Games for Money

One thing that will leave you standing out at an online poker table is not understanding some of the terminology that is being tossed around in the conversation.  Asking others what different phrases mean will get you quickly labeled as a new person and often get your bluffs called.  It is good to learn some of the poker terminology so that you can put on your best online poker face.

Playing on the tilt or tilted is a player that has gotten mad. They should have had the winning hand but the cards weren’t in their favor at the end.  Instead of playing normally, they tend to make huge and wild bets while they’re on the tilt or angry.

A donkey is someone that is not playing well and very hard to read.  A donkey will often bet on things that no-one in their right mind would bet on.  Often new players or someone that is playing on the tilt will play like a donkey in poker.  If you are ever called a donkey player then know that you have been just majorly insulted.

The first three cards that are put on the table are the flop.  The next card is the turn.  The final card is the river.  If you had virtually nothing and win because of the river, many times you will be called a river rat or someone will say that you rivered them.  Often people that win on the river and bet big based on winning on the river are called donkeys as well.

Joyce Priddy wrote this on May 14th, 2008 and filed it under Gambling, Online Gambling, Poker |