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A (semi) Comprehensive Dictionary of Online Poker Terms part 1, V1.2
A (semi) Comprehensive Dictionary of Online Poker Terms and Abbreviations, part 1,V1.2
There are several categories of words and abbreviations in this document: Poker terms, eg: Aces full Freeze Out Poker terms unique to or more used in online poker, eg: TAG Bonus whoring Online communication terms and abbreviations from e-mail, IM, etc, eg: TY IMHO Abbreviations of names of poker books listed with author (Note not all books are commonly referred to by abbreviations), eg: TOP SS/SS2 Names of 2 card starting hands, eg: Dolly Parton Route 66 Mathematical terms used in poker (very limited. this is not a math book), eg: Std Dev VP$IP Poker term definitions intended only as humor. Plagiarism Toke, def 2 Names and descriptions of cardgames (kitchen table cardgames are largely ignored), eg: California lowball Omaha8 Poker Terms unique to B&M cardrooms (very limited, there are extensive B&M cardroom dictionaries online), eg: Color up String bet I believe these are the most often used definitions of the words, terms, and abbreviations commonly used in the forums and in online poker. I make no apology for the political correctness of poker players or the poker vernacular. I also make no claim that the list of about 1000 words is complete or that every one is 100% accurate, although most are. The members of the forum can continue to correct, and add to this list as appropriate. ~$7 Approximately $7. [/b] “Time” An expression used to stop the action on a hand. Equivalent to “Hold it”, or “Time Out.” +EV Positive expected value. $EV Dollar Expected Value – the expected profit or loss in dollars associated with a decision. 2+2’er Those that actively take part in the discussions on the 2+2 forums. 21C 7S Seven Card Stud For Advanced Players 21st Century Edition, David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth, and Ray Zee. 21CHE Hold'em For Advanced Players 21st Century Edition, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth. 3-bet The first reraise (putting 3 bets in). 7CSFAP Seven Card Stud for Advanced Players, Ray Zee. 8-or-better The requirement in high-low split games that the low half of the pot be awarded only to a hand that is 8-high or lower. 9To Nine Ten offsuit. A-B-C Playing predictably, or by the book. Absolute nuts The best possible hand, based on the board cards. Sometimes simply called the nuts. AC Atlantic City. According to Hoyle With respect to the rules of poker: proper, that is, following the rules. See Hoyle, Edmond. Ace high In high poker a hand whose highest card is an ace, having no pair or higher hand. Ace in the hole In a stud game, having an ace as one's downcard or one of one's downcards. Ace magnets KK Ace-high flush A hand of 5 cards of one suit, one of which is the ace of that suit. Ace-high straight A hand of 5 consecutive values the highest of which is an ace. Aces full A full house consisting of three aces and a smaller pair. Aces up A pair of aces with any other pair. All two pair are referred to similarly with the "highest of the two pair - up" Act Make a poker play at the required time; check, call, bet, raise, or fold, as appropriate, in turn. Active player A player still in the pot Action A fold, check, call, bet, or raise. The relative liveliness of a game, often measured by the frequency and quantity of bets and raises. Turn. eg: The action is on you. Active Player A player still involved in a hand. Add on A last buy-in optionally permitted in a rebuy tournament, usually with no minimum chip requirement. Advantage See edge. Advantage player A person who playes only in games where he believes he has a statistical advantage over the house. Advertise To show a hand for the purpose of misleading other players regarding your standards of play. AFAICT As far as I can tell. AFAIK As far as I know. A-game One's best game, in terms of the quality of one's play. Aggie slick 23 Aggression factor (bets made + raises made) / calls made may or may not include pre-flop action. Aggressive Adjective used to describe a player who plays in the opposite manner to the weak player. This player bets and raises often, while calling and checking infrequently. The exception would be checkraising. Aggressive action A wager that could enable a player to win a pot without a showdown; a bet or raise. Ainsworth 62 Ajax AJ AKQJT Ace, King, Queen, Jack, Ten Alabama night riders KKK All black Having a spade or club flush. Also, all blue, all purple. All blue A flush containing either clubs or spades. All blue (or all pink) A flush. All pink A flush containing either diamonds or hearts. All-In To push all of your remaining chips into the pot. American Airlines AA Angle A maneuver, usually on the border between legality and illegality (but usually clearly unethical), to take unfair advantage of another player. Angle shooter A poker player who uses various underhanded, unfair methods to take advantage of inexperienced opponents. Angling Taking action or talking when it is not your turn in order to mislead your opponent. Some consider this to be cheating, others consider these tactics to be a part of the game. Animal Nickname for a player that is highly loose-aggressive. See Maniac. Ante A prescribed amount posted before the start of a hand by all players. Aquarium Place to find fish, as part of the phrase Don't tap on the aquarium (possibly attributable to Phil Gordon). Arkansas flush Four flush. Assault rifle Having A-K-4-7 as your hole cards in Omaha. Ax An ace with any second card. Axs An ace with a second card of the same suit. AZ Arizona. B&M Brick & Mortar ie: casino or card room, not online. B/C Bet and call a raise. B/F Bet and fold to a raise. Baby A low-ranked card, usually 2 through 5, in games other than lowball. A through 5 in lowball. Bachelor hand JKo Back Finance another player. Back into To make a hand that is different than the hand you were originally trying for. Backdoor A hand that requires help from both the turn and river in order to win. See: runner-runner. Backer Someone who finances another player. Bad beat To have a hand that is the clear mathematical favorite lose to a heavy underdog (especially if that hand should not have been involved in the pot). Bad-beat story A story told by someone who lost a pot, often a big one, in a bad beat. Usually no one but the teller is interested in hearing the story. Bad game A game in which your opponents are too good for you to expect to win. A game in which you are an underdog. Bait A small bet made to encourage a raise. Bankroll Money that is earmarked for poker. Baskin-Robbins 3A BB Big blind or big bet depending on how it is used in context. BB/100 # of big blinds won per 100 hands played. BBL Be back later. Beatles reunion AAA Beer hand 72 Belly buster Inside straight draw. Berry Patch An easy game, with many poor players. Best of it A situation where a wager can be expected to be profitable in the long run. Bet The act of placing a wager in turn into the pot on any betting round. The chips put into the pot. Bet into Take the initiative in the betting action with the knowledge that your opponent has a potentially strong hand. Bet for value A bet made with the intention of getting called by one or more lesser hands, as opposed to getting the others to fold. BG Backgammon. Bicycle In ace-to-five lowball, a 5-high straight. See: Wheel. Big $1000. "I lost six big" means "I lost $6000." Big Bet In limit games in which the size of the maximum bet increases in later rounds, a big bet is the largest bet size. Big bet poker Pot Limit or No Limit poker are referred to as Big Bet poker, as opposed to limit poker. The "big" in a sense refers to the size of bets relative to the pot, irrespective of the amount of money involved. Big blind The first bet posted by the player to the left of the player who posts the small blind. It is a forced bet. The big blind bet amount is equal to the lower bet. For example, in a $10/$20 game, the big blind is $10. Applies in Texas Hold'em Omaha Omaha Hi-lo. Big chick In texas hold’em, an ace and a queen (suited or unsuited) as your hole cards. Big Fritz K2s Big lick 69 Big slick AK as the first two down cards in texas hold'em. Bitch Q Bite Vigorish. BJ Black Jack (the game, not the cards). Black $100 chip. Black maria The queen of spades; sometimes called just Maria. The ace of spades, particularly when associated with the game of high spade in the hole. Blank Any card that doesn't look like it's going to help anyone. See Rag. Bleed Win or lose a lot of money a little at a time. Bleeding chips Losing. Blind A forced bet put in by one or more players immediately to the left of the button before any cards are dealt. A hand that has not been looked at as in, "Joe played his hand blind." Blind game A game which utilizes a blind. Blind off In a tournament, when a player pays the blinds, but is not playing. Blocky 63 Bluff A bet with a weak hand (typically a busted hand), usually intended to get other players to fold. Board A community card in the center of the table, as in hold’em or Omaha. Boat Full house. BOHICA An abbreviation for “Bend over, here it comes again.” Bonus whoring Taking advantage of deposit bonus offered by various poker sites. Bookends AT Bot A bot is a computer program that plays poker. Bots are highly controversial since they are seen as a threat to online poker. If there were too many successful bots, the games would become incredibly difficult to beat. Bots are against the terms and conditions of online poker rooms, and poker rooms will shut down players