This Poker glossary lists
Holdem Omaha Stud terms plus rules for each game.

Although Texas Holdem Poker is the favorite game for online poker
players, Omaha holds
a great deal of interest for players.
7-Card
Stud poker is included because of its long history and the fact that
this multiplayer game will never go out of style. Stud poker holds fond
memories for veteran players while at the same time appealing to newer
players.
Each of the holdem omaha stud terms and mini-glossaries
below begin with a brief overview of the rules followed by terms for
the game.
Holdem
omaha stud page concludes with the Holdem Poker Report that details
the best and worst starting hands.
1A) Holdem Poker Rules at
holdem omaha stud terms
The casino dealer deals out two cards, face down, one at a time to each
player.
The first player to receive a card is the player to the left of the
button.
After
all players receive their two cards, there is a round of betting where
players can call, raise or fold. Checking is not
allowed on
this round, called blind betting.
The dealer now deals three cards face up in the center of the table
called the flop.
Another
round of betting begins. The dealer places a fourth card face up on the
table followed by a betting round.
The fifth and
final card is placed by the dealer face up in the middle of the table,
followed by the final round of betting.
Players choose
their best five-card hand among seven cards, two cards dealt face
down at the beginning of the poker game, and the five
community
cards in the middle of the layout. The winning hand is the
highest poker hand.
1B) Holdem Poker Terms at
holdem omaha stud terms: A - F
- Back Door:
lingo for receiving a good hand with last two
cards dealt in either holdem or stud poker.
- Big Blind:
refers to the bets placed by participating
players before hand is dealt, known as the small blind and big blind.
- Big
Stick: Ace or King in the hole—great starting hand. There
are several
possibilities from this hand: high pair and/or high straight.
- Broadway:
the likely profitable ace-high straight
- Board:
refers to the table center where community cards for
all players are placed face up for holdem and 7-card stud poker.
- Button:
the last player to bet. This is an advantage in that you have the
opportunity to watch the other players before making a decision.
- Community
Cards: center table cards placed faced up shared
by all players.
- Drawn Out:
a come from behind move that makes a winning
hand.
- Flop:
The first three community cards dealt and placed in
the center of the table in the poker game of holdem poker.
- Fourth Street:
refers to the fourth card placed on board
followed by the third round of wagering.
1B) Holdem Poker Terms at
holdem omaha stud terms: G - Z
- Holdem:
poker game where players form the best possible 5-card hand based on 2
hole cards and 5 community cards. Also called Texas Holdem.
- Holdem Online Speed Poker:
a fast-paced virtually non-stop version where decisions are made in
about 15 seconds or you are declared auto checked or dead in the round.
You gotta be ready for each hand.
- Middle
Pair: If there are three cards of different ranks on the
flop in
Holdem, and you pair the middle one, you have a middle pair.
- On the Button:
jargon for the last player to bet in a
round.
- Overcard:
a card that is higher than the highest cards on
board.
- Pineapple: poker version,
known as Crazy Pineapple online, is similar to Holdem in that players
are dealt 3 cards each and must toss 1 card after the flop is dealt.
- Play the
Board: occurs when the best hand that a player can
make is the 5 community cards on the board.
- Pocket Pairs: with
Holdem, approximately 1 in every 17 hands will be a pocket pair or 2
cards of the same rank while 4 in every 17 hand will be suited cards,
thus a possible flush. 12 hands in 17 will be unsuited hands that could
contain ranking cards and possible high pairs. Example is Ace of Spades
and King of Hearts.
- Position
Bet: refers to the betting position advantage of a player.
Example: a
player betting last is in good position to take the pot if no other
player opens.
- Rainbow:
flop that displays three different suits;
therefore, a flush cannot be made.
- River: Final or seventh
card dealt in Hold'em.
- Scare Card:
jargon for that card dealt that can improve a
hand noticeably.
- Spike:
snagging that winning card on the turn or river card.
- Texas Holdem:
alternative and original name for the game,
now a shortened and accepted term is simply Holdem.
- Top Pair:
refers to pairing the highest of the 3 cards in
holdem on the flop.
- Turn: refers to fourth of
five community cards in games like Holdem, 7-card Stud and Omaha. Also
known as fourth street.
2A) Omaha Rules at holdem
omaha stud terms
There are two variations of this poker game, Omaha High only and Omaha
Hi/Lo split.
It can be played with the betting being a structured Limit game or you
can find No Limit and Pot Limit games.
After
the blinds are posted, each player is dealt four cards face down with
the player on the small blind receiving the first card and the player
with the dealer button getting the last card.
The Flop
Dealer
burns one card at the start of each round, and then 3 cards are dealt
face up in the middle of the table known as the Flop. These are
community cards used by all the players.
The Turn
When the
betting round after the flop is completed, the dealer burns another
card and turns a fourth card face up in the middle of the table known
as the Turn.
The River
Following the betting round for the
turn, the dealer will burn another card and turn a fifth and final card
face up. This is called the River, and the final betting round begins
The Showdown
To
determine the winner, the player MUST use two of his/her hole cards and
three cards from the board to form the highest five-card hand. There
may be a tie, which happens often in Omaha Hi/Lo. In that case, the
players will split the pot.
2B) Hi/Lo Omaha terms at
holdem omaha stud
terms
- Baby:
is a low card, generally a 5 or lower and offers the
possibility of making a perfect low.
