Cardroom Journal

Online cardroom culture & etiquette

Online casino editorial · 18+

Dispatches from the online cardroom

Cards on screen. People at the table.

Online cardroom etiquette, table language and interface decisions, explained through practical reading and original references.

Cardroom etiquetteTable languageOnline decisions

Cardroom dispatches

4 articles

An original cardroom interface illustration, with chat and table areas separated.AK
An original cardroom interface illustration, with chat and table areas separated.

Casino cardroom culture

The cardroom vocabulary

Buy-in

The amount used to join a game, subject to the specific table’s minimum and maximum.

Dealer button

A marker used to identify the nominal dealer position in certain poker games.

Posted rules

The house’s written procedures for that room or table. Read them rather than assuming every venue is identical.

Table stakes

A poker convention whose precise operation should be checked in the room’s rules.

Visible chips

Keeping chip stacks easy to see helps other players and staff understand the state of the table. Follow local procedures.

Floor staff

Casino or cardroom staff responsible for overseeing play and resolving procedural questions.