Commonly Used Poker Abbreviations and Terms

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gg = good game
vnh = very nh
tptk = top pair top kicker
 
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tyvm = thank you very much
n1 = Nice one
ffs = for ****s sake
lmao - laugh my ass off
lol = laugh out loud
gh = good hand
nc = nice call
 
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Oh! Thanks for the info. I didn't understand what the abbreviations in the chat.
 
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BRB = Be Right Back
WP = Well Played
UL = Unlucky
OESD = open-ended straight draw
WA/WB = way ahead, way behind
ROI = return on investments
ITM = in the money
ICM = Independent Chip Model
 
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also some players say gl which means good luck at the start of a tourney.
 
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Some of them i knew it, now i know them all ! Gp: great post haha
 
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Pot odds = 'I have no idea what it means but someone might believe it was a legitimate reason to be in the pot with these cards'.
 
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Congrats By this post
I do not speak English with these abbreviations I thought it was bad joke
I also tried searching to learn, but I did not find anything .... thanks (tyvm)
 
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Hand Analysis Lingo & Other Poker Terms
Very often, especially for the newest members reading the Hand Analysis part of the forum you will come across a lot of abbreviations. This isnt a definite list (yet). :)

Game Types
HE = Holdem
O = Usually Omaha Hi
O8 = Omaha Hi/Low
Stud = 7 card stud
Stud8 = 7 Card stud Hi/Low.
HORSE = Holdem, Omaha/8, Razz, Stud, Eight or better H/L stud. Typically fixed limit games. Game changes with the blinds/antes online, and at predetermined intervals live
FR = A full ring game, usually 9/10 players. (Some sites 8)
6MAX= A ring game, max number of players is 6. (Occasionally we will see 4MAX)
HU= Heads up. (2 players max)
S&G=Sit and go, once the game has reached a specified number of players the game starts.
STT= Single table Sit and Go.
MTT= Multi-Table Tournament, usually no limit on the amount of players.
NL$25 (or $25NL)= The $25 refering to the MAX buyin for the specified game. The blinds are defined as being 1/100th of the max buyin. So nl$600 has a big blind of $6.

Limits
NL = No Limit
PL = Pot Limit
FL = Fixed Limit

So if you see a thread starting PL08- It refers to pot limit Omaha hi/low hand.

Table position abbreviations
SB = Small Blind
BB = Big Blind
UTG = The first person to act pre-flop (first person after the BB)
UTG+1 = Person to the left of UTG
EP = Early Position
MP = Middle Position
LP = Late Position
CO = Cut off seat, the seat directly to the right of the button.
Button = Dealer (aka OTB = On the Button)
OOP = Out of position, generally meaning UTG, first to act on the flop, or calling a LP raise from EP, etc.

Betting Abbreviations.
Limp = Call the big blind (no raise)
Open Limp/Raise = Be the first non-folding player to act.
3-Bet = A re-raise.
4-Bet = A re-raise of a re-raise.
Light (ie 3-bet light) = Raising a hand you would'nt usually raise for value.
Steal = An attempt to steal the blinds/limps.

Player Types

LAG = Loose Aggressive Player
TAG = Tight Aggressive Player
LAP = Loose-Passive Player

Hand Identifiers
ATC = Any Two Cards
BDSD = Backdoor Straight Draw
BDFD = Backdoor Flush Draw
FD = Flush Draw
Gutshot = Inside Straight Draw
OESD = Open End Straight Draw
OESFD = Open Ended Straight Flush Draw
o / os = Off Suit
PP = Pocket Pair
SC = Suited Connectors, hands like 67 suited, 89suited, 34suited
s = Suited
TPTK = Top Pair Top Kicker
TPGK = Top Pair Good Kicker
TPBK = Top Pair Bad Kicker
WA = Way Ahead
WB = Way Behind

Poker Tracker Statistics
AF = Aggression Factor
BB/100 Hands = big bets won per 100 hands played
EV = Expected Value
HEM = http://www.holdemmanager.net/ A software program used by players to analyze things
HR = Hourly Rate
PFR% = Preflop Raise Percent
ROI = Return on Investment
VP$IP or VPIP = Voluntarily Put Money Into Pot
WR = Win Rate
W$SD = Won $ at Showdown
WSD = Went to Showdown

Tournament Info
ITM = in the money
Bubble = busting out of a tournament in the last spot before the payouts begin.
MTT = Multi Table Tournament
STT = Single Table Tournament
SNG = Sit and Go