they suspect to be bots. Origin: abbreviation of robot. Bottom pair If there are three cards of different ranks on the flop in hold'em, and you pair the lowest one, you have middle pair. Bounty A reward given in a tournament to someone who meets certain criteria. often: knocking a certain person out of the tournament or winning with a certain hand. Bowling hand 7T BR Bank roll, funds available for poker. Brick A blank card, especially in stud games. Bridge Order Suit order according to the game of bridge, that is, spades, hearts, diamonds, clubs. Bridge order comes into play in poker in 3 circumstances: Breaking a tie for high card in determining which hand gets the odd chip. Who has the high-card forced bet in seven-card stud (home games), or Who starts the deal on the first hand at a particular table. Bring In Forced bet by the lowest card on third street in 7 card stud. Broadway An ace-high straight. Broadway card Any card that can be used to make a Broadway. ie: Ace throught Ten. Broderick Crawford T4 Broken game A game no longer in action. Broomcorn’s Uncle A player who antes himself broke. Brown Trout A recognition phrase for 2+2 posters, started as a joke on Internet Forum. Originally “Does the Brown Trout sleep in the closet?” Bubble Finishing a tournament 1 position out of the money. Bug A joker, usually in five card draw or draw lowball. Bullets AA Bully A very aggressive player is one that would be bullying the game, that is, creating a lot of action by his continuous betting and raising. Bully Johnson 35 Bump To raise. Bump It To raise. Buried A buried pair is a pair in the hole in seven card stud. Burn Placing the top card of the deck into a separate pile, ensuring that it is not used. This is to help prevent cheating. Burn card The card removed from the deck on a burn. See burn. Bust To run out of money, especially in a tournament. Bust out To lose your buy in. See Bust. Busted hand A hand in poker without so much as a pair. A busted hand that missed a draw to a straight or a flush is a busted straight or a busted flush. Button The disk, position, or person that represents the dealer in a given hand, the last player to act preflop. Buy To buy a pot is to make a bet large enough that other players would be extremely unlikely to call. Buy in The amount of money that is necessary to play a particular game. Buy the button Betting or raising in order to make any players between you and the button fold. Buy the pot To bluff bet or raise in order to win the pot. BWDIK But what do I know. C/C Check and call any bet. C/F Check and fold to any bet. C/R Check and raise after any bet. C&R Ciaffone & Reuben Calamity Jane Qs California lowball Ace-to-five lowball with a joker. Call To match the current high bet. Calling station A player who often checks or calls, but rarely bets or raises. Cambodian slick 74o Cap The final raise in a given round allowed by the rules. Capped Describes the situation in limit poker in which the maximum number of raises on the betting round have been reached. Cards speak The face value of a hand in a showdown is the true value of the hand, regardless of a verbal announcement. Case The last card of a specific rank. Catch When the cards are treating you well, you are said to be catching cards. To receive a card that completes a good hand. CB Hand T4 CC Cha-Ching. cEV Chip Expected Value – the expected profit or loss in chips associated with a decision. Chameleon Player in a game who changes and varies his style of play from wild and unpredictable to tight and aggressive. Change gears Alter the pace of one's playing, usually as a deceptive move against the other players, as, for example, change from fast, aggressive play to a more conservative style. Chase To play a hand that is most likely worse than at least one other player. eg: to chase a flush. Check To pass without betting, retaining the right to act if another player bets. Check behind To check when it's been checked to you. Check-raise Checking when the action is originally to you, then raising once someone after you bets. Chip A round token in various denominations denoted by color used to represent money. Chip dumping A form of collusion that happens during tournaments, especially in the early rounds. Two or more players decide to go all-in early. The winner gets a large amount of chips, which increases the player's chance of cashing. The winnings are then split among the colluders. Chop Splitting the pot. Chump Inexperienced player. Sucker. CK Check. CO Cut off, player one seat to the right of button. Coffeehouse To talk about a hand one is involved in, usually with the intent of misleading or manipulating other players, is coffeehousing. Marginally ethical. Cold A player not doing well. A deck producing no good hands. Cold call To call more than one bet at a time ie: calling a bet and a raise. Not the same as calling a bet, then calling a subsequent raise. Collection The fee charged in a game (taken either out of the pot or from each player). See vigorish. Collusion Collusion is a form of cheating. Players will work in a team to try to gain an advantage over the other players. They will somehow signal to each other what their cards are. They will then use this information to gain an unfair advantage. Collusion is illegal. Color change A request (by the house) to change the chips from one denomination to another. Color down Exchanging chips for those of a lower denomination. Color up Exchanging chips for those of a higher denomination. Columbia River K7 Come The anticipation of making a hand. To raise “on the come”, raise in anticipation of making a hand, flush etc, on later streets. Come back at Re-raise Come hand A drawing hand. Example: An open-ended straight is a come hand. Common card Community card Community card Any card dealt to the center of the table and considered part of each active player's hand. Complete the bet When the small blind chooses to call by putting in the chips necessary to match the big blind. Computer hand Q7 Concealed Hand A hand played in such a way that you would not suspect it of being very good, but that turns out to be so. Connectors In hold 'em, two cards in sequence suited or unsuited, usually with reference to hole cards. Conservative Describing a player, or the play of one, who does not bet unless it is very likely that he has the best hand, see Rock Cooler Cold deck. Coordinated Board A board that is likely to have hit someone hard if they hit it or given someone a strong draw. Counterfeit When your hand loses value because a board card duplicates it, a board card gives others the same hand, or gives all a higher hand. Having a probable winner turned into a probable loser by the appearance of another card on the board. Courtesy bet A bet (usually a bluff) made when you are fairly sure your opponent is going to call or raise. Covered Having more chips than your opponent in a tournament. Having more than enough chips to meet the current bet. Cowboys KK CP Card Player. Crabs 33 Crack To beat a big hand. Cripple (an opponent) To win a critical hand in a tournament, leaving your opponent very short-stacked. Cripple the deck Your hand contains most or all of the beneficial cards that could be used in conjunction with the board. Crying call To call with no cards to come, while expecting to lose. Curse of Scotland 9d Cut To divide the deck into two sections in such a manner as to change the order of the cards. Cut-card Another term for the bottom card. Cutoff The person to the right of the button. Dames Dark Taking action, such as checking or betting, without seeing your hole cards. Darth Vader 4s-4c 'the dark fours'. Dead card A dead card is a card that is no longer available to help you. Dead Man’s Hand AA88 all black. The hand Wild Bill Hickock was holding when he was shot in the back by Jack McCall in the Mann-Lewis Saloon in Deadwood, South Dakota, on August 2, 1876. There is some discrepancy as to the fifth card. It may have been a red jack. Colloquially: Any two pair, Aces and 8s. Dead money Money invested in a tournament by a player or players unlikely to win. Money put in the pot by people who are no longer in contention to win the pot. Chips that are taken into the center of the pot because they are not considered part of a particular player’s bet. Deal To give each player cards, or put cards on the board. Each deal refers to the entire process from the shuffling and dealing of cards until the pot is awarded to the winner. Dealer button A flat disk that indicates the player who would be in the dealing position for that hand (if there were not a house dealer). Normally just called “the button.” Deception Any action in violation of the fundamental theorem of poker, that has a +ev result due to a subsequent violation of the fundamental theorem of poker by the opponent, stemming from the disinformation presented by the original action or non-action. Deck A set of playing-cards. The deck consists of either 52 cards in 7 stud, hold'em, and Omaha, or 53 cards including the joker in ace-to-five lowball and draw high. Declare Declare games are games in which you must declare the value of your hand in order to claim the pot. A typical example is a high-low split game in which you must declare before showdown whether you are claiming the high, low, or both pots. Defensive bet A bet that is sometimes made to limit your potential loss in a hand. For example a player wants to see his opponent’s hand but feels that if he checks his opponent would make too large a bet for him to call. Therefore rather than having to call a large bet, he makes a smaller defensive bet. Deuce 2 