is used to describe any card that depicts a person.

Family Pot - A round where every player calls the opening bet.

FE - See 'folding equity'

FH - See Full House

Fido - A term for the starting hand combination K9 (see also: canine)

Final Table - The last table in a multi-table poker tournament. It is made up of the players who were not eliminated in previous rounds of the tournament and typically has no more than ten players.

Fish - A common (somewhat derogatory) term for bad poker players. 

Fishhooks - Nickname for the poker card combination JJ

Five and Dime - A starting hand consisting of a five and a ten.

Fixed Limit - In a game with a fixed-limit betting structure, players choose only whether to bet or not - the amount is fixed.

FL - See 'Fixed Limit'

Flat Tire - The pocket cards J-4, originates from the similarity to the question "What is a jack for (four)?" The answer to being "a flat tire."

FLH - Abbreviation for fixed limit holdem

Floorman - An employee at a cardroom who seats new players and overseas the games taking place. A floorman's duties also include enforcing poker rules and settling disputes. The term floorperson is also common.

Flop - The first three community cards in games such as Texas Hold'em or Omaha

Flush - A very powerful hand in which all 5 cards are of the same colour. Should there be more than one Flush in a hand the player with the higher personal card is the winner. Special variations of the Flush are the Straight Flush and the Royal Flush.

Flush Draw - When a player has four cards in his or her hand of the same suit and hopes to draw a fifth to complete the hand and make a flush.

Flush Hunter - A term for players who often attempt to build a flush

Fold - to discard one's hand and give up a chance of winning the current pot. No further bets are required by the folding player, but the player cannot win either.

Fold Equity - The extra value in forcing an opponent to fold. By not seeing a showdown, a hand has more value.

Forced Bet - All poker games require some form of forced bets in order to create an initial stake for the players to play for.

Four of a Kind - A poker hand containing four cards of equal rank. Also known as "quads"

Four Tits - Nickname for the starting hand combination QQ (two Queens)

Fourth Street - The fourth card dealt to the board in community card games (see 'turn').

Freerolls - poker tournaments that do not require the players to pay a buy-in fee to participate. Those kind of tourneys are particularly popular in online poker and are an effective means to win over new customers and turn play money players into real money players.

FT - See Final Table

FTP - This abbreviation refers to Full Tilt Poker, one of the most popular  poker rooms online.

FTW - Abbreviation for 'For the Win' - used often in online chat rooms

Full House - A poker hand with three cards of one rank and two cards of another rank.

FYI - Abbreviation for 'for your information' - used often in poker chats

Gap Hand - A starting hand with cards more than one rank apart.

Gay Waiter - A starting hand consisting of a Queen and Three (a queen with a 'tray')

GC - Abbreviation for 'good call' - used often in poker chats

German Virgin - The poker starting cards 99 (pocket nines). The origin of this nickname is said to be the following story: 'What does a virgin say when you are trying to get into her pants? "No. No." Now what does a virgin from Germany say? "Nein. Nein!" This would sound like "Nine. Nine."'

GG - Abbreviation for 'good game' - used often in poker chats

GH - Abbreviation for 'good hand' - used often in poker chats

GMTA - Abbreviation for 'great minds think alike' - used often in poker chats

Golf Bag - A Flush consisting of all clubs.

GP - Abbreviation for 'good play' - used often in poker chats

GTG - Abbreviation for 'got to go' - used often in poker chats

GTSY - Abbreviation for 'good to see you' - used often in poker chats

H - See 'Hearts'

H2H - Abbreviation for 'head to head'. See also: 'heads-up'

Half Bet Rule - A rule enforced in some casinos that placing chips equal to or greater than half the normal bet amount beyond the amount required to call constitutes a commitment to raise the normal amount.

The Hammer - The poker hand nickname for 72 offsuit

Hand History - The textual representation of a hand (or hands) played in an online card room.

Harry Potter - Nickname for the card combination KJ, originating from the name of the Harry Potter novel's author, J.K. Rowing.

Heads-Up - A game or hand where the pot is contested by only two players.

Hearts - One of the four suits found in the international deck of playing cards, represented by a picture of a red heart.

