Basic Terms

Hole Cards: The private cards dealt face down to each player.

Community Cards (Board): The shared cards placed face-up in the middle of the table.

Pot: The total amount of money wagered by all players in a hand.

Pip: How much has a player contributed to the pot in this round of betting.

Chop: When two or more players split the pot equally.

Showdown: The reveal of cards at the end of a hand to determine the winner.

Bluff: Betting or raising with a weak hand to make opponents fold better hands.

Game Structure

Pre-flop: The first betting round before any community cards are dealt.

Flop: The first three community cards dealt face-up.

Turn: The fourth community card (also called "Fourth Street").

River: The fifth and final community card (also called "Fifth Street").

Run: Any further cards dealt after the river in Noble Hold’em.

Betting Terms

Raise: To increase the current bet amount.<

Call: To match the current bet amount.

Check: To pass the action to the next player without betting (when no bet is facing).

Fold: To discard your hand and forfeit any chance at winning the pot.

Limping: Special kind of call where the small blind calls the big blind pre-flop as the first action (i.e. small blind increasing the forced bet from the small blind to the big blind).