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Jackpot generally refers to the largest possible prize in a certain game. In the context of poker it usually refers to the bad beat jackpot. The bad beat jackpot is awarded when a sufficiently strong hand (usually good four of a kind or better in Hold’em) loses to an even stronger hand after the chips go all in. Since such losses are very rare, the jackpotpayout is usually very large.

Insurance is a side bet (often made with other players at the table) that our hand won’t hold up after all the chips have gone in. It functions very much like any insurance policy. If our hand holds up we pay a small fee for the policy. If our hand gets sucked out on, the granter of the insurance will typically pay us the value of our equity in the pot (or possibly even the entire pot, depending on exactly what was agreed).

Hit, in poker means to connect with our cards in some way. In most cases it means that we have picked up a made handbut can also be used to describe a situation where we pick up a good draw. It should not be confused with the term hit from blackjack which means to ask the dealer for another card.

A high hand or high-card hand is a poker hand that doesn’t make a pair or better. As such, the value of a high hand is determined by its highest ranked card (Aces being high in most variants). In the event that two high hands have the same ranked high card, the second highest card is consulted to determine a winner (and so on, through all 5 cards). High-card hands can sometimes win the pot, but their exact strength is heavily dependent on the precise situation and the variant of poker being played.

A hero call is a call made with a very weak hand on the final betting round, especially when facing a lot of action. On the surface it appears that the call being made could never be profitable since the hero calling hand is weak enough that winning seems highly unlikely. A hero call would usually be made in a situation where a player has a strong read or “tell” on his opponent. For example, if we are very confident our opponent is bluffing we might be able to call big river bets with high card type hands.

The term heads up refers to two handed poker. This would occur either because there are only two players dealt into a hand or because all other players at the table folded, leaving just two remaining. In a tournament the action becomes heads up when all other players have been knocked out of the tournament. The winner of the heads up match will win first prize in the tournament.