Poker terminology - Terms with an "F"

Face Card - Any picture card.
 
Faced - (1) A face-up card. (2) To receive a face card.
 
Fall of the Cards - The order in which cards are dealt.
 
False Cut - A cheater's cut in which the stacked portion of the deck remains intact on top of the deck.
 
False Openers - A hand that has been opened improperly.
 
False Riffle - A cheater's riffle used to keep stacked cards undisturbed after riffling.
 
False Shuffle - See Blind Shuffle.
 
Family Pot - A pot in which everyone calls the bet.
 
Farm System - Several poker games at different stakes under control of a good player.
 
Fast Game - A game with a fast betting pace.
 
Fatten - To increase the money in the pot (Sweeten).
 
Favorite - The hand that is expected to win most often.
 
Feeble Phoebe - Like Hollywood, except table cards are turned over two at a time and played for high and low.
 
Feed the Pot - To bet or raise foolishly.
 
Feeler Bet - A small or nominal bet made to seek out strength or raising tendencies of opponents.
 
Felt - The surface of most poker tables.
 
Fever - A five.
 
Filling - Drawing and then catching a full house, flush, or straight.
 
Fin - Five dollars.
 
Finger Poker - A game run on credit.
 
Finn Poker - To play poker with the objective of winning maximum money.
 
First Hand - The first player allowed to bet a hand.
 
First Jack Deals - A method to determine who has the first deal.
 
Fish - An easy or a poor player.
 
Fish Hook - A seven or a jack.
 
Five and Dime - A hand containing a five and a ten with three unpaired cards in between.
 
Five Card Draw - Probably the world’s most well-known poker game.
 
Five of a Kind - Five cards of the same value.
 
Five-Card Stud - Stud poker played with one hole card and four exposed cards.
 
Fix - To prearrange the cards or stack the deck.
 
Fixed Limit - Betting with agreed-upon limits or maximums.
 
Flash - (1) To expose concealed cards (2) To turn up a common card for everyone's use when insufficient cards are available to complete a stud game. (3) Five cards, one of each suit plus the joker.
 
Flat Call - A way of calling that emphasizes the fact that the player didn't raise.
 
Flat Limit - A game in which only one consistent amount is allowed for all bets and raises.
 
Flat Poker - Poker with a blind open.
 
Flicker Flicker - Five-card, high-low stud.
 
Flinger - A wild or crazy player.
 
Flip Stud - Five-card stud in which the optional hole card and matching hole cards are wild.
 
Floorman - (1) A cardroom manager. (2) Shift boss in a casino.
 
Flop - The first three exposed cards in hold 'em poker.
 
Flush - Five cards of the same suit.
 
Fluss (Flux] - A flush.
 
Foiling the Cut - A cheater's method of returning cards to their original position after a cut.
 
Fold - To drop out of a hand by not calling the bet or raise (Drop).
 
Football - A stud game similar to baseball involving sixes and threes as wild cards.
 
Force-in - A mandatory blind bet, usually with an option to raise.
 
Foul Hand - A hand containing the wrong number of cards.
 
Four Flush - Four cards of the same suit.
 
Four Forty Four - Eight-card stud with fours wild.
 
Four of a Kind - Four cards of the same value (Fours).
 
Four-Flusher - (1) A cheater. (2) One who tries to win pots by purposely miscalling his hand.
 
Fox - an expert player.
 
Freak - A joker or a wild card.
 
Freak Hands - Nonstandard poker hands such as Blazers, Dutch Straights, Kilters, and Skeets.
 
Free Card - It’s a free card whenever you get to see an additional card without having to call a bet.
 
Free Ride - Playing without paying.
 
Free Roll - A lock on half the pot with a chance to win the whole pot.
 
Free Wheeler - A bankrupt player allowed to play free until he wins a pot.
 
Freeze Out - A rule requiring player to leave the game after losing a certain amount of cash.
 
Freezer - A call for less than the amount of the bet in table stakes (Short Call).
 
Friend - A card that improves a hand.
 
Full House, Full Barn, or Full Tub - Three of a kind with another pair (Full Hand).
 
Fundamental Position - The value of a player's hand relative to the other player's hands.
 
Fuzzing - Mixing the cards by continuously stripping off the top and bottom cards (Milking, Snowing Cards)