Deuce to seven In a game played for low, deuce to seven means that the best low hand is simply the worst poker hand. 75432 with no flush is the worst possible hand. Devil 6666 Dinner for four Pair of 6's & 9's. Dinner for two 69 Discard In a draw game, to throw cards out of your hand to make room for replacements. Discards In a draw game the card(s) thrown away; the muck. Disconnect protection A tool to protect players in the event that their internet connection is lost while involved in a pot. Also known as "All-in protection". Divorce KQ Dog Underdog. Dog balls 88 Dolly Parton 95 Dominated hand A hand that contains 3 or fewer outs against another hand. AQ vs AK. Donk Loosely, a poor player. Often a "table coach". Donkbet Min raise, esp a minimum bet into a reasonable size pot. Door card The first card dealt face up to each player in seven card stud is the door card. Double belly buster Double inside straight draw 7,9,T,J,K. Double pop Immediately raise a bet so that subsequent players have to call two raises. Double Shootout A tournament of 9 (or possibly 10) tables. The winner of each table moves on to a final table. Used as both regular cash tournaments and as satellites to larger tournaments. Double through In no-limit, double a small stack by beating someone with a large stack heads up. Double up In no-limit, double a small stack by beating someone with a large stack heads up. Downcards Cards that are dealt facedown in a stud game. Down to the felt Out of money or chips Doyle Brunson Having T2 as your hole cards in hold'em (also known as a "Doyle Brunson"). Doyle Brunson won the WSOP on two occasions with these hole cards. DP Draw Poker. Drag Winning a pot. Draw The poker form where players are given the opportunity to replace cards in the hand. In some places like California, the word “draw” is used referring to draw high, and draw low is called “lowball.” Drawing dead To be involved in a hand that, even if you draw the cards necessary to make your hand, you will still lose. Drawing hand A hand which must be improved to win is a drawing hand. eg: 4 straight or 4 flush. Drawing live Draw to a hand that will win if made Draw out on To draw out on someone is to outdraw them. eg: draw a card making a better hand, esp on a later street. Drop Fold. Lose a given amount of money. Ducks 22 Dump To fold a hand. Dykes Early position In a poker game, the first few positions to the left of the dealer, or to the left of the obligatory blinds. Some claim early position, in a game with eight or more players, is the first three positions. Easy Money Easy pickings in a poker game. Money won from inexperienced players. Edge The advantage a good player has in a poker game. 8 or Better The requirement in high-low split games that the low half of the pot be awarded only to a hand that is 8-high or lower. eg example. EMP Early middle position. EP Early position. EPT European Poker Tour. Equity Your mathematical share of a pot, based on the amount in the pot and your chances of winning it. Ethics The rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular group, culture, etc. Etiquette Conventional requirements as to social behaviour. the code of ethics of a profession. EV Expected value. -EV Negative expected value. Expected Value In probability theory, the overall expected payoff of a particular event, calculated by multiplying the probability of each possible outcome by the payoff from each. One's EV from calling a bet, for example, is the sum of all possible outcomes from calling the bet multiplied by the probability of each. Note that since a bet costs money to make, the payoff of some outcomes--and therefore the EV itself--may be negative. Face card Any jack, queen, or king. Also called court card, paint, picture, picture card. Family pot A pot in which many players are involved. FAQ Frequently asked questions. Fast Used to describe playing a hand aggressively in order to try to win a pot without allowing others to draw out on you. Favorite The hand that is expected to win most often in a particular situation. FE Fold equity. Felt The surface of most poker tables is made of some sort of felt, or is in any case referred to as such. FH Full house Fifth Street In seven-card stud, the fifth card dealt to each player. In hold’em the fifth community card. River card. Fill To draw a card that makes a five-card hand (straight, flush, full house, straight flush). Fill up To draw to and make a full house either from trips or two pair. Fire To bet or raise. Fish A poor poker player, relative to their competition, Live one, A very loose player. Fishhooks JJ Five and dime 5T Fixed Limit Poker in which all bets are made in specified increments, that is, the size of each betting increment does not increase on any round of betting. Flash To show one or more of your cards, usually when it is not required. Flat call To call one or more bets without raising, when you are quite sure that you have the best hand. See also smooth call. Flat tire J4 Floor Shortened form of “Floor Person”; a casino employee who helps to seat players and makes rules decisions when a dispute arises. Flop In hold’em or Omaha, the three community cards that are turned simultaneously after the first round of betting is complete. Flush A hand in which all five cards share the same suit. Folding Equity Percentage of times all remaining opponents will fold to your bet times total chips you stand to gain when they do all fold The value that comes from the possibility that other players will fold to your bet. Relative stack size representing the potential of players folding to your bet. With a short stack you have no folding equity. Forced bet A mandatory bet. eg: the blinds in hold'em, forced bring-in bet by the low hand on third street in 7 card stud. Also: a bet required by logic rather than rules. Forest 3333 Four of a kind Four cards of the same rank. Also called quads. Fourflush A hand with four cards of the same suit. Fourth street The second upcard in seven-card stud or the first boardcard after the flop in hold’em (also called the turn card). FPP Frequent Player Points. Points that are credited to your account when playing at Poker Stars. FPS Fancy Play Syndrome said to be attributable to B. Greenstein. Fred & Ethel JQ Free card Whenever you get to see an additional card without having to call a bet, it's a free card. Free card play Betting or raising in late position on the flop in the hopes that the other players will check to you on the turn, give you the option of seeing the river card for free. Free ride A street on which no one bets. Free roll Having a lock on half the pot, but also having a chance to win the whole pot. A tournament which requires no cash entry fee. A chance to win something at no risk or cost. Freeze Out A table-stakes game that continues until a small number of players (possibly only one) has all the money. FT Final table. Full Tilt Poker. FTOP Fundamental Theorem Of Poker. From TOP, David Sklansky. Full house A hand consisting of three of a kind and a pair. FW Foxwoods Casino. FWIW For what it's worth. FYP Fixed your post. G1 Good one Gamble Loose play, or the desire to play other than tight. "He has a lot of gamble in him.” Play loosely. Be willing to bet on situations with uncertain outcomes. Note: This word has special meaning among poker players, and is different from the more generalized definition of the word as found in most dictionaries. Game Theory A branch of mathematics dealing with decision making based on insufficient information. Betting or calling in a certain way when you don't know how an opponent plays so as to prevent the opponent from obtaining an edge by his own betting or calling. Gap The amount by which a hand needs to be better to call a bet than would be needed to make the same bet. Gap Concept The concept that it takes a better hand to call a bet than to make the same bet. Gay waiter Q3 (a queen with a trey) GC Good call. German virgin 99 GG Good game. GH Good hand. Giving a hand away Playing your hand in such a manner that your opponents should know what you have. GJ Good job. GL Good luck. Gleek Three of a kind. Golf bag Club flush. Good buddy T4 Good game A game in which there are enough players worse than you to make you a substantial favorite. Goolsby QT Goot Good. Gorillas KK Gorillas in the Mist KK Grand jury 444 GrannyMae A nickname for having Qs5s as your hole cards. This is credited to long-time 2+2 forum poster GrannyMae. Green $25 chip. GSIH Getting Started In Hold'em, Ed Miller. GSSD Gut shot straight draw. GTBOI Getting the Best of It, David Sklansky. GTD Guaranteed: $1m GTD would be a tournament where prize money of over $1m was guaranteed. Gutshot Inside straight draw. Gypsy To enter the pot cheaply by just calling the blind rather than raising. Also called limp. Half Bet A bet equal to half the limit. From Robert’s Rules of Poker: In limit play, an all-in wager of less than half a bet does not reopen the betting for any player who has already acted and is in the pot for all previous bets. A player facing less than half a bet may fold, call, or complete the wager. An all-in wager of a half a bet or more is treated as a full bet, and a player may fold, call, or make a full raise. I believe the same applies in NL to an all in bet equal to half the previous bet. Half kill (or half kill game) A hand that is played for 1 1/2 times stakes based on the previous hand meeting certain criteria. Also see Kill. Half kill button A button that is placed in front of the player who is responsible for a Half Kill game. Hand All of a player’s personal cards. The five cards determining the