Poker Glossary
Poker glossary
93 of the poker terms you hear most at the table, explained in plain English with their Chinese names. Type a keyword to search.
Basic actions12
- Check過牌
- Decline to bet when no one has bet yet, keeping your cards and passing the action to the next player.
- Bet下注
- Put chips into the pot when no one has bet yet in the current round.
- Call跟注
- Match the amount the previous player put in to stay in the hand.
- Raise加注
- Put in more chips after someone has bet, forcing the others to match the higher amount.
- 3-Bet再加注
- Re-raise a pre-flop raise. Further re-raises are called 4-bets, 5-bets and so on.
- Fold棄牌
- Give up your hand, put in no more chips and give up any claim to the pot.
- All-in全下
- Push all of your remaining chips into the pot at once.
- Limp平跟
- Just call the big blind pre-flop instead of raising. Usually seen as a passive play.
- Straddle抓頭
- A voluntary blind of twice the big blind posted by the player left of the big blind before the deal, who then acts last pre-flop.
- Muck蓋牌
- Throw your hand away at showdown without showing it, which is the same as conceding.
- Check-raise過牌加注
- Check first, then raise after an opponent bets. Used for value or as a bluff.
- Donk Bet領打
- A bet from the out-of-position player into the player who had the initiative on the previous street.
Seats and position9
- Button (BTN)莊家位
- The seat with the dealer button. It acts last after the flop, which makes it the best seat at the table.
- Small Blind (SB)小盲
- The first seat to the left of the button, which must post the small blind before the deal.
- Big Blind (BB)大盲
- The second seat to the left of the button, which must post the big blind before the deal.
- UTG槍口位
- Under the Gun: the first seat left of the big blind. It acts first pre-flop and is the worst position.
- MP中間位置
- Middle Position: the seats between UTG and late position.
- HJ劫持位
- Hijack: the seat to the right of the cutoff.
- CO關煞位
- Cutoff: the seat to the right of the button, the second-best position at the table.
- In Position (IP)有利位置
- Acting after your opponent post-flop, so you see what they do before you decide.
- Out of Position (OOP)不利位置
- Acting before your opponent post-flop, with less information.
How a hand plays out14
- Hole Cards底牌
- The private cards dealt to each player. Two in Texas Hold'em, four in Omaha.
- Board公牌
- The shared cards dealt face up in the middle of the table, up to five.
- Pre-flop翻牌前
- The betting round after the hole cards are dealt and before any community cards.
- Flop翻牌
- The first three community cards, dealt together, and the betting round that follows.
- Turn轉牌
- The fourth community card.
- River河牌
- The fifth and final community card.
- Showdown攤牌
- After the last betting round, the remaining players reveal their hands to see who wins.
- Pot底池
- All the chips the players have put in during the hand.
- Side Pot邊池
- An extra pot built from bets made after a player is all-in. The all-in player can't win it.
- Ante前注
- A small forced bet every player posts before the deal, common late in tournaments and in Short Deck.
- Blinds盲注
- The two forced bets, small and big blind, that make sure every hand has chips to play for.
- Split Pot平分底池
- When two or more players have exactly the same hand, the pot is shared equally.
- Run It Twice發兩次
- After an all-in, if both players agree, the remaining board is dealt twice and the pot is split by the results.
- Rabbit Hunt看後續牌
- Revealing the community cards that would have come after a hand ends early. It does not change the result.
Hand strength and draws16
- Kicker踢腳
- The side card used to break a tie between hands of the same type.
- Nuts堅果牌
- The best possible hand on the current board. It cannot be beaten.
- Pocket Pair口袋對子
- Two hole cards of the same rank, such as 77.
- Set暗三
- Three of a kind made with a pocket pair and one matching board card. Very well disguised.
- Trips明三
- Three of a kind made with one hole card and a pair on the board.
- Overpair超對
- A pocket pair higher than every card on the board, such as QQ when the highest board card is a J.
- Top Pair頂對
- Pairing the highest card on the board with one of your hole cards.
- Draw聽牌
- A hand that is not made yet but becomes strong if a particular card comes.
- Flush Draw同花聽牌
- Four cards of one suit, needing one more for a flush. Usually 9 outs.
- OESD兩頭順
- Open-Ended Straight Draw: a straight draw that can be completed at either end, with 8 outs.
- Gutshot卡順
- A straight draw that needs one specific inside rank, with 4 outs.
- Backdoor後門聽牌
- A draw that needs both the turn and the river to hit.
