Poker Glossary

The jokers are two extra cards added to a deck of cards generally with pictures of court jesters. They are sometimes used as wild cards in poker.

A mechanic or card mechanic is someone who has learnt sleight of hand techniques for manipulating a card deck and can potentially cheat while dealing.

Sequence in poker refers to the ordering of the cards. For example, five cards in sequential rank order makes a straight in poker.

House in poker refers to the establishment that runs the game itself. It could be a brick and mortar casino or an online poker room.

A hero fold is when a poker player folds a very strong hand (which would ordinarily call) because he has a strong feeling that he is beat.