poker ranking. A single poker deal. Heads-up play Only two players involved in play. Heinz 57 Help Someone who says they need help means they need their hand to improve in order to have a chance at the pot. HEP Hold'em Poker, David Sklansky. Hero When telling a poker story, the person who's point of view you are trying to represent. HH Hand history. Hidden Hand See Concealed Hand Hidden Trips Seven Card Stud: Downcards containing three of a kind. In community card games: Two cards in the hole matching one of the upcards. High-low split In high-low split games, half the pot goes to the best hand (the high), half to the worst (the low), often with a qualifier for the low hand: “8 or better”. Hilton sisters Hit Make a hand, usually implying having caught a needed card. Hit and run A player who leaves the table shortly after scooping a big pot. HJ Hijack, player two seats to the right of button. HL High limit game. HOH Harrington on Hold'em, Dan Harrington. HOHII Harrington on Hold'em Vol II, Dan Harrington. Hold up When a hand that is leading manages to win the pot at showdown. Hole Card(s) Your unique cards that are hidden from everyone else. See pocket. Hollywood Acting in a showoff manner. “Don’t Hollywood me, just play your cards.” Home Game A private game played at someone's home, often one regularly scheduled, perhaps weekly. Players might refer to such a game as "the Friday-night game." Hooks JJ HORSE A game that rotates through H - Holdem, O - Omaha hi/lo 8-or-better, R - Razz, S - Stud (hi only), E - Eight-or-better Stud hi/lo (all limit). HORSEL As above plus Lowball. Hot Doing well; catching good cards. Hot deck A deck that has recently produced a series of good hands. Hourly Rate The amount of money a player earns in an hour of play. (Total Prizes Won – Total Buyins)/(Hours Played) House The cardroom (management, owners, etc.) is the house. Hoyle, Edmond (1672-1769). English barrister and codifier of rules of games, author, in 1742, of A Short Treatise on the Game of Whist, which set down the rules of the game. Subsequent editions of the book contained treatments of quadrille, piquet, and backgammon. Hoyle wrote other books about games, and earned a reputation as an expert on rules. Over the years, the phrase "according to Hoyle" came to be synonymous with "by the highest authority." Although Hoyle never wrote a word about poker--in fact, the game was probably not played in his time--his name has nonetheless come to be associated with the rules of poker. Since Hoyle's death, several rules books on card games in general have had his name in their titles; those books have dealt with poker. HP Hollywood Park. HPFAP/HEPFAP Hold'em Poker for Advanced Players, David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth. HTH Head To head, See Heads up. HTML High To middle limits. HU Heads up. Huey, Dewey and Louie 222 Hunting season A2 IANAL I am not a lawyer. Ice A cold deck. ICM Independent Chip Model – a mathematical model used to help determine prize share equity based on chip stacks. Idiot end In hold 'em, the low end of a straight, or a straight that can lose to a higher straight. IFYW If you wish. IGHN I go home now. Ignorant end In hold 'em, the low end of a straight, or a straight that can lose to a higher straight. IIRC If I recall correctly. Image The perception that other people have of your playing style. IMHO In my humble opinion. IMO In my opinion. Implicit Collusion In implicit collusion, all opponents come to an independent agreement--that is, without consulting among each other--to all play in such a way as to minimize the chance of the player with the best hand winning the pot. In a hold 'em tournament, a small stack may go all in and get called by several players with larger stacks. Those players collectively have a better chance of beating the all-in player than any does individually, and they may check down the hand till the end, that is, with no one making a bet that might drive anyone else out. The all-in player may have the best hand and be the favorite against any one of the others, but collectively, the remaining players have a better chance against the all-in player, and if they all understand--even though nothing is ever said to that effect--that all will check the hand down, that is implicit collusion. Implied odds Implied odds are similar to pot odds, but based on expectation of bets on future streets. Inside straight A straight that requires an one card to complete, as opposed to an open-ended straight. ie: TJKA. Insurance A side agreement when someone is all-in for a player in a pot to put up money that guarantees a payoff of a set amount in case the opponent wins the pot. In the air "Get the cards in the air": To begin dealing. In the dark To bet without looking at one’s hole cards. In the Middle Pertaining to a situation in which one player finds himself between two others who are raising frequently, or, in a no-limit game, heavily. He is not necessarily physically between these two; he is logically, however, as far as the betting goes. Also called whipsawed. Isolate Bet or raise strongly in an attempt to make everyone fold except one other player. ITM In the money. Having lasted long enough in a tournament to guarantee finishing as one of the winners. IWTSTH Abbreviation for "I want to see that hand", a rule that was designed to help prevent collusion amongst players. This rule is often abused by players who are simply looking for more information than they paid for. Jack ass JA Jack Benny 39 Jackpot An amount offered by a cardroom for a bad beat. Jackson five J5 Jam Lots of action, especially raising. JAT Just a thought. Jessie James 45 Jesus (Chris Ferguson) A9o Jimmy Summerfield 63o Joe Bernstein 69 Joe Louis AsAc Johnny Moss AT Joker The joker is a “partially wild card” in high draw poker and ace-to-five lowball. In high, it is used for aces, straights, and flushes. In lowball, the joker is the lowest unmatched rank in a hand. Juice see Vigorish Kansas City lowball A form of draw poker low also known as deuce-to-seven, in which the best hand is 7-5-4-3-2 and straights and flushes count against you. Kamikaze A player who is on tilt so badly that they literally throw away their money with no regard or go all in with a rubbish or semi-strong hand. Katie KT Keep someone honest Make sure someone is not bluffing, with respect to calling. "Well, I know you're not bluffing, but I've got trips, so I'll keep you honest." Key hand In a session or tournament, the one hand that ends up being a turning point for the player, either for better or worse. Kicker The highest unpaired card that helps determine the value of a five-card poker hand. Kicks 66 Kill (or kill game) A hand that is played for double-stakes based on the previous hand meeting certain criteria. Also see Half Kill. Kill button A button that is placed in front of the player who is responsible for a kill game. King crab K3 KJs King Jack suited. Knuckle To check (as in knocking on the table). Kojak KJ Kokomo K8 Kotch 666 KOTZ King of the Zoo - a 2+2 tournament series. Ku Klux Klan KKK LA Los Angeles. Ladies LAG Loose aggressive. LAP Loose passive. Late Position In a poker game, positions to the right of the dealer, that is, those that make their decisions after the first few players have acted. Late position is advantageous, because players get to see what the other players have done before they have to act Laydown To fold a hand. Often implies folding a good hand for a bet because the holder of the hand thinks it cannot win in the circumstances. Lay the odds To wager more money on a proposition than you hope to win. LC Low content. Lead Making the first bet in a round of betting. Leak A weakness in ones game which causes a usually consistent loss of money. Legitimate hand A hand with real value, as opposed to a bluffing hand. Leg up Being in a situation equivalent to having won the previous pot, and thus liable to have to kill the following pot if you win the current pot. See Kill. Limit (limit poker) Limit poker is any game in which there is a fixed limit on how much you can bet or raise in any round. Limp To call pre-flop. Liner Any face card. Little Oldsmobile 88 Live blind A blind bet is considered a live blind if the player is allowed to raise even if no one else raises first. The big blind in Hold’em is a live blind. Live game A game that is played for actual stakes, as opposed to a tournament game. See ring game. Live hand A live hand is a hand that is still eligible to win the pot. Live one A very loose player, usually implying one who loses; a rich sucker. See Fish. Live straddle See Straddle. LL Low limit game. LMAO Laugh my a** off (available with numerous variations). Lock A lock is a hand guaranteed to win at least part of the pot. LOL Lots of luck, Laughing out loud, etc. Long odds A low probability of a certain thing happening. Longshot A hand that has only a poor chance of winning; one that has to defy the odds to win. A bet that has only a poor chance of winning. Look (someone) up Call a bet, usually with a hand that can beat only a bluff. Loose Playing loose means playing more hands and holding on to them longer than statistical odds would recommend. Low card The lowest upcard at seven-card stud, which is required to bet. Lowball A draw game where the lowest hand wins. Lowball (or draw lowball) Five card draw played for low only (i.e., where the low hand wins the entire pot). LP Late position. Loose passive player. Lucifer 6666 Luck An illusory factor that losers think is the only reason for winning, and that winners know is the main determinant for winning only in the short run. 
