Any player who sees fit to lecture about how to play, and then is blatantly wrong, is a short term target. These players almost never last very long, are often first-timers and are seldom exploitable over time.
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| bad beat | See bad beat. | U |
| combo, combination game | A casino table at which multiple forms of poker are played in rotation. | U |
| act | To make a play (bet, call, raise, or fold) at the required time. It is Ted's turn to act. Compare to "in turn". | U |
| irregularity | Any of a number of abnormal conditions in play, such as unexpectedly exposed cards, that may call for corrective action. See Public cardroom rules (poker). | U |
| case card | The last available card of a certain description (typically a rank). The only way I can win is to catch the case king., meaning the only king remaining in the deck. | U |
| bank | Also called the house, the person responsible for distributing chips, keeping track of the buy-ins, and paying winners at the end of the game. | U |
| royal cards | Royal card are also known as face cards. These cards consist of the Jack, Queen, and King of any suit. | U |
| kicker | See kicker (poker). | U |
| no-limit | See no-limit. | U |
| half bet rule | In some casinos, the rule 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. For example, in a game with a $4 fixed limit, a player facing a $4 opening bet who places $6 in the pot is deemed to have raised, and must complete his bet to $8. Compare to "full bet rule". See Public cardroom rules (poker) and "all in" betting. | U |