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When ‘the action is on' someone, it is his or her tern to make a poker play. The five possible poker actions are: check, bet, call, raise (and re-raise) or fold.

Some tournaments allow players to add more chips to their stack during certain periods, usually at the beginning of a tournament or a new round.

Going all-in means throwing all your chips into the pot, risking everything you've got. This happens automatically if you don't have enough chips to cover a required bet. You can also choose to go all-in if the bet is higher than your chip count, but you choose to make the bet nonetheless. In No-Limit games, where the bets are not limited [..]

A forced bet collected from everyone at the table at the beginning of each round.

The image used to represent the player in online poker.

In poker tournaments, play is continuous. You cannot ‘sit out' of the game. Instead, if you want to pause, you're status is ‘away from table' – you are dealt into every hand, and post blinds/antes when it's your turn. You are automatically folded when a higher bet is placed. In online poker tournaments, if you get disconnected f [..]

When a heavily-favored hand loses to a hand that is, statistically speaking, a severe underdog.

The amount of money a player sets aside for poker play at any given time.

When a player bets the total amount currently in the pot. Usually used in Pot Limit games.