ante·a forced bet in some versions of poker all players make before receiving cards.blind·a forced bet in some versions of poker made prior to receiving cards, often determined by position relative to the dealer. With larger tables, there will be a big and little blind, with the big blind double the size of the little and representing the minimum bet for that hand.flop, turn, river·referring to the Texas Hold'em version of poker, these represent the first group of three, followed by the fourth, and finally the fifth community card.flush draw·an imcomplete hand with three or four cards of the same suit, where the player draws to get the final cards of the same suit.inside or outside straight·an incomplete hand with cards either missing inside the run or outside to complete the straight, with the outside straight twice as favorable. For example, a hand consisting of a 5, 6, 8 and 9 leaves the player with an inside straight, a good hand only if the player can get a 7; a hand consisting of 10, jack, queen and king leaves the player with an outside straight with two possibilities: either a 9 or an ace will complete it.nuts·a nut hand, or playing to the nuts, refers to the best possible hand of the type you are playing. For example, a jack-high flush is not as strong as an ace-high flush, as only the top card of that hand determines its strength. Nut hands also mean that the player will likely be aggressively betting.
stud·a term indicating that no cards additional cards are dealt or traded with players. What you see is what you get.wild·a term indicating that the specified card or cards has a variable value, and can usually substitute for any other card value to add to your hand's strength.
winning hands
· royal flush
· straight flush
· four of a kind
· full house
· flush
· straight
· three of a kind
· two pair
· one pair
· high card
· royal flush
· straight flush
· four of a kind
· full house
· straight
