Poker Glossary

A full house with three aces and any pair.

A five card hand that contains one ace, with no straight or flush or a hand with no pair in it.

An ace with a weak kicker.

A hand that contains two pairs, one of which is Aces.

Checking/Betting/Raising. A game in which players are playing a lot of pots is considered an 'action' game.

Any player who is still in the hand.

A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in a tournament.

When a player bets all his/her chips. In online poker, you may be deemed 'All-in' when you are disconnected (even if you have chips remaining).

This is the protection afforded to you when you are disconnected from an online poker game. When you return to the game, you contend for the pot in an amount proportional to what you contributed. All-In protection for disconnection is limited to preventabuse.

Pocket Aces.

Ace King. Because it looks pretty, but never wins.

Money placed in the pot before the hand is begun.