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To call in poker simply means to match the existing bet on the current betting round. For example, if our opponent makes a bet of $10 on the flop in Hold’em, calling means that we match the $10 bet exactly. Once a player has called with everything in their chip stack, they are guaranteed to reach a showdown even if the opponent had more chips in his stack.
The button is the most profitable seat at the poker table. It's to the right of the small blind (SB) and to the left of the cutoff (CO).
The buy-in is the amount we pay to join a certain poker game. In tournaments the buy-in amount is typically fixed while in cash games there are a range of different buy-in sizings we can use. In cash games, buy-ins are often used a measurement of profit and losses (usually where 1 buy-in = 100 big blinds).
The term busted means that a draw did not hit even after the final card was dealt. For example, we might have a flush draw on the turn in Hold’em, but as soon as our flush draw misses on the river we can now refer to the hand as a busted flush draw. The term busted is also used to describe a player who is knocked out of a tournament once all of his chips our gone. Knocking out another player is often called ‘busting’ them.
The term burn means to discard the top card from the deck rather than deal it to the table. For example, in live Hold’em games, it’s common for the dealer to burn cards before dealing on every street. This is done to protect against cheating, or in case the value of the top card had been accidentally revealed to any player at the table.
The bubble is the situation in a poker tournament right before the prize pool is reached. Every player knows that if he busts out of the tournament right now, he’ll walk away with nothing. This creates a dynamic where a large number of the shorter stacks are simply trying to ‘hold on’ until that last player busts. Although the largest bubble is always right before reaching the prize pool, miniature bubbles can be created any time there is a considerable jump in payout.
