Poker basic rules - Glossary of Poker Terms
Poker can be a confusing game, especially if you don't know your straights from your flushes!
Poker A-Z
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Favorite - The hand that has the best hand of winning
Fifth street - In flop games, the final community card to be dealt on the board; also reffered to as the river. in stud games, the fifth card dealt to each player and the 3rd betting round
Fill - To hit the card you were hoping for
Fill up - To hit a full house
Fish - A bad player who looses money
Fishhooks - Nickname for a pair of Jacks
Five card draw - A draw poker game in which a player the players start with five cards and then may draw to replace them
Five card stud - A stud poker game in which each player gets one concealed card and four exposed cards
Flat call - To call a bet without raising
Flat limit - A betting limit in a poker game that does not escalate from one round to the next
Flop - In flop games, the flop is the first three community cards, which are dealt face up and start the second round of betting
Flop games - A family of poker games that are all played with five community cards, including Texas hold'em and Omaha
Flush - Five cards of the same suit
Flush draw - Having four cards of the same suit and hoping to hit the fifth with the remaining cards to make a flush
Fold - To withdraw from a hand
Forced bet - A required bet to star the action on the first round of a poker hand
Four of a kind - Four cards of the same denomination
Fourth street - In flop games, the fourth card on the board and the third round of betting, also known as the turn. In seven card stud, the fourth card to be dealt to each player, and the second round of bettting
Free card - A player that a card gets without the need to bet or call a bet
Free ride - To stay in a hand without being forced to bet
Freeroll - A tournament that requires no money to play
Freeze out - A game or tournament in which all the players start with the same amout of chips and played until one player has won them all
Full-house - Any three cards of one denominaton couple to two cards of a different denomination
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- Staying in the game
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- Turn and river
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- Table image
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