Poker Dictionary

Here you can find poker slang and poker terminology used today that will help you to learn the game.

Saving Bets - Same as pushing bets.

Scoop - To win both the high and the low portions of a pot in a split-pot game.

Scramble - A face-down mixing of the cards.

Setup - Two suited decks, each with different colored backs, to replace the current decks in a game.

Side Pot - A separate pot formed when one or more players are all in.

Short Buy - A buy-in that is less than the required minimum buy-in.

Showdown - The final act of determining the winner of the pot after all betting has been completed.

Shuffle - The act of mixing the cards before a hand.

Small Blind - In a game with multiple blind bets, the smallest blind.

Split Pot - A pot that is divided among players, either because of a tie for the best hand or by agreement prior to the showdown.

Splitting Blinds - When no one else has entered the pot, an agreement between the big blind and small blind to each take back their blind bets instead of playing the deal (chopping).

Splitting Openers - In high draw jacks-or-better poker, dividing openers in hopes of making a different type of hand. Example: You open the pot with a pair of aces. One of your aces is a spade, as are the three other cards in the hand. If you throw away the non-spade ace to go for the flush, you announce to the table, Splitting openers.

Stack - Chips in front of a player.

Steal - To bet or raise causing an opponent to fold when you may not hold the best hand.

Straddle - An additional blind bet placed after the forced blinds, usually double the big blind in size or in lowball, a multiple blind game.

Straight - Five cards in consecutive rank.

Straight Flush - Five cards in consecutive rank of the same suit.

Street - Cards dealt on a particular round in stud games. For instance, the fourth card in a player’s hand is often known as fourth street, the sixth card as sixth street, and so on.

String Raise - A bet made in more than one motion, without the declaration of a raise (not allowed).

Stub - The portion of the deck which has not been dealt.

Supervisor - A card-room employee qualified to make rulings, such as a floor-person, shift supervisor, or the card-room manager.

Suited - Cards are of the same suit.