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Re: A (semi)Comprehensive Dictionary of Online Poker Terms part 2,V1.2
Lucy & Ricky
KQ Lumber yard K8 Lumberman's hand 24 Machine gun AK47 Mad Genius of Poker Mike Caro Magnum 44 Main pot When there is a side pot, that part of the pot all of the players have action in. Make To complete a hand that has a shot at winning the pot. Maniac Nickname for a player that is loose-aggressive. See Animal. Marry To become too attached to a hand, usually seeing a showdown when it was clear that you should have folded earlier. Maverick QJ Meh like "eh"... not so great, but not terrible. Meant to display some level of indifference. Helps if you speak Yiddish. MHIG My hand is good. MHING My hand is no good. Mid life crisis 44 Middle pair If there are three cards of different ranks on the flop in hold'em, and you pair the middle one, you have middle pair. Miscall An incorrect verbal declaration of the ranking of a hand. Misdeal A mistake on the dealing of a hand which causes the cards to be reshuffled and a new hand to be dealt. Miss When the board cards are not helpful to your hand. Missed blind A required bet that is not posted when it is your turn to do so. ML Middle limit game. MM Mason Malmuth. Mongrel K9o Monotone A flop of all the same suit. Monster A superior hand that is unlikely to lose. Montana banana 92 Mop squeezers Moran Moron Mossback Rock Motown J5 MP Middle position. MS Mohegan Sun. MTT Multi table tournament. Muck The discard pile, the act of discarding your cards. Multiway Involving more than two players. N/T No text in post (just text in the subject). NH Nice hand. New Hampshire. NL No limit. Noah's ark Four Pair (Omaha). NSFW Not safe for work Nut The best possible type of hand, such as “nut flush” or “nut straight”; this is not necessarily the absolute nuts. Nut low In any high-low game with community cards, the lowest possible hand based on the cards showing. Nut-nut In any high-low game, having both the best possible low and high. Nuts The best possible hand, based on the board cards. Sometimes called the absolute nuts. o Offsuited - AKo would be Ace & King of different suits. O8 Omaha Hi-Lo - specifically low hand must be "8 or better". Odds A ratio of two probabilities, usually the probability of making a hand to the probability of not making the hand. Oedipus JQ OESD Open ended straight draw. OESFD Open ended straight flush draw Offsuit Cards that are not of the same suit. Oldsmobile 98 Omaha Omaha is a flop game similar to hold'em, but with two key differences. First, each player is dealt four cards instead of just two. Second, a hand must be made using exactly two pocket cards (out of those four) and three from the table. Omaha8 The term "Omaha8" is simply shorthand for omaha high-low split, with an 8 or better qualifier for low. OMFG Oh! My goodness! One Gap Describing hold 'em starting cards in which the two cards are two apart in rank, as Ks Js. One Gapper Inside Straight One table satellite A special satellite tournament, consisting of one table of players, whose prize is usually a buy-in for a larger tournament. One way action When you and only one other player are involved in a pot. On the come Describing a bet made on an unmade hand before all the cards have been dealt in the anticipation of making a hand. On the rail Busted, that is, out of action, being forced to watch the games from the rail. A spectator in a game is “on the rail.” On tilt Playing recklessly, usually as a result of a bad beat (real or perceived). Also known as steaming. OOP Out of position. OOT Other Other Topics Forum on 2+2. OOTM Out of the money. OP Original post or original poster. Open raise Raising as the first one in the pot preflop (rather than simply calling the bet). Opener The player who made the first voluntary bet. Opener button A button used to indicate who opened a particular pot in a draw game. Openers In jacks-or-better draw, the cards held by the player who opens the pot that show the hand qualifies to be opened. Example: You are first to bet and have a pair of kings; the kings are called your openers. OPP Opponent. Option The choice given to the player in the big blind, allowing them to call or raise. Orbit One complete rotation around the table. OT Off topic. OTOH On the other hand. Out An out is a card that will improve your hand, usually one that you think will make it a winner. Outdraw To make a better hand than an opponent by merit of the cards you draw. Outkicked To lose to another hand with a better kicker than yours. Outrun To beat a hand that you were losing to on an earlier street. Outs Cards remaining in the deck that will help improve a hand to win a pot. Over and out T4 Overbet Raise amount larger than the current pot. Overblind Also called oversize blind. A blind used in some pots that is bigger than the regular big blind, and usually increases the stakes proportionally. Overcall Calling a bet after at least one other person has already called. Overcard A pocket card that is higher than the highest board card. A card among the community cards higher than a player's pair. Overlay When a pot or prize pool offers greater payouts, and consequently odds, than those that would be created by just the active players in the hand or game. Examples of things that create overlays are dead money or guaranteed prize funds. Overpair A pocket pair that is higher than the highest board card. OWA's One word answers. Pace The speed of a game, with respect to its action. Fast pace describes a game with a lot of betting and raising, performed by most of the players; slow pace describes a game without much betting and raising. Pacheco nuts 86o Paint Face card. Pair Two cards of the same rank. Pair of wire cutters (Dikes) Party Party Poker Pass Check Passive Passive is a style of play that is characterized by reluctance to bet and raise. Pat In draw poker, a hand that is dealt in which the player needs to draw no cards. Pat hand In draw poker, a hand that is dealt in which the player needs to draw no cards. Pattern Mapping There is no such thing as Pattern Mapping. Once upon a time there was a joke thread that went a little out of control. It became a standing joke in these forums, although some people still believe it to be true. There was no intentional hoax, things just happened and an urban legend was born. Pay off To call a river bet when the prior action leads you to believe that you are beat, but the pot is big enough to make the call reasonable. Peanut butter & jelly Q6o Pedigree K9 Peel one off Deciding to see the turn or river when the odds don’t quite justify a call. Percentage player Someone who plays--that is calls, bets or raises only when she thinks she has the best of it on that wager. Percy 69o Perfect When you only have one way to make a hand, you need perfect cards. Usually this means two cards. Perp One who dishes out a bad beat (as in "perpetrator"). PF Pre flop. PFR Pre flop raise. Pre flop raiser. Pre flop raise pct (PT). Phil Hellmuth 99 Pickle man 57 Picture Face card. Pineapple Any of a number of variants of hold'em in which each player gets three cards and must discard one at some point (usually before or after pre-flop betting, after the flop, or after the second round of betting). Pinochle QsJd PL Pot limit Plagiarism What one does to arrive at a comprehensive dictionary of online poker terms and abbreviations. Play back (at) To play back at someone is to raise their opening bet. Play the board In hold 'em, use all of the board (community) cards to determine one's best hand. When this happens, if no active player can use one or both of his or her dealt cards to form a better hand than that of the five board cards, the pot is split among all active players. PLO8 Pot limit Omaha 8 or better high/low. PLZ Please. Pochen An early German card game having some of the features of poker. (Pochen means to boast of, which could be construed as to bluff.) Also, poch, poche. Your unique cards that are hidden from everyone else. Also known as hole. Pocket Pair A pair as one's first two cards down cards in hold-em or stud. Pocket rockets AA Poker A card game based on the language of deception, a language expressed in words represented by bets; a card game among two or (usually) more players, in which each player makes one or more wagers that his five-card (sometimes fewer) hand ranks higher than those of all the others, or that he can convince the others to retire from contention because they believe his hand ranks the highest. Poker god A mythical deity to whom poker players supposedly pray for good hands, often presumed to be female. Poker History The history of poker is a matter of some debate. The name of the game likely descended from the French poque, which descended from the German pochen ('to knock'), but it is not clear whether the origins of poker itself lie with the games bearing those names. It closely resembles the Persian game of as nas, and may have been taught to French settlers in New Orleans by Persian sailors. It is commonly regarded as sharing ancestry with the Renaissance game of primero and the French brelan. The English game brag (earlier bragg) clearly