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A-Game | 1. The game played at the highest available stakes at a particular venue.
2. A description of the quality of a player's performance when he is playing at the top of his ability.
Usage: Like in sentence "He is playing his A-game." Opposite to Z-Game. |
ABC Player | A player who follows a predictable and readable betting pattern. Usage: Like in sentence "He was an ABC player."
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Ace-High | A five-card hand with an ace but no pair; if nobody has at least a pair, it's the winning hand (similarly "King-high", "Queen-high etc.). Usage: Like in sentence "I have an ace high; can you beat that?" "Yes, I got a pair of deuces."
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Add-on | A purchase of more chips (optional) at the end of the re-buy period in a tournament.
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Aggressive | Adjective to describe a player who raises and re-raises and rarely calls.
Usage: Like in sentence "John is really an aggressive player".
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Aliases | Group of players names tagged under the one name. Usually used to see all your results from different sites under the one name |
All-In | To run out of chips while betting or calling. In table stakes games, a player may not go into his pocket for more money during a hand. If he runs out, a side pot is created in which he has no interest. However, he can still win the pot for which he had the chips. Example: "Poor Bob. He made quads against the big full house, but he was all-in on the second bet."
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Angle-Shooting | Using unfair tactics.
Usage: A poker player who uses various underhanded, unfair methods to take advantage of inexperienced opponents. The difference between an angle shooter and a cheat is only a matter of degree. What a cheat or thief does is patently against the rules; what an angle shooter does may be marginally legal, but it's neither ethical nor gentlemanly. Nor is it in the spirit of the game. Unfortunately, poker is not a gentleman's game. In addition to learning how to protect yourself against cheating players, you must learn to watch out for the angle shooters. See "Angle".
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Ante | A small portion of a bet contributed by each player to seed the pot at the beginning of a poker hand. Most hold'em games do not have an ante; they use "blinds" to get initial money into the pot.
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