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Poker lingo tipsPoker lingo tips
Now that online casinos have all those chat room, you will want o be able to understand what some poker players are chatting about when they use some of those interesting phrases they use. You know bingo right – well, you see all those darn chat phrases that go on in those rooms, these days, poker is getting almost as bad really. No, you will not see a bunch of initialed phrases like LOL and the like, but you may see terms like boat, bullets, rainbow and so many more, Instead of being in the dark, here are a few terms to share with you that you will most definitely see in the poker rooms:
Bad beat: When you lose a hand that by many rights you should have won.
Boat: A full house.
Bullets: This is the term used to describe a pair of aces – or at least one of the terms.
Bump: This is a raise.
Calling station: This is many times used by poker player to describe a weak player who plays too many hands they should have ditched really.
Catching perfect-perfect: Having the last 2 cards in a game of poker that complete a straight or flush. This is hand completer if you will (AKA – making runner-runner and backdoor hand).
Door card: The first face up card each player gets.
Heads up: Playing one on one.
On tilt: This is referred to as playing emotionally and quite recklessly. Some poker player engage in this behavior when they are trying to win there losses back – bad always bad.
Pocket: These are down cards or hole cards.
Quads: 4 of a kind.
Rainbow: In flop games, this is a flop that has 3 different suits (thus making flush possibilities not the best).
Scare cards: Up cards that suggest a strong hand.
Set: 3 of a kind (trips).
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