descended from brelan and incorporated bluffing (though the concept was known in other games by that time). It is quite possible that all of these earlier games influenced the development of poker as it exists now. English actor Joseph Crowell reported that the game was played in New Orleans in 1829, with a deck of 20 cards, four players betting on which player's hand was the most valuable. Jonathan H. Green's book, An Exposure of the Arts and Miseries of Gambling (G. B. Zieber, Philadelphia, 1843), described the spread of the game from there to the rest of the country by Mississippi riverboats, on which gambling was a common pastime. Soon after this spread, the full 52-card English deck was used, and the flush was introduced. During the American Civil War, many additions were made, including draw poker, stud poker (the five-card variant), and the straight. Further American developments followed, such as the wild card (around 1875), lowball and split-pot poker (around 1900), and community card poker games (around 1925). Polish big slick 23 Pop To bet or raise. POP Psychology of Poker, Dr. Alan N. Schoonmaker. Position Position refers to your place at the table, especially representing the order of betting. Position bet A position bet is a bet made more on the strength of one's position than on the strength of one's hand. Positive Expectation The situation in which a particular bet, in the long run, has an overall average profit. A wager can lose more times than it wins and still have a positive expectation; this is because in the long run the amount of money won on the times it wins is greater than the amount lost on the times it loses. Posse KKKK Post To pay the blind(s) when not in the big blind position, often done when first sitting at a table or when you sat out and missed your turn to pay the blinds. Post mortem An exhaustive discussion after a hand is over about the play of the hand. Post oak bluff In a no-limit game, a minimal bet made into a large pot by the holder of a marginal hand. Attributable to Doyle Brunson. Origin unknown. Poster Someone who posted during the current hand. Pot All the money in the middle of the poker table that goes to the winner of the hand is the pot. Pot committed Having invested so much in a pot that it "wouldn't be good poker" to fold. Potstuck. Pot equity The percentage of the time you expect to win the pot, multiplied by the size of the pot. If you expect to win the pot 20% of the time, and the pot contains $100, your pot equity is $20. Pot equity edge You have a pot equity edge if you expect to win more often than an average opponent. If you have four opponents, the average player expects to win 20% of the time. If you expect to win 30% of the time, you have a pot equity edge. Pot Limit A game whose betting limit is always equal to the current size of the pot. A raise can include the size of the pot after the call is accounted for, usually rounded up to the next even number. Pot odds The ratio of the amount of money in the pot to the amount of money it will cost you to call a bet. POTD Post of the day. Pot-limit Any game in which the maximum bet or raise is the size of the pot. POTM Post of the month. Potstuck Having invested so much in a pot that it "wouldn't be good poker" to fold. Pot committed. POTY Post of the year. POV Point of view. PP Pocket pair, Party Poker, or Planet Poker in context. PPM Party Poker Million. Preflop Pertaining to the bet or situation after holecards are dealt, but before the flop. Presto Holding a pair of 5’s as your hole cards in Texas Hold’em. Price The pot odds you are getting for a draw or call. Example: "The pot was laying me a high enough price, so I stayed in with my gutshot straight draw." Producer Someone who brings lots of money to a game and keeps that money in circulation. May be, but not necessarily, a fish. Prop (Proposition player) Someone who is paid by the casino to play poker. Props use their own money (as opposed to a shill), and are hired to help keep shorthanded games running. Proposition bet The bet offered by a proposition hustler. Side bets between players that are not related to the outcome of the hand. Proposition hustler Someone, usually a player, who offers other players bets on certain occurrences, paying off at less than true odds. Distinguished from proposition player. Protect To protect a hand is to bet so as to reduce the chances of anyone outdrawing you by getting them to fold. To invest more money in a pot so blind money that you've already put in isn't "wasted." Example: "He'll always protect his blinds, no matter how bad his cards are." Provider See Producer or Fish. PS Poker Stars. PSB Pot-sized bet. PSR Pot-sized raise. PT Poker Tracker software. PTBB/100 PokerTracker big bets won per 100 hands played. PTBB/100 is twice the size of the big blind won per 100 hands, as it assumes big bets as in limit holdem. PTL Player to my left. PTR Player to my right. Puck Button. Pup (or Puppy) A2345 Push (a hand) To play a hand aggressively. Push (chips) Slang for going all-in in a NL game. Put To suspect that someone has a certain hand. eg: I put him on aces. Put a play on Outmaneuver someone by the timing or size (or both) of a bet. Put on To put someone on a hand (or on a draw) is to guess that that is what they are holding. Pwned Owned, slang originating with typos. QOPTW Question of playing this way. Quackers Deuces Quads Four of a kind. Qualifier In high-low split games, the qualifier is a requirement that a hand must meet in order to be eligible for part of the pot, generally the low part. See 8 or better. Quarter To win one fourth of the pot is to be quartered. This is usually the result of splitting half the pot in a high-low split game. Quinine Q9 Quint QT R Rebuy $11+R would an $11 tournament with rebuys available. R+A Rebuy & AddOns $11+R would an $11 tournament with rebuys & add ons available. Rabbit hunting Rabbit hunting is the act of asking to see what cards would have come up if a hand had continued. Race In hold'em a hand contested between a two overcards and a lower pair. Nearly an even odds situation. Rag A card that appears useless. Also known as a blank. Ragged A board containing cards that don’t appear helpful. Rail The sideline at a poker table - the rail separating spectators from the field of play. An imaginary or figurative zone for the same purpose, that is, separating the area in which the poker games are as opposed to the area for nonplaying onlookers Railbird Game observers. Railbirds should not comment on game play. Railroad hand J6 Rainbow 3 different suits on the flop. Raise Increase the bet. In a limit game add a bet equal to the betting limit. In a no-limit game increase by anything equal to or greater than the previous bet or raise. Rake The amount collected from the pot that goes to the casino. Ram and jam Bet and raise frequently and aggressively. Rap To check (as in knocking on the table). Raquel Welch 38 Razz Seven card stud played for low (ace to five) only. Read Observing how a player plays under certain conditions. Make a conclusion about another player's hole cards based on exposed cards and previous betting. Re-buy In many tournaments, players are allowed to buy in again if they go broke or if their chip accumulation falls below a certain level, usually only during a predetermined amount of time. Rebuy period The period of time during a rebuy tournament during which players are permitted to rebuy. Red $5 chip. Release Fold a hand, usually implying a good hand when you think it is beat. “I had to release a set." Reload bonus A reload bonus is a bonus that a poker room gives to its existing players. Like a signup bonus, a reload bonus is typically a percentage of a player's deposit usually released to the player pending playing a given number of hands or specified amount of rake. Represent Playing a hand a certain way in order to give the impression that you hold cards other than your actual hand. Reraise To raise someone’s raise. Reverse implied odds The ratio of the amount of money now in the pot to the amount of money you will have to call to continue from the present round to the end of the hand. Ring game A game that is played for actual stakes, as opposed to a tournament game. Also known as a live game. River The last of five community cards in flop games (e.g. hold'em and omaha). Sometimes called fifth street. Seventh street in Stud. Rivered Losing a hand on the river, while you were ahead and the clear favorite on the turn. Can also be used to describe a hand being made using the river card. Rock A tight player who is normally only involved in hands in which he/she is the heavy favorite to win. Rock garden A game comprised of many rocks. Rockets AA Rodney King high club flush. ROFLMAO Rolling on floor laughing my a** off. ROI ROI is short for "return on investment." This is a poker term that is used to measure the profitability of one's play in poker tournaments. ROI is calculated as (100 * total profit/total buy-in). Thus, if one received a prize of $150 in a tournament with a buy-in of $100+$9, one's ROI is calculated as 100 * $41/$109= 37.61%. ROI is used for tournaments though