Forum Jargon

[citanul]

Hey all, as a start to SNG Faq 2005, I'm making a list of terminology that is commonly used in this forum. Any additions, corrections, or deletions that people think necessary would be great. This list, and the writeups are probably pretty bleh right now, since I'm not feeling great.

citanul

This is what I've got so far:

SNG: Sit-and-Go – the type of game discussed in this forum. Generally a tournament with one table, but more generally, any tournament where players simply take seats, and begin when all seats are filled, instead of being assigned seats.

MTT: Multi-table tournament – a tournament with many tables.

BB: Big Blind

SB: Small Blind

Bubble: The point in any tournament when there is one player more than there are paid finishing positions

ITM: In the Money percentage – the percentage of games played that a player finishes in the money. (# money finshes)/(total games)

ROI: Return on Investment – the average return a player earns on an investment of $1. (Total Prizes Won)/(Total Buyins) Note: Total buyins includes the rake paid to the card room.

Hourly Rate: The amount of money a player earns in an hour of play. (Total Prizes Won – Total Buyins)/(Hours Played)

NL: No Limit – a form of poker where at any point in the hand, a player can wager any amount of their chips, greater than the blind, unless a smaller bet would put the player all in.

PL: Pot Limit – a form of poker where at any point in the hand, a player can wager any amount up to the amount that is in the pot after their call of any bet to them.

HE: Hold ‘em

Push: To bet all of your chips, or as much of them as anyone who can call you can call.

ICM: Independent Chip Model – a mathematical model used to help determine prize share equity based on chip stacks.

Raise the pot: a call of any bet to a player plus a raise of the total amount in the pot already. Example: if there are $2 in the pot, and an opponent bets $2, a player raising the pot would have to put in $8 – the call of $2, plus the amount that would then be in the pot, $2 from before, $2 from the opponent, and $2 from the player.

All In: When a player has all of his chips already bet into a hand. This player cannot be folded out of the hand by future betting.