Flip Poker Term
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From gambling.
Phrase[edit]
Used to accept (or call) a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes. I'll see your five and raise you ten. I'll see your bet and raise you one thousand. I'll see your $20. Flat – A term used interchangeably with “call” in poker. See the entry for usage examples. Float – A call made with a speculative holding, having the intention of bluffing on a later street. In modern times this term has been re-appropriated to describe a “bet vs missed c-bet while in position”. The term “ flop ” refers to the three community cards that are dealt as well as being the name assigned to the second round of betting in Hold’em and Omaha variants (the first betting round being referred to as “preflop”). Expected value helps poker players make decisions based on risk versus reward. Players use the expected value formula to quickly calculate if they should bet, check or fold. Our extensive guide. Flip is the term poker players use to describe a hand or situation where card values are equivalent, like a coinflip. Floating is when a poker player calls a bet without a good hand intending to bluff the bettor later in the hand.
- Used to accept (or call) a bet, and at the same time raise the stakes.
- I'll see your five and raise you ten.
- I'll see your bet and raise you one thousand.
- I'll see your $20 and raise you $200.
- More generally, used when someone produces or reveals something. One says this to announce they will answer by producing or revealing something of their own, usually greater in significance.
- I'll see your defective gallbladder and raise you one heart murmur and a kidney stone.
- Well, sir, I'll see your four months in Vietnam and raise you the twenty years I spent serving as an Air Force pilot flying in conflicts as far-ranging as Grenada, Somalia, Bosnia, and Haiti.
- I'll see your gigabyte and raise you a terabyte.
Flip Poker Terms
Usage notes[edit]
Coin Flip Poker Term
- Often used with two direct objects; see the examples above.
- This is considered a string bet in most poker games and is not allowed.