because tournaments always have a fixed buy-in in relation to the prize pool. ROI is not useful for ring game play. Roll Bankroll. Rolled Up In seven card stud, three of a kind on the first three cards. ROR Risk of ruin. Rough In lowball, pertaining to the upper spectrum of a class of hands, that is, those topped by two or three cards in sequence. For example, 8-7-6-2-A is a rough 8, while 8-5-3-2-A is a smooth 8. Round of betting One opportunity to bet from each active player. If there are no raises, there is only one round of betting. If there are raises, there is more than one round of betting. Round of hands Orbit. Rounder A professional poker player. Route 66 66 Royal flush Ace high straight flush. Runner-runner A come hand that requires help from both the turn and river in order to win. Also known as a backdoor hand. Running bad Losing for a period of time. Running good Winning for a period of time. Run over Take advantage of another player, particularly by bluffing. Rush A player who wins a large number of pots in a short period of time is said to be on a rush. s Suited - AKs would be Ace & King of the same suit. Sailboats 44 Salt Lake pair AK San Fransisco busboy Q3 Sandbag Another term for slow playing. Sandbagging: concealing your strength for the purpose of increasing your profit. Satan 6666 Satellite Tournament A special tournament whose prize is usually a buy-in for a larger tournament. SB Small blind or small bet in context. SC Suited connector. Scare card A board card that can easily turn a winning hand into a losing hand by improving an opponent’s hand. Scared money Money a player is afraid to lose (and thus probably will). Scoop Winning an entire pot, usually (but not necessarily) by having a hand that is both the high and low hand in a split game. Scooting Giving someone a small amount of chips when you win a pot. Also called horsing. Screwed down A player who is playing very tight is said to be screwed down. SD Standard Deviation. See Call a bet. Seigried and Roy Sell a hand Playing a very strong hand weakly in order to disguise your strength and keep other players from folding. Also known as slow playing. Semi-bluff To bet or raise with more cards to come when you believe your hand is currently beaten, but has a fair chance of improving into the best hand. Ref: TOP, D. Sklansky. Session A period of time spent playing in a poker game, normally measured in hours. Set Three of a kind when you hold a pair in your hand and a third shows up on the board. Set over set In hold 'em, one player's set against another's assumed not to be of the same rank. Set someone in In a no-limit game, bet enough chips that the opponent must go all in to call the bet. Set up Make a bet or action that causes another player to think you always act that way, so that you can take advantage of the misconception later; set a trap for someone. SF Straight flush. SG Stuck guy. Shark A shark is a good player and typically wins. A shark's goal is often to simply just win money at poker, so they seek out games with a lot of fish. Basically, in the poker ecosystem, sharks feed on fish. Sharp tops AA Shill Someone who is paid by the casino to play poker. Shills use the casino's money (as opposed to a prop), and are hired to help keep shorthanded games running. Shoe store Three Pair. Short buy A buy-in that is less than the required minimum buy-in. Short game Less than a full table. Usually 3 to 6 players at a nine or ten seat table. Short handed Pertaining to a short game. Short odds A high probability of a certain thing happening. Short stack A relatively small amount of chips as compared to the other players at the table. Also used to identify the player who possesses the “short stack”. Short-chipped Short-stacked. Short-stacked Low on chips. Show one, show all The rule that states if you show your cards to one player, you must reveal your cards to everyone else at the table. Showdown When all betting is done and the cards are turned over in order to determine the winner. Shut up Shut up. Side game At a poker tournament, a game other than the tournament game, usually consisting of players who have busted out of the tournament and players who come to tournaments expressly to get into side games because the action is often better than that of the tournament. Side pot The extra pot that is created when someone goes all-in. The person who went all-in is only eligible for the main pot, not the side pot(s). Six [censored] QQQ Sizzler K3 Skin Many sites have more than one entrance into the same poker room. For example Party Poker is the largest site on the net at the time of writing, but Empire Poker leads to the same games. Empire Poker is called a skin of Party Poker. Slow When you play passively, you are playing slow. See speed. Slow down To stop playing a hand as aggressively as it was played on earlier streets. Slow play Playing a very strong hand weakly in order to disguise your strength and keep other players from folding. Also known as sandbagging. Slow roll To wait, then slowly turn over your winning hand during showdown. A very rude thing to do. Small bet In a limit game, the smaller of the two bets in the betting structure. Small Blind The first bet posted by the player to the Dealer's left. It is a forced bet. The small blind bet amount is equal to half of the lower bet. For example, in a $10 - $20 game, the small blind is $5. Applies in Texas Hold'em Omaha Omaha Hi-lo. Smooth The best possible low hand with a particular high card. 8432A is a smooth 8. See also rough. Smooth call To call one or more bets without raising, when you are quite sure that you have the best hand. See also flat call. SMZ Sklansky, Malmuth & Zee - 2+2 Publisher's/Authors. Snap off To beat someone, often a bluffer, and usually with a not especially powerful hand, is to snap them off. Catch someone bluffing. SNG Sit N Go: a tournament of fixed # of players that starts when all seats are filled. Snowmen 88 Soft An easy game. Sooted Suited. Speculative hand A hand that will win only rarely, but will make a big hand that can win a large pot when it does win. Speed Speed refers to the level of aggressiveness with which you play. Fast play is more aggressive, slow play is more passive. Speed limit 55 Speeding Caught bluffing is sometimes said to be caught speeding. Spike For the next board card to be a specific rank that you need to help your hand. Splash Tossing your chips into the pot, rather than placing them on the table in front of your cards. Splashing the pot is frowned upon. Splash around Play recklessly; play more hands than one should. Split-pot game A game in which the pot is split between the holders of two hands usually high/low. Splitting blinds When no one else has entered the pot, an agreement between the big blind and small blind to each take back their blind bets instead of playing the deal (chopping). Usually for the duration of a session. Spread For a casino or poker room to offer a certain poker game. Spread limit Poker in which the betting limits are somewhere between single limit and no limit. Bets have a range, from a minimum to a maximum. Squeeze play The situation in which a player is whipsawed. See whipsaw. SS Short Stack. SS/SS2 Super/System or Super System 2, Doyle Brunson. SSHE Small Stakes Hold'em, Ed Miller, David Sklansky, Mason Malmuth. SSNL Small Stakes No Limit Forum on 2+2. Stack The amount of money you currently have at the table. Starting requirement The minimum holding a particular player feels he needs to get involved in a hand. Standard Deviation A statistical method of evaluating randomness of results. The standard deviation is a statistic that tells you how tightly all the various examples are clustered around the mean in a set of data. When the examples are pretty tightly bunched together and the bell-shaped curve is steep, the standard deviation is small. When the examples are spread apart and the bell curve is relatively flat, that tells you you have a relatively large standard deviation. The standard deviation is simply the square root of the variance. Stay Call rather than fold or raise. Std dev Standard Deviation. Steal To bet or raise causing an opponent to fold when you may not hold the best hand. Steal the blinds Preflop open-betting from the cutoff or button in the hopes that everyone following you will fold. Steam A player who is on tilt is sometimes said to be steaming. A steam raise is a raise made more out of frustration than out of strategic concerns. Steaming Playing recklessly, usually as a result of a bad beat (real or perceived). Also known as tilt or tilting. Steel wheel A straight flush, five high. That is, A2345 of the same suit. Stfu “Please, be quiet, sir.” Sticks AA Stop and go Call a bet or raise and push the next street. Straddle An optional raise by the person to the immediate left of the big blind, declared before the cards are dealt. Also known as a “live straddle”, because that same person then has the option to reraise. Straight A hand consisting of five cards in consecutive ranks. Straight flush A hand consisting of five cards of consecutive ranks of the same suit. Street Cards dealt on a particular