| Action | Opportunity to act. A players turn is his action. |
| Ante | A small bet given by each player to start the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. |
| Burn | between each betting round before putting out the next community card(s) there is a process of discarding the top card from the deck, face down. This is done as security against any player recognizing or glimpsing the next card to be used on the board. |
| Complete Hand | A hand that is defined by all five cards - a straight, flush, full house, four of a kind or a straight flush. |
| House | The place running the game. |
| Inside Straight | A hand that has four of the cards necessary for a straight but needs one in the middle to complete it. |
| Kicker | An unpaired card used to determine which of two near - equivalent hands is better. |
| Muck | The pile of folded and burned cards in front of the dealer. |
| Open - ended straight | Four successive cards needing one at either end to make a straight. |
| Pocket | Your exclusive cards that only you can see. |
| Protect | To keep your hand or place a chip on your cards. This prevents them from being fouled by a discarded hand, or accidentally being mucked by the dealer. |
| Quads | Four of a kind. |
| Rank | The numerical value of a card. |
| Tell | A sign or indication that a player accidentally gives about the strength of his hand or next action. |
| Toke | A small sum of money that the winner of the pot gives the dealer. |
| Trip | Three of a kind. |
| Variance | A measure of the up and down swings your fund goes through. |
