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Glossary of terms and vocabulary specific to Poker

world-series-of-poker02Jouatoo offers a glossary of terms and vocabularies specific to poker. Learn all these terms to better understand what is happening and being said around a poker table.

Any good poker player must know the terms and vocabulary specific to poker. Therefore Jouatoo.com offers members a glossary of poker terms.

  • All-in: is to bet all his chips on a single stroke (also called "go all" or "put his stack").
  • Add-on: opportunity to increase his stack by taking a cellar at one point of a tournament (usually at the end of the rebuy period allowed).
  • Bad Beat: lost due to a blow on the last card being heavily favored before.
  • Bad Beat Jackpot: lottery eligible for a bonus, jackpot, real money to the player who lost on a bad beat (needs to lose with a square at least).
  • Bankroll: it is the financial capital that has a play, the money allocated poker.
  • Blind: forced bet players left of the dealer (or even small-blind and big blind). Fixed sum in cash game and tournament levels.
  • Welcome Bonus: bonus granted by an online poker site on the first deposit only after the first registration.
  • Referral bonuses: bonuses awarded by sponsoring one and / or player on its software.
  • Reload Bonus: bonus applies on the amount of your deposits following the first.
  • High Roller Bonus: bonus specially created and designed for big players (making big money deposit).
  • Buy-In: price of the ticket in a poker tournament.
  • Chip-Leader: player with the biggest stack (more chips) in a poker tournament.
  • Bonus code: code necessary to get a bonus from a poker room.
  • Exclusive bonus codes: donnat code access to a bonus higher than that provided in general by the poker site.
  • Lobby: designates the home page of online poker software or you can access the parts, etc. to your account ...
  • Main: denotes the player's cards.
  • Rebuy: possibility given to a player who has lost all his chips to buy a carpet (possible cash-game tournament as under the conditions of the latter).

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