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Have you ever been at a poker table, and someone says something like "So, this Ribbon Clerk Gypsies in, and I." You are thinking to yourself "What on earth is this guy talking about".

Poker is full of strange words and expressions that insiders use, and it's sometimes embarrassing to admit that you don't always know what they mean.

So we decided to collect as many of them as we could - and try to explain them.

We're up to 845 poker terms so far, but we know there are more out there. Would you help us by adding any that you have come across? If you know their meaning, please add that in as few words as possible. If you don't, we'll find out for you. Send them to us.

And if you think that any of our explanations are incomplete, or not clear - well, send us your two cents, and tell us what you think a "Ribbon Clerk" should be.

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A-Game
ABC Player
Able
According to Hoyle
Ace
Ace in the Hole
Ace Out
Ace to Five
Ace Up the Sleeve
Ace Working
Ace-High
Ace-to-Five Lowball
Acepots
Aces and Spaces
Aces Full
Aces Over
Aces Up
Acey-Deucey
Acey-Uppy
Act
Action
Action Button
Action Only
Active Player
Add-on
Advantage
Advantage Player
Advantage Tool
Advertise
After-Hours Game
Age
Agent
Aggressive
Ahead
Ainsworth
Air
Ajax
Alabama Night Riders
Alcohol
Alexander
All Black
All Blue
All Green
All Pink
All Purple
All Red
All the Way
All the Way in One Play
All-In
All-In Over the Top
Alone Player
AMC
American Airlines
Ammo
Ammunition
An Ace Working
Anaconda
Angle
Angle-Shooting
Anna Kournikova
Announce
Announced Bet
Ante
Ante and Straddle
Ante Bean
Ante Up
Apologizer
Apology Card
Apple
Argine
Arkansas Flush
Around-the-Corner Straigh
Artist
As Nas
Asian Five-Card Stud
Asian Games
Asian Stud
Assault Rifle
Assigned Bettor
Athos
Auto Ante
Automatic
Automatic Bet
Automatic Bluff
Ax
B&M
Baby
Back Into a Hand
Back-to-back
Backdoor
Backdoor Flush
Backdoor Straight
Backer
Backraise
Bad Beat
Bad Beat Jackpot
Bankroll
Barn
Battle of the Blinds
Bay and a Gray
Beat the Board
Behind
Behind a Log
Belly Buster
Bet
Bet Blind
Bet for Value
Bet in the Dark
Bet Into
Bet Odds
Bet the Limit
Bet the Pot
Betting Stakes
Bicycle or Bike
Big Blind
Big Bobtail
Big Dog
Big Pair
Big Slick
Big Tiger
Blank
Blaze
Bleed
Blind
Blind Bet
Blind Raise
Blind Robber
Blistering
Blocker
Blow Back
Bluff
Boardcards
Boat
Bobtail Straight
Boss
Bottom Pair
Boxed Card
Bring It In
Bring-In
Broadway
Broomcorn's Uncle
Bubbled
Buck
Bug
Bull The Game
Bullets
Bump
Buried Pair
Burn
Burn Card
Bury Card
Bust
Bust a Player
Bust Out
Busted Hand
Button
Buy
Buy-In
Buy-in Limit
By Me
C-Note
California games
California Lowball
Call
Call Cold
Caller
Calling Station
Cap
Capping a Raise
Cardroom
Cards Speak
Case Card
Case Chips
Cash In
Cash Out
Casino Poker
Catch
Catch Bluffing
Center Pot
Change Gears
Chase
Chat
Cheater
Check
Check Blind
Check-Raise
Cheese
Chip
Chop
Cinch Hand
Coffeehousing
Cold Call
Cold Deck
Cold Hands
Collection
Collection Drop
Color Change
Come Hand
Come Over the Top
Common Card
Community cards
Comp Program
Complete Hand
Complete the Bet
Concealed Pair
Connector
Conservative
Conservative Play
Counterfeit
Court Card
Cowboys
Crack
Cranberry
Crap Shoot
Cripple
Crying Call
Cut
Cut It Up
Cut the Cards
Cut the Deck
Cut The Pot
Cut-Card
Dark Bet
Darken
Dead Card
Dead Collection Blind
Dead Hand
Dead Man's Hand
Dead Money
Deal
Deal Me In
Deal Me Out
Deal Off
Deal Twice
Dealer
Dealer's Choice
Dealer's Position
Dealers Button
Deck
Declaration
Deuces
Diamonds
Discard(s)
Disconnect Protection
Dog
Dolly Parton
Dominated Hands
Dominating Hands
Donkey
Door Card
Double Belly Buster
Double Bluff
Double Up
Double-Pop
Down and Dirty
Down Card
Down to the Green
Doyle Brunson
Draw
Draw Card
Draw Dead
Draw Down
Draw For Deal
Draw For Seats
Draw Game
Draw Live
Draw Lowball
Draw Out
Draw Poker
Draw Snow
Drawing
Drawing Dead
Drawing Hand
Driver's Seat
Drop
Drop Out
Ducks
Eagles
Early Bet
Early Position
Edge
Edge Odds

