THE WORLD'S #1 POKER MANUAL - Card Games

Poker Book, Glossary
Boxed Card--A card turned the wrong way in a deck.
Boy--A jack.
Brag--The betting expression in the English game of Bragg.
Bragg--An English three-card game that influenced the use of the full fifty-two-card deck in poker.
Braggers--Jacks and nines as wild cards. Or the ace of diamonds, the jack of clubs, and the nine of
diamonds as wild cards.
Brandeln--A card game similar to Commerce.
Breakers--Openers.
Breathe--To pass the first opportunities to bet.
Brelen--(1) A French card game that influenced the use of straights and flushes in poker. (2) Three of a
kind.
Brelen Carre--Four of a kind.
Brief--A single stripper card in a deck used to facilitate illegal cuts.
Buck--(1) A marker used to designate the dealer. (2) A marker or a knife used to designate the player
permitted to deal a special hand, usually a hand with a dealer advantage such as draw. (3) A dollar.
Buddy Poker--To avoid betting against a friend or a partner.
Buffalo--To fool opponents.
Bug--(1) The joker used in high-hand poker as an ace or as a wild card for filling straights and flushes.
A wild card in lowball. Can be used in high-low as both a high card and a low card in the same hand
(Joker). (2) A device fastened beneath the poker table by a cheater to hold out a card or cards.
Bull--A player who raises frequently.
Bull or Bullet--An ace.
Bull Montana--Five-card stud with betting, then jacks required to open the final bet.
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