Two Cards glossary: poker words explained for kids
This glossary explains the words you meet in Poker Texas Hold'em: Two Cards, in alphabetical order. Words in bold are written exactly as the game shows them. Two Cards uses simple words, so where grown-ups use a different poker word, you find that word here too.
A to C
All in: putting in all your chips at once. After that you don't choose anything more in this hand. See betting, raising and all in.
Blinds: the poker word for the First bets.
Board: the poker word for the five Cards in the middle.
Button: the poker word for the D marker.
Call: putting in just enough chips to match the biggest bet, so you stay in. The button shows how many, like Call 40.
Cards in the middle: the five shared cards. They belong to everyone. They come three, then one, then one.
Check: staying in for free, when nobody has put in more chips than you.
Chips: the play chips you bet with. Everyone starts with 1,000. They stay in the game.
D to H
D marker: the round marker that says "Deals this hand". It moves one seat after every hand. The two players after it put in the first bets.
Draw: when you are one card away from a straight or a flush, and you hope it comes.
First bets: the chips the two players after the D marker must put in before the cards come: 10 and 20 in Play. The table shows "First bets 10 / 20". See how to play Texas Hold'em.
Flop: the poker word for the first three cards in the middle.
Flush: five cards of the same suit.
Fold: giving up this hand. You lose only the chips you already put in.
Four of a kind: four cards of the same number.
Full house: three cards of one number and two of another.
Habit: the way a computer player plays: Careful, Eager, Tricky, Nervous, Learning or Mixed. See the computer players.
Hand: two things! One hand is one deal, from the first bets until the chips are won. Your hand is also the best five cards you can make.
High card: the weakest hand, when your cards make nothing. The highest card counts.
I to P
In the middle: the chips everyone has put in during this hand. The winner takes them. Grown-ups call it the pot.
Kicker: the poker word for the other cards that decide between two equal hands. The game says "higher other cards".
Last-stack game: a game of Play until one stack. Your numbers counts them.
Main pile: the pile everyone still in can win, when there is also a Side pile.
Name my hand: the helper that shows what your cards make right now. See settings and helpers.
Pair: two cards of the same number.
Pass the phone: the mode for playing together on one device.
Pot: the poker word for the chips In the middle.
Practice: a switch on the New table page. A practice table is not saved and does not change Your numbers.
R to Z
Raise: putting in more than the biggest bet, so the others must match you or fold.
River: the poker word for the fifth card in the middle.
Royal flush: ace, king, queen, jack and ten, all the same suit. The best hand of all.
Showdown: the poker word for the end of a hand, when everyone still in turns their cards over.
Side pile: extra chips that a player who went all in with fewer chips can't win. Only the players who put chips into it can win it. See betting, raising and all in.
Skill: how often a computer player sticks to their habit, from 1 (5 times out of 10) to 5 (9 times out of 10).
Straight: five cards in a row, like 9 8 7 6 5.
Straight flush: five cards in a row, all the same suit.
Suit: one of the four card symbols: spades ♠, hearts ♥, diamonds ♦ and clubs ♣. All suits are worth the same.
Suited: a start where both your cards have the same suit.
Texas Hold'em: the kind of poker this game plays: two cards each and five shared cards.
Three of a kind: three cards of the same number.
Turn: the poker word for the fourth card in the middle.
Two pair: two different pairs.
See also
- Poker hands, best to worst: all ten hands with examples.
- How to play Texas Hold'em: the words in action.
- FAQ: quick answers.
- The guide's front page.
- Play Poker Texas Hold'em: Two Cards.
