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Ever wondered what the various terms in poker stand for?

The General section has explanations for the general terminology used in poker.

The Texas Hold'em Section contains information relative to Texas Hold'em Poker .

Cut Off

General Terminology
The cut off is the person immediately to the right of the dealer. This is usually the last person to have action in the betting round.

Deal

General Terminology

To deal is to distribute the cards after being shuffled.

All active players are dealt cards according to the rules of the game being played.

Dealer

General Terminology
The dealer is the person who is dealing the cards. It can also be the person who has the dealer chip. In this case he may not be the person that deals the cards.

Door Card

General Terminology
The door card is the first card that is dealt face up. In Texas Hold'em the first door card is the first card to be placed face up in the flop round.

Exposed Card

General Terminology
A card whose face has been deliberately or accidentally revealed to players normally not entitled to that information during the play of the game. Various games have different rules about how to handle this irregularity.

Fold

General Terminology
To fold is to discard one's hand and forfeit interest in the current pot. Folding may be indicated verbally or by discarding one's hand face down into the pile of other discards called the muck.

Hole Cam

General Terminology
Nowadays with the televised poker tournaments, hole cams are used to show the television viewers the player's face down cards in the game.

Juice

General Terminology
The juice is the money taken by the casino or poker room where the game is taking place. In poker it is also called the rake.

Kitty

General Terminology
A pool of money built by collecting small amounts from certain pots, often used to buy refreshments, cards, and so on. The home-game equivalent of a rake.

Muck

General Terminology
To muck in a poker game is the same as to fold. The cards from players that have folded are placed in the mucked cards pile. These are the cards that have been discarded from the current game.

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