Postflop in poker simply means ‘after the flop’. The flop is the name of the second betting round in Hold’em and Omaha where 3 community cards are dealt face up in the centre of the table. Anything that happens from the moment those 3 cards are dealt is called postflop, including all the action on the flop, turn and river. Anything that happens before the flop is dealt is referred to as preflop.

Post means to make a mandatory payment into the pot during a hand of poker. There are two types of mandatory payments that a player may be asked to make; blinds and antes. The antes are posted by every player at the table while the blinds are posted only by specific seats (small blind and big blind). If a player wishes to join a game of poker mid orbit, it’s necessary that he pay some extra blinds before being dealt cards – this is referred to as posting.

A pair is a poker hand where we have two cards of identical rank. In most poker variants this leaves room for three kickers, since poker hands are usually constructed with exactly 5 cards. The higher the rank of a pair, the higher it’s value. Aces are high in this context, so a pair of Aces is the best possible pair and will beat all other pairs. If two players make the same pair, the kickers are consulted to determine the winner (highest kicker wins).

An overlimp is a limp made after a player has already limped before us on the current betting round. The term overlimp is used interchangeably with limp behind. Although open limping is not generally considered a good strategic option, the general consensus is that overlimpinghas its merits when used correctly. Since limping can only occur on the initial betting round, it’s natural that overlimpingis something that can also only occur on the first betting round (preflop in Hold’em).

An overcard is a card that has a higher rank than another card or hand to which it is compared. For example, in Hold’em, imagine a flop texture of T75. Any turn card that is higher than a Ten can be referred to as an “overcard to the board”. Imagine we held pocket Queens on that same board texture. We might now describe any King or Ace as an overcard. Although a Jack on the turn would still be an overcard to the board, it wouldn’t be an overcardto our pair, which is what is most relevant here.

An out is any card left in the deck that can complete our hand (and generally give us the best hand). For example, if we hold the 6789 straight draw, any Five or Ten is an out since it completes the straight. That would typically be a total of 8 outs, but it does depend on which cards are still in the deck and which cards are already ‘dead’.