Hearts - one of the four suits found in the standard deck of playing cards.

Heinz - Term for the pre-flop hand 75

High Card - A no-pair hand, ranked according to its highest-ranking cards.

High Roller - a gambler who wagers large amounts of money

Hilton Sisters - Poker starting hand combination QQ (two Queens)

Hockey Sticks - A pair of 7's (77) as a starting hand.

In stud and hold 'em-type games, "hole cards" are cards dealt face down.

House - The establishment running a poker game.

HU - See Heads-Up

IC - Abbreviation for 'I see' - used often in poker chats

ICM - See Independent Chip Model

IMHO - Abbreviation for 'in my honest opinion' - used often in poker chats

In the Money - Having reached a point in a poker tournament to be guaranteed a part of the prize money. This varies according to the size of the particular tournament and can mean playing at the final table or just being on of the last players eliminated.

ITM - See 'In the Money'

IYKWIM - Abbreviation for 'if you know what I mean' - used often in poker chats

A face card typically worth more than a 10 and less than a queen.

Jack Benny - Starting card combination of a three and a nine, derived from comedian Jack Benny's running joke of always being 39 years old.

Jackson Five - Starting hand of a Jack and a Five

Jay-Jay - Nickname for the poker hand combination JJ (two Jacks)

Jenna Jameson - Nickname for the starting hand card combination JJ (two Jacks)

Jesse James - Nickname for the poker hand combination 54 (the American outlaw was allegedly killed with a shot from a .45 pistol)

John Travolta - Nickname for the starting card combination JT (a Jack and a Ten)

Johnny Moss - Refers to hole cards (pocket cards) consisting of an Ace and a 10, in reference to poker legend "Johnny Moss".

The 53rd card in a deck, normally only used it draw games. In home games, the joker is often used as a wild card.

JTLYK - Abbreviation for 'just to let you know' - used often in poker chats

Kicker - a card in a poker hand that does not take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank. Also called a side card.

King Crab - Term for the poker starting hand combination K3

King Kong - Starting hand combination made up of KK (two Kings)

King of Queens - Starting hand card combination of KQ

KIT - Abbreviation for 'keep in touch' - used often in poker chats

Kojak - The poker starting hand King-Jack (KJ)

The Ladies - Poker card combination QQ (two Queens)

Late Position - In respect to the order in which players are seated around a poker table, players who act last are in late positions

Latin American Poker Tour - a major poker tour in Latin America, sponsored by PokerStars.

Limit - The minimum or maximum amount of a bet.

Limp - To call, generally refers to pre-flop action.

Little Slick - A nickname for the starting hand ace-queen (AQ). Also known as Big Chick.

Live Cards - Cards that are not duplicated in an opponent's hand.

A lobster is the term given to a player who is easily taken advantage of by other players, especially by cheaters.

LOL - Abbreviation for 'laugh out loud' - used often in poker chats

A longshot is a term used to refer to either a hand or a bet that has a very low probability of winning.

A low roller is player that only gambles for small stakes. The opposite of which is a high roller.

LP - See 'late position'

LTNS - Abbreviation for 'long time not seen' - used often in poker chats

Made Hand - A hand that does not need improvement to win (compare with 'drawing hand')

Magnum - The nickname for the poker hole card combination 44

Main Event - The most important game in a poker tournament.

In games involving a side pot, the term main pot is used to distinguish the two. The main pot is the pot that all players have action in.

The term major league game refers to a game with the highest stakes in a particular cardroom at a given time.

The phrase "to make a score" means to win big in a game of poker.

Marriage - Nickname for the pre-flop poker hand K-Q

Micro-Limits - Games with stakes so small that they couldn't be dealt in a real cardroom and thus exist only at online poker sites. Games with limits between $0.25 and $ 0.50 and below could be called "micro-limit" games.

Middle Position - In respect to the order in which players are seated around a poker table, players who do not act first or last are in middle positions

Midlife Crisis - Nickname for the poker hand combination 44 (two fours)

A minor hand is usually a hand with three aces or worse.

