Term help
 

Hey I am very new to this forum and I was wondering what a few of these shortened terms that everyone uses means....
UTG= Under the gun
LAG=?
BB=?
Hero=?
what does it mean to win 20.5 BB?
and any other short terms would be very helpful. Thanks everyone who helps!

Re: Term help
 

LAG - loose (plays too many hands) aggressive (bets/raises lots) See also T (tight, plays few hands), P (passive). Bison's notes thread tells you about most playing styles. VP$IP tells you the % of times a player voluntarily put money in.

BB - big blind (SB - small), or Big Bets (1x big blind)

Hero - the player who posts the hand (you see "hero's" cards @ start).

20.5 Big Bets = if yuou play 1/2, that's 20.5x$2 ($41).

CO - cut off, 1 place to the right of the dealer button.

More terms are found in the abbreviations click button on the left <----

Hope that clears some up!

Regards,
Pete Harris

Re: Term help
 

LAG-> Loose aggressive players.
BB -> Big Blind.
Hero-> usually the poster identifying himself in the hand.

20.5 BB 20.5 Big Bets. (At a $.50/$1 Hold Em table $1 is the big bet so we are talking $20.50. If it were a 2/4 table it would be an $82 pot, but still 20.5 BB's)

Welcome to the forum,

secada

Re: Term help
 

Thank you both for your responses. I take it MP= Middle Position etc.

And when people are talking about hands, how come they don't just say the final pot= 650$ rather than saying 20.5 BB?

Re: Term help
 

[ QUOTE ]
Thank you both for your responses. I take it MP= Middle Position etc.

And when people are talking about hands, how come they don't just say the final pot= 650$ rather than saying 20.5 BB?

[/ QUOTE ]

Because in limit all bets you make is in terms of SBs and BBs. Calculations on pot/implied/equity odds is done in SBs and BBs. Also because people play anywhere from .01/.02 to 1/2 on this forum.

Re: Term help
 

[ QUOTE ]
BB - big blind (SB - small), or Big Bets (1x big blind)

[/ QUOTE ]

Typo. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]
1 Big Bet = 2xBig Blind.
-- in .50/1, the SB is .25, the BB is .50, so a big bet (the bet on the turn/river) is $1.

-d

Re: Term help
 

Abbreviations

I didn't see HU in the list but have seen it several times in posts. What is it?

Re: Term help
 

Heads up - 1 on 1.

Apologies for the Big Bets typo [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Regards,
Pete Harris