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Back-in: - To win by default or unexpectedly.
Backdoor: - Catching both the turn and river card to make
a drawing hand. For instance, suppose you have As- 7s. The flop comes Ad-6c-4s.
You bet and are called. The turn is the Ts, which everybody checks, and then
the river is the Js. You've made a "backdoor" nut flush. See also
"runner."
Backraise: - A reraise. To make a minimum raise to avoid
a larger raise.
Bank Night: - High-low five-card stud with two twists.
Bank: - Where the money from purchased chips is kept.
Banker: - The person responsible for selling and cashing
chips.
Bankroll: - The money a player uses to play poker with as
opposed to the money he lives on Back Door: A hand-made back door is one made
using both of the last two cards, as in seven card stud or Texas hold 'em.
Beans: - Chips.
Behind: - When you don’t have the best hand before the last
cards have been dealt.
Belly Hit: - When a draw fills an inside straight (Gut Shot).
Best Flush: - A game in which only flushes win the pot.
Bet Into: - To bet before another player who apparently has
a better hand.
Bet or Get: - A rule that one must either bet or fold with
no checking allowed (Bet or Drop, Passout).
Bet the Limit: - To bet the maximum amount allowed.
Bet the Pot: - To bet an amount equal to the pot.
Bet the Raise: - The maximum bet being twice that of the
previous bet or raise.
Betting Interval: - The period from the first bet to the
last call in any given round.
Betting Pace: - The degree, extent, and aggressiveness of
bets and raises.
Betting Ratios: - The differences in maximum bets allowed
with each round of betting.
Betting Stakes: - The dollar limits of all bets and raises
permitted.
Big Bill: - A hundred dollars or a thousand dollars.
Big Blind: - The final and largest blind bet.
Big Cat: - Five unpaired cards from the king to the eight.
Big Dog: - (1) Five unpaired cards from ace to nine. (2)
A big underdog.
Big One: - A thousand dollars.
Big Slick: - In Hold’Em it’s an ace and a king as your hole
cards.
Bird Dog: - One who gets players for a game.
Black: - The color of $100 chips.
Blaze: - A five-card hand containing five picture cards.
Bleed: - To slowly bleed money from a game or a player.
Blind Bet: - A blind bet, or blind, is a forced bet that
must be posted before you see any cards. Usually, blinds are put in by players
immediately to the left of the button.
Blind Low: - Five-card stud bet blind all the way to the
last bet.
Blind: - A mandatory or forced bet before the deal by the
first player to the dealer's left.
Block System: - An ante, open, and first raise automatically
done in the blind by the dealer.
Blood Poker: - A higher-stake poker game played primarily
for money rather than for social reasons.
Blow Back: - A raise after previously calling or checking.
Bluff: - A bet with a weak hand (typically a busted hand),
usually intended to get other players to fold.
Board: - All the community cards in a hold'em game - the
flop, turn, and river cards together. Example: "There wasn't a single
heart on the board."
Boat: - Another name for a full house.
Bolt: - To fold.
Bonus: - A fixed sum established by house rules that is paid
by each player to the holder of a very high-value hand such as a straight
flush (Premium, Royalty, Penalties).
Boost: - To raise.
Bottom Pair: - A pair with the lowest card on the flop. If
you have As-6s, and the flop comes Kd-Th-6c, you have flopped bottom pair.
Boxed Card: - A card turned the wrong way in a deck.
Brief: - A single stripper card in a deck used to facilitate
illegal cuts.
Bring In: - To bring in the betting is to make the first
bet on the first round of a hand. A player who does this is said to "bring
it in." In seven-card stud, often the lowest card on the board is forced
to bring it in. The bet so placed is called the bring-in.
Brush: - A card room employee responsible for managing the
seating list.
Bug: - (1) The joker used in high-hand poker as an ace or
as a wild card for filling straights and flushes. A wild card in lowball.
Can be used in high-low as both a high card and a low card in the same hand
(Joker). (2) A device fastened beneath the poker table by a cheater to hold
out a card or cards.
Bull Montana: - Five-card stud with betting, then jacks required
to open the final bet.
Bull or Bullet: - An ace.
Bull: - A player who raises frequently.
Bump: - To raise.
Buried Card: - A card randomly inserted in the deck.
Burned, Burnt, or Burn Card: - (1) An exposed card put face-up
on the bottom of the deck (2) A card dealt face down into the discards.
Bust: - To run out of money, especially in a tournament.
Busy Card: - Any card that completes a hand.
Button: - A white acrylic disk to indicate who is the (nominal)
dealer. Also used to refer to the player on the button.
Buy In: - The stack of chips that a player buys at the start
of a game.
Buy: - To buy a pot is to make a bet large enough that other
players would be unlikely to call.
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