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Poker Glossary of Terms : F

Family Pot - When more than three players are contending for a pot, the pot is often considered a family pot.

Fifth Street - The fifth dealt community card, more commonly known as the "river" card.

Fish - A fish is an novice or bad player, who often loses a lot of money.

Fixed Limit - Basically another way of saying limit poker in which there are set bets. In a $5 - $10 fixed limit poker game all bets and raises pre flop and on the flop are $5 each, and the bets and raises after the turn and river cards are $10 each.

Flop - The first three face up community cards in Holdem poker. First three board cards.

Flush - A poker hand with 5 cards of the same suit - see poker hand rankings.

Fold - A player must fold or forfeit his hand if he/she does not want to match the current bet in the pot. A player should fold his/her cards when they think they can not win the hand or bluff a win. When folding against only 1 other player (or in a heads up game) you can choose to "show" your cards or "muck" the hand, which means to discard without revealing what cards you had.

Four of a Kind - Four of a kind is a poker hand with four cards of the same rank. For example, 9-9-9-9-K. A four of a kind is only beaten by a straight flush or royal flush.

Fourth Street - The fourth dealt community card, more commonly known as the "turn" card.

Freeroll - A Freeroll is an online poker tournament where the entry fee, the stakes, or both the entry fee and stakes are waived. Often online poker sites offer free entry but give real money prizes.

Full Boat - Another name for a full house, a poker hand consisting three-of-a-kind and another pair.

Full House - A poker hand consisting of a three-of-a-kind and a pair. Also known as "boat" or "full boat".