| Term |
Description |
| Baby |
A small card. |
| Back Door |
Making your hand, usually a flush or straight, with both the turn and river cards. |
| Backer |
A person who supplies players with money to play with, in return for a share of the profits. |
| Bad Beat |
When a strong hand is beaten by a hand that had very little chance of winning. |
| Bankroll |
The total amount of money available to gamble with. |
| Belly Buster |
A draw to an inside straight. |
| Bet |
To voluntarily place chips into the pot. |
| Bet the Pot |
A bet equal to the size of the pot. |
| Bicycle |
A straight containing the cards Ace, 2, 3, 4 and 5 |
| Big Bet Poker |
Pot limit or no-limit poker. |
| Big Blind |
A designated blind bet that is placed by the player sitting in the second position, clockwise from the dealer, before any cards are dealt. |
| Blank |
A card that is useless in relation to a player's hand. |
| Blind |
A forced bet that is made by designated players before any hands are dealt. |
| Bluff |
To bet or raise a poor hand in the hope of getting better hands to fold. |
| Board |
The cards that are dealt face up for all players to see. |
| Boat |
A full house. |
| Bot |
An abbreviated term for "robot" - programs that automatically play without human input. |
| Bottom Pair |
When the player uses the lowest card on the board to make a pair with their hand. |
| Bounty |
A prize for knocking out a specific player in a tournament. |
| Brick |
Another term for "blank" |
| Brick and Mortar |
A real establishment with buildings as opposed to "online". |
| Bring-In |
In Seven Card Stud, the forced bet made by the player who shows the lowest upcard on the first betting round. |
| Broadway |
A straight containing the cards Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten. |
| Bubble |
The point in a tournament where there is one more player remaining than there are prizes. |
| Bump |
To raise. |
| Burn |
To deal the top card from a deck of cards, face down into the discards pile. |
| Button |
A small disk used to indicate which player is the dealer for a hand. |
| Buy-in |
The minimum amount of money required to participate in a particular poker game. |
