Re-raise: A re-raise is a raise made after a raise.Raise: Raise the opponent’s bet by a certain amount.

Preflop: The stage of play before the flop is dealt.

Fold: Giving up on the hand, forfeiting all previous bets.

Flop: The first three community cards that are revealed to all players in Texas Hold’em.

A check is only possible if no bet has been made before.

Check: Pass the action to the next player without placing a bet.

Call: To “call” means to match a bet that has been placed.

Button: Short for “dealer button” – a specially marked chip that indicates which player will be dealing the cards in the current game round.

They are placed by the players to the left of the dealer.

Blind: Small Blind and Big Blind are the minimum bets before cards are dealt.

Betting Round: Texas Hold’em has four betting rounds: Preflop, Flop, Turn, and River.

Bet: A player’s opening wager in a betting round is called the bet.

All-In: All-In means betting (or raising or calling) all your remaining chips.

All of them will be explored in more detail below. Those are the most important Texas Hold’em Terms that we will be using in this poker rule guide.

Official rules for texas holdem poker