Burn Card

general

The card discarded face-down before each community-card deal.

Live-poker only — online sites don’t burn. Tradition from physical decks, prevents a player seeing the top card.

See also

Action
Your turn to act, or the overall betting activity in a hand.
Bad Beat
Losing a hand where you were a heavy statistical favorite.
Board
The community cards dealt face-up in the middle of the table.
Cooler
A hand where two players have very strong holdings — unavoidable losses happen.