round. For instance, the fourth card in a player’s hand is often known as fourth street, the sixth card as sixth street, and so on. String bet A raise that is not done in one single motion.To call a bet then decide that you’d like to raise instead based on opponent's reactions. Very Illegal. String raise String bet. Structure The structure of a game refers to the details about the betting, including antes, blinds, and the amount that may be bet on any round. Tournament structure is anything having to do with the amount of money in tournament chips players can get, the rebuy and add-on rules, and the amounts and timing of blind increases. STT Single-table tournament. Often the same as SNG. Stuck Losing, often in regards to a certain amount of chips. Stupid end In hold 'em, the low end of a straight, or a straight that can lose to a higher straight. Suck out To win a hand with a hand that was a heavy underdog. Suited Of the same suit. Suited connectors Sequentially ranked hole cards of the same suit. eg: 5h6h Sunset strip 77 Sweat Observing all or part of a session that one player is involved in, with their consent. T$ Tournament $. T&C Terms & Conditions. TA/TAG Tight aggressive. Table The community cards. The poker table itself. The players at the table as a group. Table captain A player who is dominating the table. A humorous name for the player who takes it upon himself to arbitrate in all matters requiring decisions, settle all disputes, and interpret all rules. Table coach The table know-it-all who likes to tell everyone how they should be playing their cards. Table cop A player who calls with the intention of keeping other players honest is said to be playing table cop. Calling station. A player who makes an effort to point out violations of rules or ettiquette, usually done in poor taste. Table stakes Table stakes is simply the rule that a player may only wager money they have on the table at the beginning of a hand. Usually, also implies that money may not be removed from the table. Table talk Any discussion at the table of the hand currently underway, especially by players not involved in the pot, and especially any talk that might affect play. TAG Tight aggressive. Take it down To win a pot. Tap out Losing all of your money. Tapping the aquarium To tell a poor player what he's doing wrong; ie: waking up a fish. Tell An unconscious gesture or mannerism that may assist others in determining the true strength of your hand. Tension TT Tetris T8 Texas hold'em Texas Hold'em (or just "hold'em") is a poker game in which each player gets two pocket cards, while five community cards are dealt face-up on the table. The strength of a player's hand is the best hand that can be made with these seven cards. There is a round of betting after the pocket cards are dealt, after the first three community cards (the flop), after the fourth, or turn card, and after the final, or river card. Texture Describes the characteristics of the board. For instance, the texture of a board could be three to a straight, or to a flush, rainbow, scattered, or the often used “scary,” “dangerous,” “non-dangerous.” The beast 6666 The dog hand K9 The hammer 72 The marriage KQ Three of a kind Three cards of the same rank. Also called trips or a set. Three wise men KKK Three-bet The first reraise (putting 3 bets in). Tilt Playing recklessly, usually as a result of a bad beat (real or perceived). Also known as steaming. TKS Thanks. To go An amount "to go" is the amount it takes to enter the pot. TOC Tounament Of Champions. Toke A tip given to the dealer by the winner of a hand. English language idiom understood only by dealers. TOP Theory of Poker, David Sklansky. Top pair If there are three cards of different ranks on the flop in hold'em (or any flop game), and you pair the highest one, you have top pair. Tournament A poker competition, normally with an entry fee and prizes. TP Tight passive. TP2K/TP3K/etc Top pair, second/third/etc kicker eg: You hold AQ/AJ/etc and the board is A72. TPFAP Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, David Sklansky. TPGK Top pair good kicker. TPNK Top pair, no kicker. TPTK Top pair, top kicker. TPWK Top pair, weak kicker. Trap To slowplay a big hand in order to induce increased bets from other players. Trey 3 Triple-draw lowball A form of ace-to-five or deuce-to-seven with three draws, instead of the usual one in ordinary lowball, and thus having four betting rounds, often played pot limit. Triple Shootout A tournament of 81 tables, the winner of each table moving on to a second round of 9 tables, the winners of which move on to a final table. Trips Three of a kind, with one card in the hand matching a pair in the community cards. TTH Turbo Texas Hold'em by Wilson Software. Turn The fourth of five community cards in flop games (e.g. hold'em and omaha). Sometimes called fourth street. Turncard The fourth street card in hold'em or Omaha. Twiggy 29 TWIMC To whom it may concern. Two pair A hand consisting of two cards of one rank, and two cards of another rank (and an unpaired card). Two gap Describing hold 'em starting cards in which the two cards are three apart in rank, as KsTs. TX Thanks. TY Thank you. TYVM Thank you very much. UB Ultimate Bet. Ui Unimproved. Uncalled bet In any round of betting, a bet made by one player that is not matched by any other player (nor is any other player all in, which would still necessitate a showdown), thus giving the pot to the player who made the bet. Underdog A hand that is unlikely to win the pot. Underpair A pocket pair that is lower than the lowest board card. Under the gun To the dealer's left; often refers to the first person to bet in a particular round. Unethical Taking unfair advantage of another player, whether or not by breaking the rules. Not following the rules of conduct recognized in poker. Union Oil 76 Up Aces up is two pair with aces as the higher pair. Upcards Cards that are dealt faceup for opponents to see in stud games. UTG Under the gun, first player to act preflop. UTG+1 Under the gun plus one, second player to act preflop. Valentines Heart flush. Value Bet A bet made with the intention of getting called by one or more lesser hands, as opposed to getting the others to fold. Usually implies betting a hand that has only a slight edge, and one that a conservative player would likely check with. Variance A measure of the spread of a statistical distribution about its mean or center. In poker: the distribution of your results over a a set of hands or sessions, or the swings in a positive or negative direction of cash flow. VB Value bet. Vigorish House take; time; rake. Village People Four queens. Villain is 25/5/2 Villian's PokerTracker stats: VP$IP=25, PFR=5, Aggression Factor = 2. Visine AhAd VN Very nice. VNH Very nice hand. VP$IP Voluntarily Put $ In Pot, (PT). VVN Very very nice. WA/WB Way ahead, way behind. Wager Any bet. Walk Allowing the big blind to win uncontested. Walking back to Houston AKs Walking sticks 77 Wash To place a deck of cards face down on the table and thoroughly mix them. Washington Monument 555 WCOOP PokerStars' World Championship Of Online Poker. Weak Pertaining to a player who loses because of timid play, that is, is reluctant to raise and quick to fold. Weak passive Describing a player who calls a lot and rarely raises, or the play of such a player. Weinberg T3 WGAF Who gives a flute. WGAFF Who gives a flying flute. Wheel In ace-to-five lowball, the best hand possible, A-2-3-4-5. So called, because Bicycle playing cards have one depicted in their design. Often also called a bicycle. In deuce-to-seven lowball, the best hand possible, that is, 7-5-4-3-2 of mixed suits. Unlike ace-to-five, the cards cannot all be of the same suit. In London Lowball the best hand 6-4-3-2-A of mixed suits. Whipsaw Perform the action of two players who keep raising and reraising each other, while one player between them keeps having to call further bets to remain in the pot. Also called crossfire, sandwich, squeeze. White $1 chip. Wild card A card that can serve as any other card in making your hand. Windsor waiter Q3 Wired pair Pocket pair. WLLH Winning Low Limit Hold'em, Lee Jones. Woodcutter KTo Woolworth 5T Worst of it A situation in which a wager will be unprofitable in the long run. WPT World Poker Tour. WSOP World Series Of Poker, WSOPME World Series Of Poker Main Event. WTF Huh? YMMV Your mileage may vary. YSSCKY You should seriously consider killing yourself. Zoo A group of 2+2 members that regularly post on the 2+2 "Internet Gambling" forum. This document is free for the use of individual non commercial users. DrPhysic © 2005 by B. Hawkins, All Rights Reserved.
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Dictionary of Online Poker Terms Update
The dictionary for our FAQ has been updated to be much more complete. About 200 words have been added to make a total of about 1000 words.
If you see words that are not in the dictionary that apply to online poker, or words that have definition problems, please send me a pm. I hope you find this useful. Doc [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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