Mommas and Poppas - A nickname for the poker hand combination QQKK (two Queens and two Kings)

Monster - A very strong hand, also called a 'Monster Hand'

Motown - A term for the starting hand combination of a Jack and a Five (J5)

MP - See 'middle position'

MTT - Multi-Table Tournament

Multi-Table Tournament - Tournaments involving many players playing simultaneously at dozens or even hundreds of tables.

NB - See 'nice bet'

NFD - See 'nut flush draw'

NH - Abbreviation for 'nice hand' - used often in poker chats

NLH - No-Limit Hold'em

No-limit - A game played with a no-limit betting structure allows each player to raise the bet by any amount up to and including his or her entire remaining stake at any time.

NP - Abbreviation for 'no problem' - used often in poker chats

Nut Flush - The best possible flush for a given situation. It must not be the nut hand overall.

Nut Flush Draw - A hand needing a single card to complete a Nut Flush.

O - See 'Off Suit'

OESD - See 'Open-Ended Straight Draw'

Off Suit - Cards that are not of the same suit.

OH - See 'Omaha High'

OH/8 - Omaha High/Low

OIC - Abbreviation for 'oh I see' - used often in poker chats

OL - See 'Open Limp'

Omaha Hi-Lo - A variation of Omaha in which each player makes a separate five-card high hand and five-card ace-to-five low hand, with the pot being split between the high and low (which may be the same player).

Omaha High - A variation of Omaha in which the highest hand wins.

One-Gap - A starting hand with two cards two apart in rank.

OOP - Out of Position

Open Limp - Being the first person in the pot preflop, but not raising.

Open-Ended Straight Draw - A poker hand consisting of a sequence of four cards of consecutive rank in which there are two possible card ranks that will complete a straight.

Out - any card that, if drawn, will improve a player's hand to one that is likely to win.

Out of Position - A player is "out of position" to opponents acting after him. May also refer to betting out of position, which means betting out of turn.

Overcall - To call a bet after one or more others players have already called.

Overcard - A card higher than any card on the board.

Overpair - A pair of pocket cards higher than any card on the flop.

Paint - See Paint Cards

Paint Cards - Cards of the rank of Jack, Queen or King. Also known as Face Cards or Picture Cards.

Pair - a poker hand that contains two cards of the same rank

PFC - Pre-Flop Call

PFF - Pre-Flop Fold

PFR - Pre-Flop Raise

PL - see Pot Limit

Playing the Board - To play a hand in a community card game when a player's cards don't make a hand any better than what is already shown on the board.

PLH - Pot-Limit Hold’em

PLO - See 'Pot Limit Omaha'

PLO/8 - Pot-Limit Omaha High/Low

Pocket Cards - Face-down cards. Also known as 'hole cards'

Pocket Pair - A starting hand ('pocket cards') with two cards of the same rank, making a pair.

Pocket Rockets - The poekr starting hand AA (two Aces)

Poker Odds Calculator - Player tools that automatically calculate the odds of winning given certain card combinations.

Poker Strategy Program - External player aids that collect statistics about the playing habits of other online poker players and give access to them to their users

Post - To make the required forced bet in games played with blinds rather than antes

Pot - the sum of money that players wager during a hand or game. Most likely derived from the word "jackpot".

Pot Limit - In a pot-limit poker game, no player can raise more than the size of the total pot, which includes the starting pot, previous action in the current betting round and a call from the player making the raise.

Pot Limit Omaha - A popular variation in Europe and in high-stakes "mixed games" played in some American rooms combining a pot limit stake structure with the game of Omaha.

Pot-Committed - A situation in which a player is essentially forced to stay in a hand because the size of the pot is so large compared to the size of his or her stack.

PP - The abbreviation for Party Poker, one of the largest poker rooms online.

Pre-Flop - In flop games, this refers to the time when players already have their pocket cards but no flop has been dealt yet. It's also the first round of bets.

PS - The abbreviation for PokerStars - the world's largest poker provider

Quads - another term for "four of a kind"

Queen - A card identified by picture of a queen with a rank as if it were 12 (that is, between the King and the Jack).

