To add some variety and spice to our highly informative and captivating blog, we are introducing a new feature: “Poker Term of the Week.” From the relatively common to the more obscure—and until I run out of terms—see how many you may already know.

For this, our inaugural post, I will start things off with a term with which practically every poker player is familiar: the flop.

Quite simply, the flop in poker is the first three community—or board—cards dealt face-up by the dealer.