Poker, like many activities, uses a lot of jargon and terminology. Below is a short list of common terms used.

Action Card – Used in Texas Hold’em and other community card games. This refers to a card which improves betting action because it helps two or more players.

All In – Betting all your chips in a hand.

Bank or banker – The person responsible for distributing the chips, keeping track of the buy-ins, and paying winners at the end of the game.

Bankroll – This has three definitions: money that a player has to wager; a chip or money rich player, or to fund someone’s participation in a game.

Betting Structure – Complete set of rules regarding forced bets, limits, raise caps, and so on for a particular game.

Bully – A player who continually raises to force a weaker player to play less cautiously.

Buy-in – The minimum amount of chips that must be bought in order to play.

Cap – A limit on the number raises allowed in a betting round.

Cap Game – Similar to cap but it describes a no-limit or pot limit game with a cap on the amount that a player can bet during the course of a hand.

Check – When a poker player bets nothing.

Chip Leader – The player currently with the most chips in a game.

Connectors – Two or more cards of consecutive rank.

Downcard – A card dealt face down.

Exposed Card – A card whose face has been deliberately or accidentally revealed to players normally not entitled to that information during the play of the game.