Big-bet poker  is poker played with  half-pot, pot-limit and no-limit betting. The name refers to the relative, not the absolute size of the bets.   In big-bet games, no matter how small the actual bets are, they will be large in relation to the size of the pot, returning odds for a call of 3/1 in half-pot, 2/1 in pot-limit and approaching 1/1 in no-limit betting.   In big-bet games the size of the bets escalates with geometric speed, doubling (at least) with every bet in half-pot betting, and trebling (at least) in pot-limit games.   In contrast, the bets in limit-betting games may be very large, but they double only once or twice during a hand, and  a final round bet will usually be small - 10%  or even 5% or less of the pot- in relation to the pot, making a call mandatory for anyone with a chance of winning,  which makes bluffs effective only when your opponents have very weak hands..

Communal cards  are turned face up in the middle of the table and can form part of any player's hand: if an ace is turned up then every player holding an ace in hand makes a pair.

Door-cards  are the up-cards dealt in the first round of play in stud games.

Flop is the name given to the three card communal draw of holdem, omaha etc, but i have been using it to describe the second round draw of games with a 3-2-1-1 layout whether communal or non-communal. A new term may be needed to differentiate between the two multi-card draws, perhaps "two-card drop" or simply "drop", as in "I made a flush on the drop."

Limit Betting,  the bets are of a set size, which doubles at some stage during the hand, and sometimes doubles again at the end.  This makes the final round pots very large in relation to the bets, so that a call at the end can return as much as twenty or thirty to one, which makes calling automatic if you have any sort of hand, and reduces the effect of bluffing.

No-limit or table-stakes: either player may in any betting round bet as much money as he or his opponent has on the table - whichever is less.  Tournament and championship play is often no-limit.

Half-pot betting: a player may in turn, and after calling any previous bet, bet up to half of what is in the pot at the time. This has the effect of doubling the size of  the pot (and the next bet) with each called bet, in a head-to-head pot..  Four called half-pot bets increase  a $100 pot 2x2x2x2 = 16 times, which is $1600. The four bets are $50, $100, $200 and $400.   Half-pot betting allows for power betting and effective bluffing, but the slower escalation in the size of the pot makes the money last longer than it does in pot-limit and no-limit, with fewer players tapping out as a result.   Half-pot is an excellent four-round game and it works pretty well even when stretched to five rounds: half-pot seven-card stud is quite playable and is a popular casino game in Australia and New Zealand.

Holdem betting has several variations, but the betting always starts at the first blind.   Most often played with a big and a small blind-bet, it can be played with just one blind, with several blinds, and can also require an ante from each player.

Nut-hand; the nuts: In any game of open poker, a hand which is known to be unbeatable at that stage of the hand due to it being the highest possible holding which can be formed with the cards available.    Derived from the supposed life of a poker pro, which is like sitting under a tree and "waiting for the nuts to fall".   Not to be confused with the nut, which is the weekly amount which must be "cracked" in order to survive.

Pot-limit betting. Each player can in turn,  after calling any previous bets, bet as much as is in the pot.  This has the effect of trebling the pot with every called bet in a head to head contest and as a result the bets escalate very quickly:  four called bets multiply a $100 dollar pot 3x3x3x3 = 81 times, which is $8100.   The four bets are $100, $300, $900 and $2700.  The steep betting means that  all-in play makes up a large part of the game, and in this it is a lot like no-limit betting.   Pot-limit is the most popular big-bet form in most parts of the world.  In Europe even seven-card stud is often played with pot-limit betting, but you can play for a long time without seeing five rounds of action because someone is almost always all-in after four bets.
 

Rocks are very tight players who only bet and raise in highly  favourable circumstances.

Stud betting is quite different from the betting used in communal card games, where betting starts from the small blind.  In stud betting each players antes and there is no blind bet.   With limit-betting the lowest card must bet in the first round; with non-limit-betting the highest card must either bet or fold.  After the first round the highest hand showing speaks first in all games, and can bet or check.

Tapping out occurs when a player hasn't enough chips on the table to cover a bet.  Money which is not covered is returned to the bettor, or forms part of a separate pot if there are other active players.  The all-in player continues to receive cards but can only win the pot containing the bets he matched.

Wrap-around draws:  in omaha, (5,6,9,T)<7,8,A> is a wrap-around straight draw, and  any 4,5,6,9,T or Jack makes a straight; a total of twenty cards.   In murrumbidgee (5,6,8)7,4,9 is a wrap-around straight draw with seventeen outs: any 3,5,6,8 or ten makes a straight.  In omaha the hole-cards surround the flop, while in murrumbidgee the flop surrounds the hole-cards.

WSOP is the World Series of Poker  (TM), run by Binion's Horseshoe Casino since 1970, and regarded as the world championship of poker. 
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