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Here's a list of the most frequently used poker terms and abbreviations
Satellite: A tournament where players can qualify for much bigger events.
Scoop: To win both the high and the low pot in a hi/lo game.
Shootout: A tournament format where players face each other in parallel ten-player tournaments and the winners of each then face off in another round of ten-player tournaments. Until only one winner remains.
Steam: To lose your temper and start playing badly.
Streak: To be "in the zone" and win with whatever cards you are dealt.
Suited: Starting hand in matching suit – hearts, clubs, spades or diamonds.
Tell: A clue, hint or mannerism that reveals the true strength of a player's hand. In live games often detected through body language. Online, clues are discovered by observing a player's betting patterns.
Tilt: Playing recklessly and badly due to frustration from having lost.
Trap: To play a very strong hand weakly in order to induce costly raises from other players.
Under the Gun: The position to the immediate left of the big blind.
Cutoff: The player sitting before the dealer button
Blinds: The two players on the emmediate right of the dealer. Each hand, one player at the table puts in a big blind (BB), and the player in front of him puts in a small blind (SB). In most games, the small blind is half the size of the big blind.
Hand Nicknames:
AA - Pocket Rockets, Bullets, American Airlines
KK - Cowboys, King Kong
QQ - Double date, Canadian Aces, Siegfried and Roy, Ladies
JJ - Fish hooks
99 - Wayne Gretzky
88 - Snowmen
77 - Sunset strip
66 - Route 66
55 - Speed limit
44 - Magnum, Sail boat
33 - Crabs
22 - Ducks
AK - Big slick
AQ - Big chick
AJ - Black Jack, Jack-ass, A-jax
KQ - Royalty, Marriage
KJ - Kojak
J5 - Jackson five
Q3 - Gay waiter
95 - Dolly Parton
A8 - Dead man's hand (Wild Bill Hickok was shot in 1876 after winning with it!)
K9 - Canine
J4 - Flat tyre
93 - The Sik