| Baby |
:
|
A
small card, specifically an ace, 2, 3, 4, or 5. The
term is used especially in razz -and high-low split. |
|
Back
door |
:
|
In
seven-card stud and hold 'em, three cards to a flush
or a straight after five cards have been dealt. In
general, the term is used for a hand made on the end,
which a player was not originally trying to make. |
| Bad
beat |
:
|
Having
a hand that is a big favorite defeated as the result
of a lucky draw, especially when the person drawing
was playing incorrectly by being in the pot in the
first place. |
| Bad
games |
:
|
a game in which your opponents are too good for you
to expect to win; a game in which you're an underdog. |
| Bankroll |
:
|
The
amount of money you have available to wager. |
| Belly
buster |
:
|
A
draw to an inside-straight. Also called a gut shot. |
| Best
of it |
:
|
A
situation in which a wager can be expected to be profitable
in the long run. |
| Bet: |
: |
To
put money in the pot before anyone else on any given
round. |
| Busted
hand |
:
|
A
hand that does not develop into anything of value.
|
| Bettor |
:
|
The
person who first puts money in the pot on any given
round. |
| Button |
:
|
When
there is a house dealer, as in the card rooms of Las
Vegas, the button is a round disc that rotates around
the table to represent the dealer for the purposes
of indicating which player is to be first to act.
A button is necessary in hold 'em, draw lowball, and
five card draw. |
| Buy
in |
: |
The
minimum amount of money required to sit down in a
particular games. |
| Bet
for value |
:
|
To
bet in order to be called by a lesser hand. You are
betting to make money, not to make your opponents
fold.
|
| Bicycle |
:
|
Ace,
2, 3, 4, 5 - the best possible hand in lowball. Also
called a wheel and a baby straight. The term is used
in all games. |
| Blank |
:
|
A
card that is not of any value to a player's hand. |
| Blind |
:
|
In
hold 'em, draw lowball, and some other games, a forced
bet that one or more players must make to start the
action on the first round of betting. The blind rotates
around the table with each new deal. The person whose
turn it is to bet is said to be in the blind. |
| Bluff |
:
|
A
bet or raise with a hand you do not think is the best
hand.
|
| Board |
|
The
cards that are face up in a player's hand. In hold
'em, the community cards. |
