Terms Starting with N
terms are listed in alphabetical order
Nam Le
Nam Le is one of the best and most consistent poker tournament professionals in the world, with remarkable results dating back to 2004. (read more)
Nanonoko
Randy Lew, otherwise known as his screen name nanonoko, is a member of Team PokerStars Online and has over $1 million in cash game winnings online. (read more)
NAPT
The NAPT is the North American Poker Tour and is produced by PokerStars. It is a tournament series for North America that started in 2010. (read more)
Nash Equilibrium
The Nash Equilibrium is a solution concept of game theory explaining that when each player knows the equilibrium strategies others, no player has an advantage. (read more)
NC
NC, often seen in online poker chat boxes, is the abbreviation for either 'nice call' or 'nice catch,' the latter usually an embittered remark. (read more)
Needle
Needling refers to the act of taunting someone during a poker game in an effort to get under his skin and cause him to play worse as a result. (read more)
Negative Expectation
A negative expectation is a poker play that will lose money in the long run. (read more)
Negative Freeroll
A negative freeroll when a player goes all in and can only either tie or lose in the hand. (read more)
NH
NH is the quick way to tell someone (read more)
NHL Alumni Poker Night
The NHL Alumni Hockey Night is a promotion at PokerStars where players play in freerolls to win tickets to Toronto Maple Leafs hockey games. (read more)
Nit
Nit is the designation for a poker player who is perceived to play with a style that is overly tight and too risk-averse. (read more)
Nitfest
The term nitfest is usually mentioned in the context of discussing a poker game where there is limited action or most of the players are especially tight. (read more)
NLD
NLD is an acronym for 'nice laydown' which is often heard in both a sincere and a sarcastic context in online poker games. (read more)
No-Limit
No-limit poker describes stakes in which any player can bet up to the size of his chip stack at any time. No Limit Hold'em is an example. (read more)
Noel Furlong
Noel Furlong is an Irish businessman and recreational poker player who beat Alan Goehring heads-up to win the 1999 WSOP main event. (read more)
Noob
A noob is someone that has little know-how and is completely unwilling to learn the given task, often quitting or failing at the task at hand. (read more)
Nordberg
Nordberg is the online nickname for Full Tilt Red Pro Peter Feldman, an accomplished live and online poker player with over $1.2M in winnings. (read more)
Nordic WSOP Expedition
For the 2009 World Series of Poker, PokerStars is running a promotion called the Nordic WSOP Expedition that features special tournaments to qualify into the WS (read more)
Norman Chad
Norman Chad is a sportswriter and syndicated columnist best known for being a commentator for ESPN telecasts of the World Series of Poker. (read more)
Nosebleed
Nosebleed refers to poker games that are extremely high stakes, generally much higher than the most regularly played high stakes poker games. (read more)
Nothing
When a poker player says he has nothing, he means he doesn't even have a pair and is playing a high card. (read more)
November Nine
The November Nine is a marketing idea conceived by the WSOP and ESPN to boost interest in the final table of the World Series of Poker ME final table. (read more)
NSFW
The acronym NSFW stands for Not Safe For Work and refers to content that shouldn't be read at the office. (read more)
Number One
'Number one' is the term for the best possible hand, a wheel, in 2-7 lowball, consisting of 7,5,4,3,2. Similar, 'number 2' consists of 7,6,4,3,2. (read more)
Nut Air
The nut air is when a poker player has the best possible hand on a board without holding a pair or better. (read more)
Nut Low
A nut low hand is the best possible low hand in games of split-pot poker or lowball. In a vacuum, the nut low hand is a wheel. (read more)
Nut No Pair
Nut no pair is a colloquial hand ranking that indicates the best possible cards that do not create a pair with the board in Texad hold 'em. (read more)
Nut Nut
Nut nut is a synonym of 'lock lock' and refers to an occurence when someone has the best possible high hand and the best possible low hand in a split-pot game. (read more)
Nuts
The nuts is the absolute best hand. Players can also hold the best possible straight, or nut straight, or the nut flush, which contains the ace of a suit. (read more)
Nutter Butter
There are many variants of the expression The Nuts in poker. One option is to say The Nutter Butter. (read more)
