Poker and WPT Global glossary
This glossary groups common poker terms by topic, each with a short plain-English definition. Where a term has its own page in this manual, follow the link for the full details.
For what the app’s buttons do, see the app UI glossary.
Positions
Section titled “Positions”Button (BTN)
Section titled “Button (BTN)”The dealer position. It moves one seat clockwise after each hand. The button acts last after the flop, making it the best position.
Small Blind (SB)
Section titled “Small Blind (SB)”The first seat to the left of the button. Posts the small blind, a forced bet, at the start of every hand.
Big Blind (BB)
Section titled “Big Blind (BB)”The seat to the left of the small blind. Posts the big blind, a forced bet, at the start of every hand. Cash game stakes and blinds are described in terms of the big blind.
Under the Gun. The first seat to the left of the big blind. Acts first preflop, making it the worst position.
Cutoff (CO)
Section titled “Cutoff (CO)”The seat to the right of the button. The second-best position after the button.
Betting actions
Section titled “Betting actions”Give up the hand. Chips you’ve already put in are lost.
When no one has bet yet on this round, pass without betting and let the next player act.
Match the current highest bet.
Be the first to put chips in on this betting round.
Increase the amount after someone has bet. For the minimum amount, see minimum raise rules.
All-in
Section titled “All-in”Push all your chips at the table into the pot.
Straddle
Section titled “Straddle”An extra blind of 2x the big blind posted preflop, in exchange for acting last preflop. On WPT Global it’s a table rule, not something you choose. See Straddle.
3 Blind
Section titled “3 Blind”A WPT Global table type. Every hand has three blinds: the small blind, the big blind, and a 2x big blind straddle. The lobby shows three numbers for the blinds. See Straddle.
A small forced bet everyone puts in before each hand. Short Deck uses antes instead of blinds, and tournaments add antes in later levels.
Paying a blind when you join a table or come back from sitting out, so you can start getting dealt in.
Throw your cards away without showing them. When you lose at showdown, mucking keeps others from seeing what you had. See showing cards and Auto Muck.
Sit Out
Section titled “Sit Out”Keep your seat but stop being dealt cards. WPT Global limits how many times you can do this per day. See Sit Out.
Cash Out
Section titled “Cash Out”Settle your chips at the table back to your account balance and leave. See Cash Out.
Time Extension
Section titled “Time Extension”A button that appears when your time to act is almost up. Pay a small fee to get extra time to think. See action buttons and betting.
Streets and cards
Section titled “Streets and cards”Preflop
Section titled “Preflop”The stage after your two hole cards are dealt and before any board cards come out.
The first three board cards, dealt together, and the betting round that follows.
The fourth board card.
The fifth and final board card.
Showdown
Section titled “Showdown”If two or more players remain after the last betting round, they show their cards to see who wins.
Hole Cards
Section titled “Hole Cards”Your private cards that only you can see: two in Hold’em, four or five in Omaha.
The shared cards in the middle of the table that everyone can use.
The total of all bets in the hand.
Side Pot
Section titled “Side Pot”When a player is all-in, any further betting between the other players goes into a separate pot. The all-in player can only win the main pot they contributed to.
Kicker
Section titled “Kicker”An unpaired card used to break a tie between hands of the same type. For example, A-A-K beats A-A-Q; the K is the kicker.
The unseen cards that would give you the best hand.
The best possible hand given the current board. It can’t be beaten.
For hand rankings, see hand rankings.
Player stats
Section titled “Player stats”The percentage of hands where you voluntarily put money in preflop. Forced blinds don’t count. See VPIP, PFR, and your stats.
The percentage of hands where you raised preflop. It can’t be higher than VPIP.
A preflop re-raise: someone raises and you raise again.
Continuation bet. The last preflop raiser bets again on the flop.
Aggression factor. Compares how often you bet or raise after the flop with how often you check or call. The higher it is, the more aggressive you play.
Went to showdown. The percentage of hands where you saw the flop and played all the way to showdown.
BB/100
Section titled “BB/100”Big blinds won per 100 hands. The most common win-rate measure for cash games.
Tournaments
Section titled “Tournaments”Multi-Table Tournament. See reading the tournament lobby.
Freeroll
Section titled “Freeroll”A tournament with no buy-in. The platform funds the prize pool.
Satellite
Section titled “Satellite”A tournament where the prizes are tickets to bigger tournaments. Tickets go into your Backpack. See tickets and Backpack.
Bounty
Section titled “Bounty”Prize money on each player’s head. Knock them out and you win it. See bounty tournaments.
Late Registration
Section titled “Late Registration”The period after a tournament starts when you can still register.
Re-entry
Section titled “Re-entry”Buying in again after you’re knocked out, before registration closes.
Starting Stack
Section titled “Starting Stack”The number of chips each player starts the tournament with.
Blind Level
Section titled “Blind Level”The current stage of the blinds. In tournaments, the blinds go up at set intervals.
In the Money (ITM)
Section titled “In the Money (ITM)”Finishing in a paid position. See tournament prizes.
Bubble
Section titled “Bubble”The position one place away from the money.
Game types and platform features
Section titled “Game types and platform features”No-Limit Hold’em. See NLHE rules.
Pot-Limit Omaha. See Omaha rules.
Short Deck
Section titled “Short Deck”Poker played with only 36 cards. See Short Deck rules.
WPT Global’s fast-fold Hold’em. See Pace.
Splash
Section titled “Splash”WPT Global’s signature cash table, where everyone posts a big ante every hand. See Splash.
Bomb Pot
Section titled “Bomb Pot”A special hand where everyone puts in a large ante and play starts on the flop. See Bomb Pot.
Rabbit Hunt
Section titled “Rabbit Hunt”Seeing the board cards that would have been dealt after a hand ends early. See Rabbit Hunt.
Jackpot
Section titled “Jackpot”WPT Global’s is a High Hand Jackpot: a prize pool that builds up by stakes level, shared when you make four of a kind, a straight flush, or a royal flush using both hole cards. See Jackpot.
Side Betting
Section titled “Side Betting”An add-on where you bet on what hand type you’ll get next hand. In the app it’s called Guess Hand. See table layout.
Poker Flips
Section titled “Poker Flips”WPT Global’s Cowboy vs. Bull betting mini-game. See Poker Flips.
The fee the platform takes from each pot.
Heads-Up Display. Third-party software that shows opponents’ stats at the table. WPT Global doesn’t allow HUDs.