THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
Add-them-up Lowball--Draw poker where the hand with the lowest point total wins.
Advanced-Concept Player--A player whose style is based on the Advanced Concepts of Poker. (A-C
Player).
Advanced Concepts of Poker--The concepts used by the good poker player to win maximum money
from opponents.
Advertise--To have a bluff called in order to encourage opponents to call later.
A-game--The highest stake game in the house.
Age--First position to the left of the dealer (A, Able, or Edge).
Agent--A confederate or collusion partner in cheating.
Alien Card--A card not belonging to the deck in play.
Alive Card--See Live Card.
All Blue, or All Pink--A flush.
All-In--The betting by a player of all his money on the table.
All the Way--Cincinnati with a progressive bet.
Alternate Straight--A sequence of every other card, such as two, four, six, eight, ten (Dutch Straight,
Skipper, Skip Straight).
Ambique--A French card game that influenced the draw variation of poker.
American Brag--A game where the raiser shows the first caller his hand and the worst hand folds.
Anaconda--A seven-card game with bets made on five rolled-up cards.
Announce--To declare high, low, or the moon in high-low poker.
Announced Bet--A verbal bet made by a player before putting his money in the pot.
Ante--Money put in the pot before dealing.
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