- Outs補牌
- The number of remaining cards that would give you the best hand.
- Suited同花
- Two hole cards of the same suit, written with an s, as in AKs.
- Offsuit不同花
- Two hole cards of different suits, written with an o, as in AKo.
- Connectors連張
- Two hole cards next to each other in rank, such as 98. Suited connectors look like 9♥8♥.
Strategy concepts14
- C-bet持續下注
- Continuation bet: the pre-flop raiser bets again on the flop.
- Bluff詐唬
- Betting or raising with a weaker hand to make your opponent fold a better one.
- Semi-bluff半詐唬
- Betting with a draw that can still win if called.
- Value Bet價值下注
- Betting a strong hand to get called by worse hands and win more chips.
- Slow Play慢打
- Playing a strong hand passively on purpose to draw more chips from your opponent.
- Pot Odds底池賠率
- The ratio of the amount to call to the total pot after calling, used to judge whether a call is worth it.
- Equity勝率權益
- Your hand’s chance of winning the pot from the current situation.
- EV期望值
- Expected Value: the average profit or loss of a decision over the long run.
- Range範圍
- All the hands an opponent could hold, based on how they've played.
- GTO博弈最佳解
- Game Theory Optimal: a balanced strategy based on game theory that is hard to exploit.
- Exploit剝削
- Adjusting your play to target an opponent's obvious leaks for maximum profit.
- Tilt上頭
- Making irrational decisions because of emotion. One of a poker player's biggest enemies.
- Blocker阻擋牌
- A card in your hand that makes it less likely your opponent holds a particular hand.
- Implied Odds隱含賠率
- Pot odds that also count the extra chips you expect to win when you hit.
Player types and stats8
- Fish魚
- An inexperienced player who makes frequent mistakes.
- Reg常客
- Regular: a capable player who plays the same stakes often.
- Nit緊弱玩家
- A very cautious player who only plays a handful of strong hands.
- TAG緊兇
- Tight-Aggressive: plays few hands but plays them aggressively. Widely seen as a solid style.
- LAG鬆兇
- Loose-Aggressive: plays a wide range of hands aggressively and puts opponents under heavy pressure.
- VPIP入池率
- The share of hands where a player voluntarily puts chips in the pot. Measures how loose or tight they are.
- PFR翻牌前加注率
- The share of hands a player raises pre-flop. Measures how aggressive they are.
- HUD數據面板
- Heads-Up Display: a tool that shows opponents' stats live at the table.
Tournaments and clubs15
- MTT多桌錦標賽
- Multi-Table Tournament: a large tournament played across many tables at once.
- SNG單桌賽
- Sit & Go: a small tournament that starts as soon as the seats fill, usually one table.
- Satellite衛星賽
- A qualifying tournament where the prize is a ticket to a bigger event.
- Bounty / PKO賞金賽
- Knock out a player to win their bounty. In PKO (progressive knockout) bounties grow as you eliminate players.
- ICM獨立籌碼模型
- Independent Chip Model: a model that converts tournament chips into prize money value.
- Bubble泡沫圈
- The stage of a tournament when one more elimination puts everyone left in the money.
- ITM進入錢圈
- In The Money: finishing in a paid place in a tournament.
- Re-entry重新報名
- Registering again after being knocked out, with a fresh stack.
- Rebuy / Add-on重購 / 加購
- Ways to top up your chips during a set period.
- Rake服務費
- The fee a site or club takes from the pot or the buy-in.
- Club ID俱樂部 ID
- A club’s unique code. Enter it to apply to join that club.
- Union聯盟
- A shared lobby formed by several clubs, pooling tables and players.
- Insurance保險
- Cover you can buy when all-in. If you get outdrawn, it pays out, reducing swings.
- Bomb Pot炸彈底池
- A special hand where every player puts in a fixed amount, pre-flop is skipped and the flop is dealt straight away.
- Double Board雙公牌
- Two boards are dealt at once and the pot is split between the winners on each board.
Pineapple OFC terms5
- Top / Middle / Bottom頭道 / 中道 / 尾道
- Pineapple sets 13 cards into three rows: 3 on top, 5 in the middle and 5 on the bottom.
- Foul爆牌
- If your rows do not follow bottom ≥ middle ≥ top, the hand is fouled and loses automatically.
- Royalties獎勵分
- Bonus points for making certain strong hands in a row.
- Scoop全勝
- Winning all three rows against an opponent, which earns extra points.
- Fantasyland範特西
- Make QQ or better on top without fouling and your next hand is a bonus round where you get many cards at once.
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