Edge Shot
Eldest Hand
Elimination
End Bet
End Bets
End Strippers
English Poker
English Stud
Entry Fee
Equity
Ethics or Etiquette
Even Money
Expectation
Exposed Cards
Exposed Pair
Facecard
False Cut
False Openers
Family Pot
Fast
Fifth Street
Fill
Fill Up
Fish
Fishhooks
Five of a Kind
Five-card Draw
Five-card Stud
Fixed Limit
Flash
Flashed Card
Flat Call
Flat Limit
Floorman
Flop
Flop a Set
Flop Games
Flush
Flush Draw
Fold
Force-In
Forced Bet
Foul
Foul Hand
Four Flush
Four of a Kind
Fourth Street
Free Card
Freeroll
Freeze-Out
Full Barn
Full Boat
Full Buy
Full House
Full Tub
Gallery
Gambler
Gambling
Get Full Value
Go All In
Grand
Graveyard
Gravy
Grifter
Grinding
Gut Shot
Gutshot Straight
Gypsy In
Hand
Head to Head
Heads Up
Hearts
Help Card
High Hand
High Limit
High Roller
High-Card
High-Low
High-Low Split
Hit
Hit And Run
Hitchhiker
Hold'em
Hole Cards
Home Run Hitter
Hook
Horsing
Hot Deck
Hot Hands
Hot Seat
Hot Streak
House
House Rules
Ice
Ideal Edge Odds
Idle Card
If
Ignorant End
Image
Immortal
Implied Odds
Improve
In
In a Row
In Action
In the Hole
In the Middle
Index
Indexing
Indirect Bet
Inside Straight
Insurance
Intentional Flashing
Investment Odds
Iron Duke
J Hook
J-Boy
Jack and Back
Jack Up
Jackpot
Jackpot Poker
Jacks to Open
Jacks-or- Better
Jackson Five
Jagging
Jake
Jam
Jammed Pot
Jinx
Jog
John
Joker
Joker Poker
Jonah
Kansas City Lowball
Keep Them Honest
Key Card
Key Hand
Kibitzer
Kick It
Kicker
Kill
Kill Button
Kill Pot
Knave
Knock
Kojak
Komodo Dragoned
Ladies
Late Position
Lay Down Your Hand
Lay Odds
Lead
Leader
Leak
Leg Up
Legitimate Hand
Let Slide
Lid
Limit
Limit Poker
Limit Stakes
Limp In
Limper
Liner
List
Little Blind
Little Cat
Little Dog
Live Blind
Live Card(s)
Live Hand
Live One
Lock
Lock-Up
Long Odds
Look
Loose
Loose Game
Low Limit
Lowball
Lowcard
Luck
Luck Out
Main Pot
Make
Maniac
Marked Cards
Maverick
Mechanic
Meet
Middle Pair
Middle Position
Minimum Buy-In
Miscall
Misdeal
Miss
Missed Blind
Mites And Lice
Mneumonics
Monster
Muck
Must-Move
Nailing
Natural
Neocheater
Neocheating
New Guinea Stud
New York Stud
New-Breed Player
Nickel
Nickel-Dime
Nits and Lice
No Limit
No Limit Hold'em Table St
Northern Flight
Nucleus Players
Nursing
Nut
Nut Flush
Nut Flush Draw
Nuts
Odds
Odds Against
Odds For
Odds On
Offsuit
Omaha
On the Button
On The Come
On Tilt
One-End
One-Gap
One-Way Straight
Open
Open at Both Ends
Open Card
Open End
Open Game
Open Pair
Open Poker
Open Seat
Open-ended Straight
Open-Handed
Opener
Opener Button
Openers
Option
Out Button
Out of Line
Outdraw
Outs
Over the top
Overblind
Overcall
Overcard
Overcards
Overpair
Paint Cards
Paints
Pair
Pass
Passive
Pat
Pay Off
Pay Station
Peg
Pegging
Penny Ante
Picked Off
Picture Cards
Pigeon
Pineapple Hold'em
Pips
Play Back
Play Behind
Play Fast
Play Over
Play the Board
Played Card
Playing the Board
Playover Box

