Draw

A hand that is not yet made but can become strong if the right card comes: four cards to a flush (a flush draw) or four to a straight (a straight draw). Playing draws well is about the price you are getting versus the odds of hitting.

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Outs

The cards still in the deck that would turn your hand into a winner. An open-ended straight draw has eight out…

Pot odds

The price the pot is offering you on a call, compared with your chance of winning. Facing a 50 bet into a 100 …

Semi-bluff

Betting or raising with a hand that is probably behind now but has outs to become the best — a flush or straig…

Backdoor draw

A draw that needs both the turn and the river to complete — for example three cards to a flush on the flop. Ba…

Broadway

The ace-high straight, A-K-Q-J-10, and by extension any of the five cards from ten to ace ('broadway cards'). …

Combo draw

A hand with two draws at once, most commonly a flush draw plus a straight draw. Combo draws often have more eq…

Domination

When two hands share a card and one has the better kicker, the weaker hand is dominated: it wins only about 25…

Full house

Three of a kind plus a pair, ranked by the three of a kind first. Nicknamed a 'boat'. It beats a flush and los…