A five-card hand containing an ace, but no straight, flush or pair.

A full house with three aces (and any pair).

When your hand contains two pairs, one of which is a pair of aces.

The betting aspect of the game, including checking and raising.

Any player who hasn’t folded.

A chance to buy more chips. Comes at the end of the re-buy period during a multi-table tournament (MTT), normally after 60 minutes.

Betting your entire chip stack, either as a tactic, or to call (match) another player’s bet.

A fee you pay before you see your hand, on top of the blinds – usually applies in later rounds of tournaments. The bigger the blind, the bigger the ante.

When a strong hand – one that statistically ought to win – does not. Trust us, this does happen.

The money you have to bet, either in your partypoker account or set aside to add later.