Pocket
Pocket Rockets
PocketCards
Point
Poker
Poker Face
Poker network
Poker room
Poker Rules
Position
Post
Post-Mortem
Pot
Pot Limit
Pot Odds
Potting Out
Preflop
Premium Hands
Price
Pricking
Prop
Proposing Bets
Proposition Player/Prop
Protect
Public Poker
Punctuating
Puppy Feet/Pups
Push
Pushing Bets
Put Down
Putting on the Heat
Quadruplets
Quads
Qualifier
Quart
Quartered
Quint
Quint Major
Quitting Time
Quorum
Rabbit Hunting
Rack
Ragged
Rail
Railbird
Rainbow
Raise
Raise Blind
Rake
Rank
Rap
Ratholing
Razz
Re-buy
Re-draw
Re-raise
Reading
Redeal
Represent
Reraise
Ribbon Clerk
Ring Game
River
Rock
Rolled Up
Rotation
Round of Betting
Round of Play
Rounders
Royal Flush
Run
Run a Pot
Runner
Running Bad
Running Good
Running Pair
Rush
Sandbagging
Santa Barbara
Satellite
Scare Card
Scoop
Scramble
Seat Position
Seating List
Second Best
Second Pair
See
Sell
Semi-Bluff
Sequence
Session
Set
Set a Trap
Setup
Seven-card Stud
Seventh Street
Shaka Zulu
Shark
Shills
Shoot-out
Short Buying
Short Stack
Short-Handed
Show
Show Cards
Showdown
Shuffle
Side Bet
Side Pot
Sitting Out
Sixth Street
Slow Play
Slow Roll
Small Blind
Smooth Call
Snapped Off
Snow Job
Soft Seat
Solid
Speed Limit
Splash Around
Split
Split Pot
Split Two Pair
Splitting Blinds
Splitting Openers
Spread Limit
Squared Deck
Squeeze
Stack
Stacked Deck
Stake
Stand Off
Stay
Steal
Steal Position
Steal Raise
Steal the Antes
Steal the Blinds
Steam
Steamrolling
Steel The Blinds
Steel Wheel
Straddle
Straight
Straight Flush
Stranger
Strategic Bluff
Streak
Street
String Bet
String Raise
Strip poker
Structure
Stub
Stuck
Stud Games
Suckout
Suicide King
Suit
Suited Connectors
Super-Bluff
Table
Table Cards
Table Charge
Table Stakes
Tap
Tapped Out
Tell
Texas Hold'em
Third Street
Thirty Miles
Three Flush
Three of a Kind
Throwing a Party
Ticket
Tie
Tied On
Tiger
Tight
Tilt, On
Time
Time collection
Timid Player
TOC
Toke
Top Pair
Top Two Pair
Tough Player
Tournament
Tournament Fee
Trapper
Treys
Triplets
Trips
Turkish Pocket Aces
Turn
Turncard
Two Flush
Two Pair
Two-Way Hand
Uncle Doc
Under the Gun
Undercut
Underdog
Underpair
Underplay
Unlimited Poker
Up
Up Card
Up the Creek
Uphill
Utah
Vaca
Valet
Valle Card
Value
Variance
Verbal Bet
Verbal Declaration
Vest Holdout
Victory Rip
Victory Roll
Video Poker Machine
Vigorish
Village People
Visible Cards
Walk
Walk the Table
Walking Sticks
Wash
Waving
Weak
Weary Willie
Wedges
Welcher
Whangedoodle
Wheel
Whipsaw
Whiskey Poker
Whore
Widow
Wild Annie
Wild Card
Wild Game
Wild Widow
Window
Window Dressing
Wing
Winning Hand
Wired
Wired Pair
Wooden Hand
Woolworth
Woppitzer
Work the Broads
Working the Telegraph
World Poker Tour
World Series of Poker
World's Fair
Worst Hand
Worst Likely Hand
Worst of It
WPT
Wraparound
WSOP
X Marks the Spot
Yard
Yeast
YGHN
Yo
Yoleven
You Roll Two
Younger Hand
Youngest Hand
Z-Game
Zilch or Zip
Zip
Zombie
Zuke

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