Talk around the Poker Table... Let's throw down some Lingo! Every ones got some favorite sayings lets hear them....

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Since I and many of the members of the Steeminati play poker all the time....
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In fact a real story, the reason I'm on SteemIt is because of my buddy @richatvns, he met another friend of mine at a regional in the Poker League we all played in. Invited him to his house for a home game and I tagged along.
Had a bunch of laughs around the table in a low stakes tourney with rebuys. From there we became good friends. Not just playing poker but in life.

So I can definatly say that comradarie of poker can enrich ones Life! And I never would have tried this community out with out Poker.

But poker is not about just playing a game there is a culture behind it. And every place you play at has a different atmosphere and people give it a different vibe. After all anytime you bring a group of 6 to 10 human beings together and have them sit together doing something together for a few hours on a semi-regular basis about a shared event terminology is going to build ups and personalities shine through.

Poker has it's own terms and we could go over them here, but that's not what I 'm talking about:

I'm talking about the Lingo that rises out of the culture, the environment, personalities and history of the players in the games experiences. That's where alot of fun arises.

Poker is rife with large well known sayings from common knowledge like pair of Aces being called Pocket Rockets, or American Airline, to 10-2 as the Brunson. But there are also Terms like the guys a fish (flops around doesn't know what he's doing), Donkey (dumb player who doesn't get out of his own way), ora to a shark (dangerous and can take a big bite out of your stack).

And there are alot of them....

Even the cards have sayings "Man with the Axe" King of Hearts. Black Myria or the Bitch - Queen of spades.
A mechanic someone who cheats by manipulating the Deck and Dealing. The Pot - an area in the center of the table where the bet is that origianlly came from when they used to put pots in the middle of the table to hold the bets. Splashing the pot - throwing chips in like water which goes all over the place.

Even the names of the different variations of the games have different names Anaconda, Shifting Sands, Hold'em, Draw, Stud, Baseball, Follow the Queen, Kings Cross, Indian Poker, Omaha, CHicago, Black Myria, and Guts there literally are thousands of variations and names.

Then there are terms about plays, straddle, spit, nuts, string, trap, and smooth call to name a few....


And we can't forget the nicknames we give to other players like Devilfish, Kid Poker, and Texas Dolly.

Wikipedia has a great list of the standard terminology (check it out here:,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_poker_terms

But fun lingo it really lacks completely in that list:

So here are few of the standard and non-standard lingo used at the different games I've played at, you may or may not have heard of, and I'd like you to chime in with some of your own.
Let's see if we can make a big list.

To start with:

Aces and 8s that is the dead man's hands, named after the hand wild Bill Hickcock had when he was shot in the back.

A Marriage,
- king Queen Suited
A Mixed Marriage
- king Queen different Suits

Something on the side
- queen Jack

Gay Marriage.
- king jack

A conduet

a person who constantly amasses chips from one player and losses them other players also called a redistributor. Usually happens from them playing long odds and unaware that they really shouldn't be in the hands. @mustang88 was first labeled that by @richatvns at his home game and it has spread like wildfire through the league since.

Here are some more local terms but I'm not going to tell what they mean, I want some of the fellow Steeminati to chime in and explain them in the comments below!!!

Here they are The Heritage, The Rudy's, Silent Assassin, flitter bug, double infinity, buzzer beating, and two stacks ofJoe.

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Well my favorite term is Sweep...As in sweep in all the pots in a 4 or more way action hand with multiple side pots!

And I hate cracked...when you have a dominating hand and someone spikes a 2% chance card to beat you!

As to those terms I'm sure someone in the local games back in NY knows!
@nolimit909

My favorite saying is a pair of ladies QQ

  • btw ... go nice to see another knicks fan!
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Great post there Jason, I now see what you were doing with those images you asked me for... I'll take some more tonight....
But The Rudy's is this hand
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can be suited or off suit and the reason is one night in the poker league at one table k2 won 6 times on 1 table in a 2 hour tournament at Rudy's the place most of the Steeminati... It was Coined by Daniel and Travis....

I had nothing to do with it and was on the other table and just heard all the laughter.

As to the other terms I know them all but I'm going to let others chime in. By the way my favorite hand is 6 4 suited from middle to late position with a limp in after playing for a little while, if you hit a straight, no one ever sees it and it pays off big. And it is so easy to release. But you have to be careful not to overvalue 2 pair if you get it.
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I know that the Silent Assassin is a guy that is quite and has a tight non-threatening style at the table, he will not dabble and when he has great cards he'll come over the top of your big bet. Don't play back at him because your dead.

bunch of sharks here. would not want to play vs these guys

i learned how to play on partypoker back in the day. played 1/2 NL and 2/5 NL.

we should all go up to atlantic city and play there. lots of tables to choose from

ill be on vacation until april 4th so we can do it the weekend after

i quit playing after i lost too much money thanks tho ill pass

anyone up for some 5 card stud or omaha? if not ill play NL holdem too

i have a few buddies from work i can invite if that is cool with you guys

ill bring the chips and drinks

usually tournaments for $20 buy in. sometimes we play cash game if enough people have interest