• The Nuts: Best possible hand at any moment.
• Stacking the Deck: Illegal manipulation of cards.
• Getting Stacked: Losing all chips in one hand.
• Tilt: Emotional frustration leading to poor play.
• Full Tilt: Extreme tilt; step away to cool off.
• Fish: Weak/inexperienced player.
• Bad Beat: Losing with a strong hand running into an even stronger one.
• Dead Money: Chips from folded players in pot.
• Crying Call: Calling with little chance to win, just to confirm fold.
• Drawing Dead: No possible outs to win the hand.
• Freeroll: Chance to win without risk of losing.
• Runner-Runner: Needing two perfect cards on turn & river to win.
• Limping In: Calling big blind instead of raising pre-flop (often weak).
• Muck: To fold without showing cards; pile of folded cards.
• On the Button: In dealer position; last to act post-flop.
• Under the Gun (UTG): First to act pre-flop (left of big blind).
• Short Stack: Chip stack significantly below table average (<50 BB).
• Heads-Up: Only two players remaining in the hand.
• Tanking: Taking excessive time to decide during a hand.
• Call the Clock: Force slow player to act within time limit or forfeit hand.
• Splashing the Pot: Throwing chips messily into pot.