A (Aces Full to Ante)
Aces Full - A full house consisting of three aces and a pair of any other demonination card.

Ace-High - A hand consisting of no pairs, straights, or flushes, and that is not a full house with only "an Ace high."

Aces-Up - A poker hand comprised of two pairs, one of which is aces.

Action - Play during a game. Betting, raising, or checking can all be considered action. When one at the poker table doens't make a quick enough decision the dealer may say, "Sir, the action is to you."

Active Player - Any player still involved in a poker hand.

Add-On - An optional additional purchase of chips usually done at the end of the "rebuy period" of a poker tournament. Occassionally, add-ons are available to be purchased at the beginning of a tournament or throughout the rebuy period without having to wait until the conclusion of the rebuy period to do so.

All In - When a player bets all of his or her chips. In a table stakes game, a player may not go into his or her pocket for additional monies to continue play. Oftentimes, when a player is All In, additional players will continue play and a side pot will be created. Additionally, in some online poker games, you are considered to be All In when you are disconnected from the game even though you have additional chips to bet.

American Airlines - A pair of Aces. Commonly used to refer to a pair of Aces in the hole.

Ante - A small forced bet paid by all players at a poker table prior to the beginning of the hand. Typically, Texas Hold'em doesn't use antes, though other variants of poker, and some Hold'em Tournaments do call for antes prior to the start of a hand.

B (Back into a hand to Buy-In)
Back into a Hand - Drawing cards that make a hand that is different from the hand you were originally trying to make. For example, if you flopped a straight and the river card made you a flush you would say that you backed into the flush.

Backdoor - A term for a drawing hand where you need to catch both the turn and the river to make your hand.

Bad Beat - When a hand that is a large underdog beats a heavily favored hand. Also, favorite parlance for players who have just "busted out" and are hoping to describe how the player they lost to had no business being in the hand in the first place.

Belly Buster - A draw to an inside straight.

Bet - To place chips into the pot, to wager.

Bet the Pot - When a player bets a wager equal to the total amount of chips already in the pot.

Bicycle (or Bike) - A straight consisting of an A-2-3-4-5.

Big Blind - The larger of two forced bets (blinds) typically used in a Texas Hold'em game. The Big Blind is posted by the individual two seats to the left of the dealer.

Big Slick - A nickname for hole cards consisting of an Ace and a King.

Blank - A term given to a card which is deemed to not have altered the outcome of the hand when it hits the board. For example, if the flop is AH, JH, QD, a 6S on the turn would be considered a blank. On the other hand, the 6H, would not be a blank as it theoretically could make a flush for a player.

Blind - A forced bet put in by players prior to the dealing of the cards. Similar to an ante, however blinds are typically only paid by the two positions to the dealer's left in a Texas Hold'em game, and typically are divided into the small (usually one half bet), and large (a full bet) blinds. See also "Big Blind," "Live Blind," and "Small Blind."

Blind Raise - When a player raises without looking at his hand.

Bluff - An attempt by a player to make others at the table believe he holds something which he does not. Typically, a bluff involves making a bet, a raise, or a re-raise, when not holding the best hand or when one clearly believes they are beat if the hand goes to a showdown.

Board (or Board Cards) - The combination of all community cards dealt face up in a Texas Hold'em game(The Flop, Turn, and River). In other poker variants, this term can be used to describe cards that may or may not be community cards.

Bot - Abbreviation for robot. Commonly used to describe a program that plays poker online without any (or with little) human intervention.

Bottom Pair - A pair consisting of one of a player's hole cards, and the lowest card on the flop. For example, if the player holds 8S, 7S, and the flop comes down AH, 10D, 8C, the player has flopped bottom pair.

Brick and Mortar (or B&M) - A term to indicate a real land based casino as opposed to an online casino.

Broadway - A term to identify a straight comprised of A-K-Q-J-10.

Bubble (also Bubbled) - The time in a tournament when only one more player needs to bust out before all remaining players receive a portion of the prize money. To be bubbled is to lose at that most unfortunate time just before qualifying for any monies.

Bullets - A term indicating a pair of Aces.

Bump - A slang term indicating a raise. As in, "I'll bump it to eight" in the first betting round of a four-eight limit game.

Burn (and Burn Card) - To discard the top card of the deck face down prior to dealing. The burn card is the name of the card discarded.

Bust a Player - To take all of a player's chips. To knock him or her from a tournament.

Bust Out - To lose all of your chips and/or to be eliminated from a tournament.

Busted Hand - Commonly, a hand that has failed to fill out a straight or a flush draw. Also, a worthless hand.

Button - The dealer button. A small round disk that is moved from player to player in a clockwise direction following the play of each hand. Also commonly used to refer to the theoretical dealer in a game of poker as in, "I'm on the button," or "Jim is the button."

Buy - A term to indicate one is trying to steal or "buy" the pot. Used to describe a bluff bet where the player hopes to cause all other players to fold. Also, to "Buy the Deal" or "Buy the Button" whereby a player in late position bets or raises to cause all players behind him to fold thus securing the last position on all subsequent betting rounds.

Buy-In - The amount of money required to play in a particular poker game.