Queen with a Tray - Nickname for the poker hand combination Q3 (a Queen and a Three)

Quentin Tarantino - Nickname for the poker hand combination Q10 (a Queen and a Ten)

Railroad Hand - A nickname used to refer to the poker hand combination J6 (a Jack and a Six)

Rainbow - A flop that contains cards of three different suits, meaning a flush cannot be made on the turn.

Raise - an increase in the size of the bet required to stay in the pot, forcing all subsequent players to call the new amount if they wish to remain in.

Raised Pot - A pot that has been increased before the flop

Rakeback - Repayment to a player of a portion of the rake paid by that player.

Rank - The numerical value of a card (as opposed to the suit).

RB - Rakeback

Rebuy - An option for a player to buy back into a tournament after they have lost all their chips. This is only offered in certain tournaments.

Reraise - Raising after one has been raised.

Return on Investment - The amount of money or chips that a particular action in poker has generated or will generate over time and that is in excess of a player's own contributions ("expectation minus investment"). Return on investment is expressed as a percentage of the player's contribution.

Ring Game - A regular poker game (as opposed to a tournament).

ROI - See 'Return on Investment'

Royal cards - also known as face cards or picture cards, are the jack, queen and king of any suit.

RR - Re-Raise

Sailboat - A pair of fours as hole cards (starting cards)

Satan - The nickname given to the poker card combination 666 (three Sixes)

Satellite - A kind of qualifying tournament that does not award cash to its winners, but instead entry to another tournament.

Saw Mill - Hand nickname for the poker card combination K9 (a King and a Nine)

SB - See 'Small Blind'

SC - See 'Suited Connector'

Second Pair - A card combination that forms a pair with the second highest card on the flop.

Set - A poker hand consisting of 'three of a kind' with two of the matching cards in a player's hand and one on the board.

SH - Shorthanded (see 'Shorthand')

Shark - A professional player. See also: 'fish'

Shootout - A poker tournament format in which the last remaining player of each table goes on to play the remaining players of other tables, with each table playing independently of the others.

Short Stack - A relatively small amount of chips compared to the stakes being played.

Shorthand - A poker game with six or fewer people.

Showdown - The final portion of a hand of poker in which all players remaining turn their cards over and determine who has the best hand.

Side Game - A ring game running alongside a tournament with players who have either been eliminated or decided not to play in the tournament.

Side Pot - A separate pot created to deal with the situation of one player going "all-in"

Siegfried and Roy - A pair of queens as a starting hand (hole cards)

Sit and Go - A poker tournament with no scheduled starting time that begins as soon as the required number of players have put up their money.

Slow Play - A poker strategy based on playing a strong hand weakly so more players will stay in the pot (and presumably contribute chips to it).

Small Bet - The smaller bet in a fixed-limit game.

Small Blind - The smaller of two blind bets typically used in a hold'em game.

Snake Eyes - Nickname given to the poker hand combination AA (two Aces)

SnG - See 'Sit and Go'

Spades - one of the four suits found in the standard deck of playing cards.

Speed Limit - Nickname for the poker hand combination 55 (two Fives)

Split Pot - A pot that is shared by multiple players because they have equal-ranking hands.

SRY - Abbreviation for 'sorry' - used often in poker chats

SS - Short Stacked (see 'Short Stack')

Stake - The amount of money a player has paid into a given pot.

Starting Hand - The initial cards dealt to a player. In hold'em games, synonymous with 'hole cards' or 'pocket cards'

Str8 = Straight

Straight - A poker hand containing five cards of sequential rank but in more than one suit.

Suited - Cards with the same suit.

Suited Connectors - Poker starting hands consisting of two cards next to each other (see 'connector') of the same suit (see 'suited')

Sunset Strip - A pair of 7's (77) as pocket cards. Also known as 'Walking Sticks'.

Thirty Miles of Bad Road - Poker hand combination consisting of three tens (TTT).

Three of a Kind - Three cards of the same denomination. For example: 4h, 4c, 4s.

Three Wise Men - A nickname for the poker hand KKK (three Kings)

Tight - A playing style in which a player takes part in very few hands, only entering into pots when he or she holds a very strong poker hand.