Others
AI = All in
B&M = Brick and Mortar (a live card room or casino)
CR = check-raise
HU = Heads Up
PF = Pre-flop.
PFR = Pre-flop raise/pre-flop raiser.
HH = Hand history
PSB = Pot-sized bet
PSR = Pot-Sized Raise
PT = Poker Tracker
FE = Fold Equity - The chance of a bet/raise taking down the pot.
OP = Original Post

Less Common (yet all too true) Ones
WTF: I doubt that was a sound play.
OMG: I am rather surprised.
ESAD: Eat sh*t and die
NH = Thanks for donking all my chips
TY = Totally blind to the sarcasm of the above NH
OMFG = Did you really just call all in with 84os?
GG = "I beat you!"
GG = "I know."
LOL WOW = I wish I could stab people through my monitor.
https://www.cardschat.com/forum/lea...er-abbreviations-terms-80492/?highlight=lingo
 
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What you guys think about that hand?

pokerstars Hand #162894488756: Tournament #1753315458, $0.25+$0.25+$0.05 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XX (400/800) - 2016/12/13 18:16:16 BRT [2016/12/13 15:16:16 ET]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Alekseev_Tm: shows [5h 5d] (two pair, Tens and Fives)
victorkerr94: shows [Jd Qd] (a straight, Nine to King)
victorkerr94 collected 10280 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 10280 | Rake 0
Board [Tc 9d Kh Qs Th]
Seat 1: serggio01 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 2: activgemma folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: kardo9 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Alekseev_Tm showed [5h 5d] and lost with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 5: ingow1 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: silhavy01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: RaMsY OnE folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: victorkerr94 (button) showed [Jd Qd] and won (10280) with a straight, Nine to King
Seat 9: mkrtich1963 (small blind) folded before Flop
 
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What you would do pos flop? BET OR CHECK??

PokerStars Hand #162908038767: Tournament #1753315806, $1.00+$1.00+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXI (450/900) - 2016/12/13 22:24:32 BRT [2016/12/13 19:24:32 ET]
Table '1753315806 243' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: Haoe2011 (17972 in chips, $1 bounty)
Seat 2: JOKER IT00 (11330 in chips, $4.75 bounty)
Seat 3: luckyKNv (21342 in chips, $1.50 bounty)
Seat 4: victorkerr94 (20468 in chips, $1.50 bounty)
Seat 5: v777olodja (20938 in chips, $1 bounty)
Seat 6: M. Itaguacu (38776 in chips, $3.37 bounty)
Seat 7: verevkavasil (38722 in chips, $2.87 bounty)
Seat 8: GioKlearchos (44780 in chips, $2 bounty)
Seat 9: Mopsi10 (22302 in chips, $3.25 bounty)
Haoe2011: posts the ante 140
JOKER IT00: posts the ante 140
luckyKNv: posts the ante 140
victorkerr94: posts the ante 140
v777olodja: posts the ante 140
M. Itaguacu: posts the ante 140
verevkavasil: posts the ante 140
GioKlearchos: posts the ante 140
Mopsi10: posts the ante 140
GioKlearchos: posts small blind 450
Mopsi10: posts big blind 900
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to victorkerr94 [Ad Kh]
Haoe2011: calls 900
JOKER IT00: folds
luckyKNv: folds
victorkerr94: raises 1800 to 2700
v777olodja: folds
M. Itaguacu: folds
verevkavasil: folds
GioKlearchos: folds
Mopsi10: folds
Haoe2011: calls 1800
*** FLOP *** [Ks Kc 5h]
Haoe2011: checks
victorkerr94: bets 3900
Haoe2011: folds
Uncalled bet (3900) returned to victorkerr94
victorkerr94 collected 8010 from pot
victorkerr94: doesn't show hand
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 8010 | Rake 0
Board [Ks Kc 5h]
Seat 1: Haoe2011 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: JOKER IT00 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: luckyKNv folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: victorkerr94 collected (8010)
Seat 5: v777olodja folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: M. Itaguacu folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: verevkavasil (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: GioKlearchos (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Mopsi10 (big blind) folded before Flop
 
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Very often, especially for the newest members reading the Hand Analysis part of the forum you will come across a lot of abbreviations. This isnt a definite list (yet). :)

Game Types
HE = Holdem
O = Usually Omaha Hi
O8 = Omaha Hi/Low
Stud = 7 card stud
Stud8 = 7 Card stud Hi/Low.
HORSE = Holdem, Omaha/8, Razz, Stud, Eight or better H/L stud. Typically fixed limit games. Game changes with the blinds/antes online, and at predetermined intervals live
FR = A full ring game, usually 9/10 players. (Some sites 8)
6MAX= A ring game, max number of players is 6. (Occasionally we will see 4MAX)
HU= Heads up. (2 players max)
S&G=Sit and go, once the game has reached a specified number of players the game starts.
STT= Single table Sit and Go.
MTT= Multi-Table Tournament, usually no limit on the amount of players.
NL$25 (or $25NL)= The $25 refering to the MAX buyin for the specified game. The blinds are defined as being 1/100th of the max buyin. So nl$600 has a big blind of $6.