- Banana: same as a Brick, a card between 9 and a King.
- Brick:
jargon for a card between 9 and a King as it is
unlikely to qualify for an 8 low.
- Escape:
you have just snagged a card that will likely win
half the pot.
- Free
Roll: a nice position. You are guaranteed the high or low
plus the
possibly of winning the other half puts you in a free roll.
- Lowball or
Low Poker: a 5 or 7-card version of Omaha where
the lowest hand wins.
- Quartered: a
split between two players for half the pot.
- River: Final or seventh
card dealt in Omaha.
- Runners: two
consecutive cards that boost your hand.
- Scoop:
you have just won the whole pot—Congratulations!
- Wheel:
a very strong hand containing A-2-3-4-5 is termed a
wheel because it counts as a perfect low and a five high straight.
3A) 7-card Stud rules at
holdem omaha stud terms
Each
player receives seven cards; therefore, the number of players in this
poker game is limited to seven or less. 7-card Stud has five betting
rounds. Each player is dealt two cards down and one card up.
The two cards face down are called your hole cards and the up card is
referred to as your door card.
The
first betting round is called 3rd street followed by 4th, 5th, 6th and
finally 7th street. After seventh street, each active player has four
up cards and three hole cards face down.
There is a final betting
round and all players show their hands after the betting is complete.
The highest five-card hand wins the pot.
3B) 7-card Stud terms at
holdem omaha stud terms: B - P
- Bring In:
once all cards are dealt, the lowest card on the
table must make a
small bet of approximately 1/3 the size of the lower limit set, and
cannot fold.
- Buried:
referring to the first 2 cards dealt face down or
'in the hole' that consist of a pair.
- Door Card: First
upcard dealt in a round of Stud
Poker.
- Fifth
Street: term for the third betting round when each player
has 5 cards.
At this juncture in the round, betting limits double and some players
fold.
- Fourth Street:
term for the second betting round when
each player has 4
cards.
- Going to the River:
remaining in the game until the final or seventh card.
- Hole Cards:
two cards known only to the player thus held
‘in the hole’.
- Pocket Pair: dealt a pair
in the hole. Pocket Pair term is
used for both Stud and Holdem.
3B) 7-card Stud terms at
holdem omaha stud terms: R - Z
- Rag:
poker jargon for weak hole
cards.
- River: Final or seventh
card dealt in 7-card Stud
- Rolled Up:
referring to the first 3 cards dealt face down
or 'in the hole' that is 3-of-a-kind.
- Seven Card
Stud Poker Game: in brief, players can use 5 of
the 7 cards dealt to form a hand.
- Seventh
Street: jargon for the fifth and final round of
wagering when each player has 7 cards.
- Sixth Street:
term for the fourth betting round when each
player has 6 cards.
- Street:
refers to the betting round that occurs after a
specific number of cards are dealt.
- Stud Poker:
general term for this version of
poker.
- Third
Street: term for the first betting round when each player
has 3
cards.
- Trips:
term for three-of-a-kind. Example: AAA
- Turn:
Your fourth card received to include the two hole
cards already dealt to you.
Holdem Report at
holdem omaha stud page
This report details the best and worst starting hands. Holdem starting
hands refers to the first two hole cards dealt to poker players.
Based on the strength of these 2 cards, the decision to bet and/or stay
in the game will be made.
For this report, the strength of the starting hands is rated when nine
or ten players are at the table.
High suited cards are worth a small bet early and depending on the
stakes, possibly in late position also.
10 Best Texas Holdem Starting Hands at
holdem omaha stud page
1) Pair of Aces
2) Pair of Kings
3) Pair of Queens
4) Ace and King: of the same suit.
5) Pair of Jacks: unless the flop shows a Queen, King or an Ace.
6) Ace and Queen: this suited hand is in the same league as Ace and
King.
7) King and Queen: if suited—even better, unless the board reveals an
Ace.
8) Ace and Jack: suited or unsuited may evolve into a winner.
9) King and Jack: suited=a Holdem best, however unsuited=not so much.
10) Ace and Ten: there is a reason for the #10 rating as this starting
hand can tumble by hands #1-9.
In the end, the top ranked possibilities are pocket pairs of Aces to
Queens followed by suited cards Ace-King and Ace-Queen.
As the game progresses, the real skill is with your instinctive
knowledge of whether to continue betting or not. The ability to
recognize and run a bluff is also an essential strategy.
10 Worst Holdem Starting Hands at
holdem omaha stud page
1) 2-6 Unsuited
The low straight draw possibility is a long shot with this combo.
2) 2-7 Unsuited
If you think 2-6 unsuited is useless, this hand can easily be beaten by
a pair of eights
3) 2-8 Unsuited
The only good news is that a pair of 8s beats a pair of 7s. Nothing to
cheer about here.
4) 2-9 Unsuited
Toss ‘em. Enough said.
5) 2–10 Unsuited
Possible pair of tens–nah, move on.
6) 3-7 Unsuited
Not likely a straight draw, so next hand please.
7) 3-8 Unsuited
Unlike #6 above, there’s not even a possible straight here.
8) 3-9 Unsuited
Probably the worst of the worst here.
9) 4-9 Unsuited
Go for the fold here and fight another day.
10) 5-9 Unsuited
Notice that all 10 hands above can easily be bettered by a pair of
Aces, Kings, Queens or Jacks. The opportunity for a win is slim to
none, so walk away fast!
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