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Poker can be quite jargon-intensive. In this article, you will hopefully find all the weird poker terms and their signification. Do not hesitate to send us a mail if there is a poker expression that you do not understand and which does not figure in this piece.
Aggressive: said of a player who plays his hands actively, betting and raising frequently.
Big-Bet poker: refers to No-Limit of Pot-Limit betting style, by opposition to Limit.
Blind: the blinds are forced bets posted by players to the left of the dealer button in flop-style poker games. The number of blinds is usually two, but can be one or three (Wikipedia). In some places, the button also posts a blind, but it has become quite rare nowadays.
Continuation Bet: in community-cards games, the term continuation bet refers to a bet made on the flop by the last preflop raiser. See also this article.
Implied Odds: the extra money you rate to make after you have made your hand.
Limping: the act of opening a pot by calling the blind rather than raisin. Limping is generally a mistake at short-handed poker, especially at limit.
Loose: a player who plays many hands.
Loose-Aggressive: a loose player playing his / her hands aggressively.
Loose-Passive: a loose player playing his / her hands aggressively.
the Nuts: the best possible hand in function of the board cards.
Outs: when currently behind in a poker hand, an out is a card that would allow you to outdraw your opponent on the next street. Example, you hold   in TExas Hold'em. The board is    , and your opponent holds   . Any diamond on the Turn would give you a winning hand. You thus have 9 outs.
Passive: said of a player who plays his hands passively, mostly checking and calling.
Playing blind: playing poker without looking at your holecards.
Pocket Rockets: a pair of Aces. Term normally used by Texas Hold’em players.
Pot-Limit: a betting structure where bets cannot exceed the size of the pot.
Short-Stacking: the act of playing a big-bet poker game with a small-stack. A small stack is generally considered to be 30 big blinds or below.
TAG: see Tight-Agressive.
Tight: a player who ply few hands.
Tight-Aggressive: a tight player who plays his hands aggressively.
Tight-passive: a tight player who plays his hands passively
Under-the-Gun: the player first to act on the preflop betting round.
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