B- Back into a Hand
- To draw to a different hand than the one you were originally trying to make
- Backdoor
- A draw that requires both of the remaining cards to complete the hand
- Bad Beat
- To lose a hand when the odds are stacked in your favour
- Bankroll
- The amount of money a player has available to bet
- Belly Buster
- See Gut shot
- Big Blind
- The larger of the two blind bets typically used in a Hold `Em game. The big blind is a full first round bet
- Big Slick
- An Ace and King in the whole cards
- Blank
- A community card that doesn`t seem to help any draws
- Blind
- A bet that is put into the pot before players see their cards to get the betting going
- Bluff
- To bet or raise representing a good hand when actually you hold a weak hand
- Board
- The community cards as a whole
- Boat
- Another term for a full house. aka Full Boat
- Bonus
- An offer from an online poker site, usually of monetary value based on playing reuirements
- Bottom Pair
- A pair with the lowest card on the board and one of your hole cards
- Bounty
- A prize that is given in some tournaments for knocking out a particular opponent, often a celebrity
- Brick and Mortar
- A `real world` casino or card room as opposed to an online one
- Bring In
- The forced bet made on the first betting round, depending on who has the lowest face up card in Seven Card Stud and the highest in razz
- Broadway
- An ace high straight
- Bubble
- The period in a poker tournament where there are not many people that need to be eliminated before the prizes start. Some people may tighten up to ensure getting in the money, whilst others will get more aggressive to take advantage of the players who are concerned to not get knocked out yet.
- Bullets
- Aces
- Bump
- Raise
- Buried Pair
- In stud games, a pair in the hole
- Burn
- To get rid of a card in a set pattern when dealing. This is a method that helps to prevent cheating.
- Busted Flush / Straight
- A hand that contains only four out of the required five cards
- Button
- A white disk that rotates around the players at the table, indicating the nominal dealer and therefore player position in the hand.
- Buy
- To buy a pot is also known as stealing a pot, and means to bluff at it and win make opponents fold
- Buy-In
- An amount of money you pay to enter a tournament, or the minimum amount that needs to be used to enter a cash game
