A - Abbreviation for the Ace cards; usually found in written texts on poker hands
A chip and a chair - Said to be the only things a player need to win a game
A-Game - (1) The highest stakes game playable in any card room or casino; (2) how a player’s performance is defined when he is giving a game his best shot
ABC - A sequence of the lowest possible cards
ABC - A description of how someone plays poker by the book; playing in a predictable manner
According to Hoyle - A phrase used to denote the strict adherence to the rules of poker
Ace - A card in the deck which could be given either the highest or the lowest value, depending on the game being played
Ace in the Hole - (1) An advantage not revealed outright; (2) an ace as a down card
Ace Magnets - A pair of pocket Kings K[x]K[x]
Ace Out - Means to win via an Ace-High hand
Ace-High - A hand with an ace but without cards forming a pair
Ace to Five - Used in a low hand game where 5-4-3-2-A is considered to be the lowest hand and where flushes and straights do not have any value
Ace Up the Sleeve - A form of cheating where an Ace card is drawn from the deck for use later in the game
Ace Working - An ace in a hand
Acepots - A form of high draw poker wherein the pot cannot be opened without at least two aces in a player’s hand
Aces and Spaces - A hand with two aces and three other worthless cards
Aces Full - A full house consisting of three aces and a pair of any other card
Aces Over - Two pairs of cards, one being a pair of aces; aces over any other pair in a full house
Aces Up - A hand with a pair of aces, and a pair of any other card
Acey-Deucey - A pair of aces and a pair of deuces; A-2 as a player’s first two cards
Acey-Uppy - A pair of aces and a pair of any other card
Act - To make a move (call, raise, or fold) during an allotted time
Action - refers to betting (checking or raising)
Active Player - A player who is currently in the hand
Add-on - Adding more chips at the end of a tournament’s re-buy period
dvantage Player - A player who mostly wins by cheating
Advantage Tool - A tool used for cheating; i.e.: a marked card
Advertise - To reveal an information (say, a card) that a player is not required to reveal with the intention of misleading how the other players interpret his game
Agent - A cheater’s accomplice
Aggressive - Used to describe a player who raises and re-raises often
Ainsworth - 6-2 being one’s first two cards (hold’em)
Air - Accidental uncovering of hands
Ajax - An ace and a jack in the pocket
Alabama Night Riders - Three Kings
Alcohol - A declaration made by a player that he will be making the minimum bet to stay in a hand
Alexander - The king of clubs
All-Black - A club or a spade flush; synonymous with “All-Blue”
All-Blue - A club or a spade flush; synonymous with “All-Black”
All-Pink - A heart or diamond flush; synonymous with “All-Red”
All-Red - A heart or diamond flush; synonymous with “All-Pink”
All-In - Betting all of the chips a player has
All-In Over the Top - When a player raises all of his chips after an opponent’s bet
AMC - An abbreviation for the expression “All My Chips”
All the way - When a player bets all of his chips
American Airlines - A pair of aces
An Ace Working - An ace in a player’s hand
Angle - A play or tactic that is neither legal nor illegal
Angle-Shooter - A player who uses unfair tactics
Animal - A loose aggressive player
Anna Kournikova - An A-K in the pocket
Ante - A mandatory bet paid before any cards are delt
Ante Bean - A chip used as the ante
Ante Up - To put one’s ante into the pot
Apple - Often the biggest game in a particular club
Aquarium - A card room or a table where a lot of inexperienced players are in
Argine - The queen of clubs
Arkansas Flush - A four-card flush
Artist - A cheater who manipulates the deck
Assigned Bettor - A player who is assigned to bet first in a particular round
Athos - An ace and a 10 in a player’s hand
Automatic Bet - A wager placed regardless of one’s hands; often a bluff
Ax - (1) Any hand with an Ace and another card of lower value; (2) the percentage amount of money the house/host takes from the pot; synonymous with rake
