Poker Dictionary Terms and Jargon

A act, active player, add on, advertising, agressive, all in, angle, ante off, ante,

act - To make any type of play in a game of poker. Let it be a call, raise, bet or fold

active player - a player still involved in the game and still holds onto his/her cards

add-on - in tournament all players are intitled to a single rebuy no nomather what about of chips they have. This happened once, usually at the end of a particular period at the game. Just before / after a break or when blinds have been raised to a certain level

advertising - this is when a player tells the table what cards he might be holding in one way or another. If a player shows there cards after all other players have folded they are trying to tell the other player there way of playing. If the player was holding the best hand players a likely to think he/she only bets when they are holding the winning hand. If the player is holding a very weak hand other player will think that his style of playing is bluff now and again and next time his opponents might call when he is holding the winning hand

aggressive - nshgfh hs gfshgf hs

all-in - when a poker player places all the chips in one pot

angle - when a player raises the pot with an odd number of chips, where other players are now confused if he wanted to call or raise. With a good hand comes a good raise with a odd weak raise player can find it difficult to follow your style of betting

ante - khg jvhj jhgh

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