abbreviations!

[hypermegachi]

it's been a while since i've been browsing the HUSH forum, and i've come across some new terms i haven't seen before. just as a reference, good idea to have all the common terms listed in a thread.

SOP = standard operation procedure
TOP = fundamental theorem of poker

TOP confused me a lot when naphand was talking TOP this and TOP that and i'm like wtf theory of poker or what??? then i checked the 2+2 abbreviations, and everything he said made sense.

now i found another thread with gaybetting. wtf? i only assume that means a bet outta no where for no good reason, hence, homosexual.

[waffle]

You are in position and raise your opponent's flop bet. He calls. The turn comes, and your opponent bets into you. This is a 'gaybet' or a 'stop n go'.

[Grisgra]

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You are in position and raise your opponent's flop bet. He calls. The turn comes, and your opponent bets into you. This is a 'gaybet' or a 'stop n go'.

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This is certainly both a "gaybet" and a "stop n go", but "gaybet" is more general:

You raise preflop, the BB calls. He checks the flop, you bet, he calls. Turn card comes, he bets. This is not a "stop n go" but it is most certainly a "gaybet". There's a recent thread describing what these generally mean (i.e., strength vs weakness), if you're interested.

[krishanleong]

gaybet and stop and go are not the same thing.

Krishan

[rory]

Why don't we call this a bet out of nowhere rather than using a term that may be offensive to other people? It also makes the people using the term sound like they are in 8th grade.

[rory]

The other problem with the term is that it is not neutral. I do that sort of bet all of the time as a part of my strategy. Assigning a judgement to it is bad-- all poker lines and actions should have neutral connotations, so that we do not have to fight through artificial perceptions about what is good and bad before we find what is correct.

[Roy6]

someone define stop and go pls

[Grisgra]

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The other problem with the term is that it is not neutral. I do that sort of bet all of the time as a part of my strategy. Assigning a judgement to it is bad-- all poker lines and actions should have neutral connotations, so that we do not have to fight through artificial perceptions about what is good and bad before we find what is correct.

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I admit it. I gaybet.

I'm amused by the term, and it's a lot shorter than "bet out of nowhere" -- much easier to type "gaybet" into my notes. Suggestions as to a replacement?

[Grisgra]

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someone define stop and go pls

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Someone just did. Someone bets, gets raised, calls, and on the next street bets out.

[naphand]

SnG