Below are several common and uncommon Texas Holdem Slang terms that players use during the game to discribe a hand or a particular situation. To make it easy to learn, we'll start with the cards and then move on to poker hands and betting situations. If you know of any not listed here, please (contact us).
Slang Terms for Cards in Texas Holdem Poker
|
|
|
|
|
A-A |
Pair of Aces |
Bullets, Rockets, Pocket Aces , Top Gun, American Airlines |
|
K-K |
Pair of Kings |
Cowboys, Cannons, Pocket Kings |
3 |
Q-Q |
Pair of Queens |
Ladies, Bitches, Sigfreid and Roy, Mop Squeezers, Poket Queens |
|
4 |
A-K (suited) |
Ace King Suited |
Big Slick, Anna Kornakova |
|
5 |
J-J |
Pair of Jacks |
John Jacob, Poket Jacks |
|
6 |
A-K |
Ace King |
Big Slick, Anna Kornakova |
|
7 |
A-Q (suited) |
Ace Queen Suited |
? |
|
8 |
10-10 |
Pair of Tens |
Pocket Tens |
|
9 |
A-J (suited) |
Ace Jack Suited |
? |
|
10 |
A-Q |
Ace Queen |
? |
|
11 |
A-10 (suited) |
Ace Ten suited |
? |
|
12 |
A-J |
Ace Jack |
? |
|
13 |
A-10 |
Ace Ten |
? |
|
14 |
K-Q (suited) |
King Queen Suited |
? |
|
15 |
K-J (suited) |
King Jack Suited |
King George, K J |
|
16 |
K-Q |
King Queen |
? |
|
17 |
9-9 |
Pair of Nines |
Pocket Nines. Ninety Nine |
|
18 |
K-10 (suited) |
King Ten Suited |
? |
|
19 |
Q-J(suited) |
Queen Jack Suited |
? |
|
20 |
K-J |
King Jack |
King George, K J |
|
21 |
8-8 |
Pair of Eights |
Snowmen, Pocket Eights, Eighty Eight |
|
22 |
Q-10 (suited) |
Queen Ten Suited |
? |
|
23 |
K-10 |
King Ten |
? |
|
24 |
7-7 |
Pair of Sevens |
Seven and Seven, Pocket Sevens, Seventy Seven |
|
25 |
J-10 (suited) |
Jack Ten Suited |
? |
|
26 |
6-6 |
Pair of Sixes |
Pocket Sixes, Sixty Six |
|
27 |
Q-J |
Queen Jack |
? |
|
27 |
Q-10 |
Queen Ten |
? |
|
29 |
J-10 |
Jack Ten |
? |
|
30 |
5-5 |
Pair of Fives |
Speed Limit, Pocket Fives, Fifty Five |
|
31 |
4-4 |
Pair of Fours |
Pocket Fours, Fourty Four |
|
32 |
3-3 |
Pair of Threes |
Pocket Threes, Thirty Three |
|
33 |
10-9 (suited) |
Ten Nine Suited |
? |
|
34 |
2-2 |
Pair of Twos |
Pocket Twos, Twenty Two, Stanley's, Dueces, |
|
35 |
9-8 (suited) |
Nine Eight |
Ninety Eight |
|
36 |
10-9 |
Ten Nine |
? |
|
37 |
8-7 (suited) |
Eight Seven Suited |
Eighty Seven |
|
38 |
9-8 |
Nine Eight |
Ninety Eight |
|
39 |
7-6 (suited) |
Seven Six Suited |
Seventy Six |
|
40 |
10-2 |
Ten Two |
Doyal Brunson |
Slang Terms for Hands in Texas Holdem Poker
Top Pair - The best pair showing on board. Example: ( Player has K, J, and the board shows K, 2, 3)
Top Two - The best two pair possibility with the board showing. Example: (Player has A, 10, and the board shows A, 10, 7, 6, 2).
Trips - Three of a kind. Example: (Player has K, 10 and the board shows, 10,10,A)
Set - Also referred to as trips but most often player has a pair in thier hand. Example: (Player has 4, 4, and the flop comes 10,4,6) now they have a set of 4's or three of them.
Gut Shot - Drawing to an inside straight. Example: (Player has 7,8, 10,J and needs to catch the 9 to make the straight). Also known as a bubble buster.
Inside Straight Draw - Drawing a card inside to catch the straight. Example: (Player has 2,3,4,6 and needs to catch the 5 to make a straight)
Open Ended Straight Draw - Drawing and outside card to catch the straight: Example: (Player has 9,10,J,Q and needs to catch the 8 or the King to get it)
Nut Straight - Highest straight you could catch on board. Example: ( The board shows 10,J,Q, and player has the King and Ace)
Flush Draw - Player needs to catch a card of the same suit in order to make the flush. Example: (Player has 3,4 of hearts and board shows 10,7 of hearts and 9 of spades if one more heart comes up, player will catch the flush)
Nut Flush - Player has the highest flush possible. Example: (Player has A, 5 of hearts and the board shows 2,7,J of hearts)
Boat - Also known as full house or full boat player has a three of a kind and a two of a kind. Example: (Player has K,K and the board shows K, 7,2,7).
Nut Boat - Best boat possible on with the board showing. Example: (Player has A,A, and the board shows A, 10,7,4,4).
Slang Terms and Definitions for Other Texas Holdem Terms
Nuts - Best poker hand possible with the board exposed.
Ignorant End - Person who has the lower straight. Example: (Player has 4,3 and the board shows 4,5,6,7. They have the low straight while someone with the 8 or even 8,9 would have the higher straight)
Short Pot - A small pot usually becuase someone bet large at the beginning and everyone folded.
Pot Odds - The pot is large enough to give a player good or respective odds if they stay in or call.
Mucked - Folded cards without showing them to the players at the table.
All-In - Player has put all of their chips at risk.
Double Up - A player who has doubled thier money or chips with one hand. Usually all in.
Short Stack - The player with very little or the least amount of chips at the table.
Big Stack - Player with a large amount or the largest amount of chips at the table.
Big Blind Special - Player who wins the hand while playing a poor starting hand in the big blind.
Pre Flop - The round of betting before the flop shows.
Flop - The three cards that come up after the first round of betting.
Turn - Also fourth street, the card that comes up after the flop.
River - Also fifth street, the last card to come up.
Rivered - Beat when the last card came up.
Checkraise - A player who checks the first time around and then raises
Heads Up - When only two players are left in the hand going head to head.
Kicker -
The fifth card in the hand that can determine the winner in a relative tie. Example: (Player one has A, J, Player Two has A, Q and flop comes up 10,10,10, 2,7. Player two would win becuase they have the highest kicker (the Queen) since all hands are determined by a total of 5 cards.
Out Kicked - Beaten by a higher kicker.
Limping in - Trying to get in a hand for as cheap as possible.
Outs - The number of cards left in the deck that can improve you poker hand.
Side Pot - The pot created if one player is all in and other players are still betting. The all in person can only win as much as they risked so a side pot is created in case they win.
Straddle - Posting a blind when left of the big blind. This can be done at any time you are exactly left of the blind and is twice the big blind amount.
String Bet - The act of putting chips in front of you to bet and then going back to your stack to get more chips after you have already called or proclaimed a particular or implied raise. This is not allowed at casios or normal tournaments.
Slow Playing - The act of not betting a really good hand. Example: (Player has A, A before the flop which is the best starting hand and then just calls or checks the hand.)
Loose - A term defining a player or a particular style of play at a table which is agressive.
Tight - A player or table that is playing very conservative.
