Pot-Limit is a betting structure that restricts the maximum betting size to the current size of the pot. As opposed to No Limit betting structure, in which players can bet their entire chip stack at any time. Pot-Limit Omaha is the most commonly played poker variant with this betting structure.

Being pot committed is a situation in which a pot is so large in comparison to a player’s stack that s/he can no longer afford to fold. “I was pot committed with my last $100 in the $1500 pot.”

The pot is the chips that have been bet or otherwise put into the pot that are awarded to the person who wins the hand. “He hit a flush on the river and won a $550 pot.”

In Hold’em and Omaha games, posting means making a forced “bet” as in blinds and antes. “We can’t start this hand until you post your ante.”

Position is a player’s seat in relation to the button. The positions at a poker table include Under The Gun, LoJack, HiJack, Cutoff, Button, Small Blind and Big Blind. These positions are grouped into the categories of early position, middle position, late position, and the blinds.

A polarized strategy or range is when the hands a player will play is restricted to those that are either very strong hands or bluffs. For example, if you wanted to bet with a polarized strategy on a flop of A♣ K♦ 2♠,  you would bet with strong hands like AA, AK, KK and 22,…

Hole cards of a matching rank. Preflop holdings such as 22, 77 and KK are pocket pairs. Want to learn how to play pocket pairs in cash games? Read this guide: How to Play Low Pocket Pairs in Cash Games

In Hold’em, when a player reaches showdown where his/her best possible hand is comprised of the five community cards, that player is said to be playing the board. For example, if you hold 7♦ 7♣ and the board runs out 7♠ 8♠ 9♥ T♦ J♣, you’re playing the board, as the jack-high straight made up…

A playing style or player characterized by the propensity to simply check or call instead of betting or raising. “He is known as a passive player, so on the rare occasions when he bets or raises big he probably has a very strong hand.”

A pair is any two cards of a matching rank. Preflop holdings like AA, KK, 88 and 77 are pocket pairs. If you hold AK and the flop comes A-7-2, you’ve flopped a pair of aces.

“Paint” is used to refer to face cards. The terms paint cards and face cards are interchangeable and refer to any king, queen or jack. “John held 55 was really hoping for no paint to come on the river.”