Glossary

ace high

(n phrase) A no pair poker hand whose highest card is an ace. Ranks lower than one pair.

act
(v) Bet , call , fold, check , or raise in turn.

action
1. (n) The need for a player to do something in turn. "When the action gets to you, you must fold, call, or raise." 2. Much betting and raising . "The $2/$4 game has a lot of action." 3. (adj) Describing a game with a lot of betting and raising or a player who bets and raises frequently. "I was in a real action game." "He's an action player."

active
(adv) Still in contention for the pot. Usually used as part of the phrase active hand or active player.

active hand
(n phrase) The hand held by an active player.

active player
(n phrase) One who either has equaled all the bets thus far in the betting sequence, or has gone all in, that is, run out of chips with which to call.

add on
(v phrase) Buy an add-on.

add-on
(n) 1. A last buy-in optionally permitted in a rebuy tournament, usually with no minimum chip requirement. That is, at the point of the add-on, every player still in the tournament can get another buy-in, generally receiving for the add-on a larger amount of tournament chips than any of the rebuys. The add-on usually comes after a predetermined amount of time, say one hour, and after the rebuy period. 2. The act of adding on, or the point in a tournament at which players can add on. "This is a $20 buy-in tournament, with unlimited rebuys during the first four levels, and one optional add-on at the end of the rebuy period."

all in
(n) 1. A last buy-in optionally permitted in a rebuy tournament, usually with no minimum chip requirement. That is, at the point of the add-on, every player still in the tournament can get another buy-in, generally receiving for the add-on a larger amount of tournament chips than any of the rebuys. The add-on usually comes after a predetermined amount of time, say one hour, and after the rebuy period. 2. The act of adding on, or the point in a tournament at which players can add on. "This is a $20 buy-in tournament, with unlimited rebuys during the first four levels, and one optional add-on at the end of the rebuy period."

all-in
(adj phrase) Descriptive of being all in, in phrases such as all-in player or all-in bet.

all-in bet
(n phrase) A bet made by a player in which he puts all his chips in the pot because he is all in.

animation
(n) In an online cardroom, this term refers to the dealing of cards, chip movement, and so on, which take place as smooth movements. At Full Tilt Poker, you can disable this facility (from the Options menu in the lobby) so that these actions take place instantaneously.

ante
(n) A payment into the pot by each player before cards are dealt for the purpose of stimulating action. Usually forms of seven-card stud have antes. At Full Tilt Poker, the ante is generally approximately one-tenth the size of the lower limit. Sometimes hold'em tournaments have antes during late stages.

ante game
(n phrase) A poker game with antes instead of blinds. Forms of seven-card stud are the usual ante games. Compare with blind game.

app
(n) See software.

application
(n) See software.

auto center
(n) When this facility is enabled at Full Tilt Poker (from the Options menu in the lobby), whenever you first sit down at a table, no matter where the open seat is that you click on, the table rotates such that you are in front center. If you specify that option, you can still always move your position by right-clicking on the seat that is at the position you want and then clicking the Put Me Here option.

auto muck hands
(n) When this facility is enabled at Full Tilt Poker (from the Options menu in the lobby), your cards are automatically discarded at the showdown in turn when you have a loser. When disabled, the software prompts you at the showdown in turn to muck your cards or show them when you have a loser. If your hand is better than the last-shown hand (or ties), the software automatically shows your cards in turn at the showdown. (NOTE: The software never folds your hand if it is a winner.)

auto-post antes
(n) When this facility is enabled at Full Tilt Poker (using the checkbox in the lower left of the table window) in a stud game, the software automatically posts your antes for you at the start of each hand.

auto-post blinds
(n) When this facility is enabled at Full Tilt Poker (using the checkbox in the lower left of the table window) in a hold'em-type game, the software automatically posts your blinds in turn.

avatar
(n) In an online cardroom, the graphical representation of "players" while they are playing, presented in the form of caricatures at their seating positions at the table.