This week’s term is boat.

Quite simply, a boat in poker is a full house, or, as some call it a full boat.

But why is it called a boat? Some claim that the term has its origins in riverboat gambling and, therefore, the game was played on a boat instead of in a house. “Full boat” was ultimately shortened to just “boat.” Another possible origin comes from a story wherein a player actually lost his riverboat when his nut flush was beaten by a full house, er full boat, which was then, again, shortened to “boat.”