Limits
NL = No Limit
PL = Pot Limit
FL = Fixed Limit

So if you see a thread starting PL08- It refers to pot limit Omaha hi/low hand.

Table position abbreviations
SB = Small Blind
BB = Big Blind
UTG = The first person to act pre-flop (first person after the BB)
UTG+1 = Person to the left of UTG
EP = Early Position
MP = Middle Position
LP = Late Position
CO = Cut off seat, the seat directly to the right of the button.
Button = Dealer (aka OTB = On the Button)
OOP = Out of position, generally meaning UTG, first to act on the flop, or calling a LP raise from EP, etc.

Betting Abbreviations.
Limp = Call the big blind (no raise)
Open Limp/Raise = Be the first non-folding player to act.
3-Bet = A re-raise.
4-Bet = A re-raise of a re-raise.
Light (ie 3-bet light) = Raising a hand you would'nt usually raise for value.
Steal = An attempt to steal the blinds/limps.

Player Types

LAG = Loose Aggressive Player
TAG = Tight Aggressive Player
LAP = Loose-Passive Player

Hand Identifiers
ATC = Any Two Cards
BDSD = Backdoor Straight Draw
BDFD = Backdoor Flush Draw
FD = Flush Draw
Gutshot = Inside Straight Draw
OESD = Open End Straight Draw
OESFD = Open Ended Straight Flush Draw
o / os = Off Suit
PP = Pocket Pair
SC = Suited Connectors, hands like 67 suited, 89suited, 34suited
s = Suited
TPTK = Top Pair Top Kicker
TPGK = Top Pair Good Kicker
TPBK = Top Pair Bad Kicker
WA = Way Ahead
WB = Way Behind

Poker Tracker Statistics
AF = Aggression Factor
BB/100 Hands = big bets won per 100 hands played
EV = Expected Value
HEM = http://www.holdemmanager.net/ A software program used by players to analyze things
HR = Hourly Rate
PFR% = Preflop Raise Percent
ROI = Return on Investment
VP$IP or VPIP = Voluntarily Put Money Into Pot
WR = Win Rate
W$SD = Won $ at Showdown
WSD = Went to Showdown

Tournament Info
ITM = in the money
Bubble = busting out of a tournament in the last spot before the payouts begin.
MTT = Multi Table Tournament
STT = Single Table Tournament
SNG = Sit and Go

Others
AI = All in
B&M = Brick and Mortar (a live card room or casino)
CR = check-raise
HU = Heads Up
PF = Pre-flop.
PFR = Pre-flop raise/pre-flop raiser.
HH = Hand history
PSB = Pot-sized bet
PSR = Pot-Sized Raise
PT = Poker Tracker
FE = Fold Equity - The chance of a bet/raise taking down the pot.
OP = Original Post

Less Common (yet all too true) Ones
WTF: I doubt that was a sound play.
OMG: I am rather surprised.
ESAD: Eat sh*t and die
NH = Thanks for donking all my chips
TY = Totally blind to the sarcasm of the above NH
OMFG = Did you really just call all in with 84os?
GG = "I beat you!"
GG = "I know."
LOL WOW = I wish I could stab people through my monitor.

Great post,in 1 post all new player can learn poker basics...gj:)
btw.."OMG" is more like: "seriosly?u called with 7-2?:)
 
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Great post,in 1 post all new player can learn poker basics...gj:)
btw.."OMG" is more like: "seriosly?u called with 7-2?:)

On a similar note, I have a shirt that says:
. . . . . Nice Hand Sir
And by Hand, I mean Catch . . .
. . . . . . . by Sir, I mean Moron!


Every time I hear someone say, "Nice hand sir", I can't help laughing a little and wonder if they have seen the saying. What is really funny is when I am wearing the shirt and say it to someone and they still say, "Thank you." LOL
 
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if i may borrow rob's shield for a moment and in the name of true pedantry:

these are initialisms not acronyms (except a few; horse, lag, tag)

nice one TB ;-)

on a similar note, what does felted mean?
when you reach for chips and all you feel is da felt :boxing:knocked out !
 
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Nice post, especially with regards to poker tracker. I was initially confuse at the abbreviations used within the program.
 
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Loved the 'less common' ones at the end! :)
 
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Thank you I needed this, so it is easier for me to read some articles and understand them.
 
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What is a freezeout poker tournament?
 
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