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The first step in understanding Big Poker Sharks is to apprehend everything they say. Of course the following terms are the most usual ones and your poker vocabulary should not be restricted to this amount of words. However these are the basic poker terms and one can’t understand the process of the game, not to say become a good player without knowing their meaning. It is implied that you already know poker rules. If you don’t, please, click here and read them carefully because it is useless to try to understand the strategy of the game not knowing its rules.
Kinds of the cards:
Holecards
The cards a player receives from a dealer. They can be seen only by the player holding them. There are 2 holecards in Texas Holdem, 3 holecards in Seven Card Stud and 4 holecards in Omaha Poker .
Board cards (or community cards)
The cards, which can be observed and used by all the players at the table.
Positions at the table:
Button
A small disc, which shows who would be the dealer if the players dealt the cards themselves. Except in the preflop round, this supposed dealer acts last in a round of betting.
Small Blind
The first forced bet or a person who posts it. He is the the first person to the left of the button.
Big Blind
The second forced bet equal to doubled Small Blind or a person who posts it. Big Blind is the second person to the left of the button. Both Big and Small Blinds are posted before the deal.
Actions available for poker players:
Fold
To abandon your hand, usually because you are sure you would loose the hand. You are unable to win after foldind, but you don’t have to call bets anymore throughout the hand.
Call
To place an amount of chips in the pot equal to the previous bet. It is the cheapest way to stay in the game.
Check
You can check or to pass your turn only in case there has been no betting before you in a betting round. It is like calling a $0 bet.
Raise
To make a bet which is larger than the previous one. Other players should either call it or re-raise Otherwise they must fold.
Re-raise
To make the second raise in the same betting round.
All-n
To go all-in means to bet all your chips
Different cards at different stages of the game:
Preflop
The stage of a Holdem game when players have two holecards cards and there are no board cards on the table yet.
Flop
The first three board cards dealt in a Holdem game.
Turn
The fourth board card that coming out in a Holdem game. It comes after the flop.
River
Fifth and final card coming out in a Holdem game, after the turn.
Chances:
Outs
The cards which can improve the hand.
Pot Odds
The odds a player gets while drawing.
Implied Odds
Money you expect to win against the money you can loose remaining in the game.
To know more poker terms read Poker Glossary
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