Commonly Used Poker Abbreviations and Terms

[Cromel]

I've seen the term variance being used around. What does it mean?

 

[nyjah0]

Thanks for this great information it helped me a lot!

 

[cfytr111]

Thanks for the info. Will definitely come in handy.

 

[Delenia]

Can anyone clarify what the term "tilt" means? I've heard it a handful of times, but not quite sure what it means.

Tilt is when someone gets upset (and usually doesn't make good decisions at that point).

 

[Olegas]

Question to the Russian-speaking, whether there is understandable conventional abbreviations on russian, give the link please.

 

[Robochick]

I've seen the term variance being used around. What does it mean?

I think of it in a couple of ways, but others might disagree.


As a mathematician, I think of it as a deviation from probability, which happens a small percentage of the time but is always possible.


As a poker player, I have a less formal definition and one that is perhaps a little influenced by experience: I think of it as the certain number of hands that you will lose occasionally because of the random factor no matter how well you played the hand. If you are focusing on statistics, you should also expect that every once in a while some idiot gets "lucky" and factor that in when you consider whether you played the hand correctly. But that is the tricky thing, isn't it? You might play the hand over and over in your head and ask yourself when you might have bet just a little more on the turn to make someone fold when they have very few outs and statistically they should not continue; but maybe not, perhaps they were never going to fold. Perhaps that is where reading your opponent comes in and statistics end. Basically, you played the hand correctly as best you could (maybe with some minor tweaks), but sh*t happens and you lost; you have to anticipate that you will statistically have a bad beat every once in a while...but in the end, if you keep playing with a good plan, you will end up ahead.


When I have someone say to me, "You can chalk that one up to variance." That means to me, "You played the hand correctly, you just had bad luck...get over it and move on."

 

[bugiardops]

Shove = Going All In. Announce on chat “I’m all in” and shoving every hand...

 

[Squanchy]

Uuuuh, nice!
I was searching for this!

Thanks a lot

 

[Fishmasterbaiter]

wow

you might wont to add this in somewhere this is a list of all the poker hands i could possibly find meanings for some people might have other ones that they would like to add

A A- American Airlines, Bullets, Pocket Rockets, Sharp Tops
A K- Big Slick, Salt Lake Pair, Anna Kournikova
A Q- Ice Cream, Big Chick
A J- Ajax, Jackass, Blackjack
A 10- Johnny Moss, Bookends
A 9- Jesus, Rounders hand
A 8- Dead Man's Hand, Barely Legal
A 7- Red Baron
A 6- Mile High Club, Sweet Sixteen
A 5- High Five
A 4- Transvestite
A 3- Baskin-Robbins
A 2- Little Slick, Hunting Season
K K- Gorillas in the Mist, Gorillas, Cowboys, King Kong, Ace Magnets
K Q- Lucy & Ricky, Marriage
K J- Bachelor's Hand, Kojak, Jacking off
K 10- Big Al, Katie, Woodcutter
K 9- Canine, Mongrel, Pedigree, The Dog Hand, Sawmill, Pee Wee Herman
K 8- Kokomo, Kate, Monica Lewinsky
K 7- Columbia River, King Salmon
K 6- The Concubine
K 5- Rotten King
K 4- F'ing The Queen
K 3- King Crab, Sizzler
K 2- Big Fritz, Fritz, Donald Duck
Q Q- Calamity Jane, Dames, Dykes, Hookers, Mop Squeezers, Pair of Wire Cutters, Siegfreid and Roy, Hilton Sisters
Q J- Fred & Ethel, Maverick, Oedipus, Pinochle
Q 10- Goolsby, Q-Tip, Varkonyi, Quint
Q 9- Quinine
Q 8- Face Sitter
Q 7- Computer Hand
Q 6- Peanut Butter & Jelly, Lancelot
Q 5- Overtime, Granny Mae
Q 4- F*cking The King
Q 3- Gay Waiter, San Francisco Busboy, Windsor Waiter
Q 2- Daisy Duck
J J- Dyne-O-Mite, Fishhooks
J 10- Cloutier
J 9- German Virgin, Irgin Princess, Braggers
J 8- Jeffery Dahmer
J 7- Jack Daniels
J 6- Railroad Hand
J 5- Motown, Jackson Five
J 4- Flat Tire
J 3- San Francisco Waitress
J 2- J-Lo, Jew
10 10- Dimes, Tension, Boxcar, Twenty Miles
10 9-Countdown
10 8- Tetris, Tenacious
10 7- Bowling Hand, Split
10 6- Sweet Sixteen, Driver’s License
10 5- Woolworth, Five and Dime
10 4- Broderick Crawford, CB Hand, Over and Out, Big Buddy
10 3- Weinberg, Terminator 3
10 2- Doyle Brunson
9 9- Hellmuth, Gretsky
9 8- Oldsmoble
9 7- Old Man, Grape Fruit
9 6- Big Lick, Dinner for Two, Joe Bernstein, Percy, Happy Meal
9 5- Dolly Parton, Working Man
9 4- San Francisco
9 3- Jack Benny
9 2- Montana Banana, Twiggy
88- Snowmen, Dog Balls, Little Oldsmobile, Fat Ladies
87- RPM
86- Pacheco Nuts, Maxwell Smart
85- Finky Dink, California Country
84- Big Brother, George Orwell
83- Raquel Welch, Saturday Night Special
82- Sixity-Nine, Dog Balls on a Duck
77- Hockey Sticks, Sticks, Walking Sticks
76- Union Oil
75- Heinz, Filipino Slick, Pickle Man
74- Cambodian Slick, Double Down
73- Dutch Waiter, Hachem
72- Beer Hand
66- Kicks, Route 66
65- Retirement
64- LBJ, The Question
63- Blocky, Jimmy Summerfield, Sick Crab
62- Ainsworth, Bird Flu
55- Presto, Speed Limit, Nickels
54- Jesse James
53- Bully Johnson, Herbie, The Love Bug
52- Bombers, Two Bites
44- Sail Boats, Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader
43- Waltz Time
42- Lumberman's Hand, The Miracle
33- Crabs
32- Big Gulp, Jordan, Aggie Slick, Hooter Hand, Polish Big Slick
22- Ducks, Quacks, Deuces Never Loses

This has possibly been my favorite post in the entire cardschat community threads! How on earth did you accumulate all of this? It's really incredible. We always called pocket queens "San Fransisco wedding"....lol. Great post, dude!!!

 

[purple714]

Ha, ha, that last part was funny AF. The only thing you forgot to list are starting hand names of which I like The Gay Waiter the best.

 

[Malnitruth]

Some hand names are simply hilarious

 

[Jclemons69]

And another one -
I sometimes come across G2G.
What does this mean?
Thx for your answer -
mick aka Dr.Mik

Dr.Mik G2G normally means got to go

 

[jfmcd86]

"NH-thanks for donking all my chips"
i really like this one , makes me laugh because its true.

other than that, thanks for all the terms. finally know the things i didn't know but now know....gives me a better understanding

 

[Delenia]

Can anyone clarify what the term "tilt" means? I've heard it a handful of times, but not quite sure what it means.

"NH-thanks for donking all my chips"
i really like this one , makes me laugh because its true.

other than that, thanks for all the terms. finally know the things i didn't know but now know....gives me a better understanding

I like this one too:

"Nice Hand, Sir" - By "Nice Hand", I mean "catch". By "Sir", I mean "moron."

I have a shirt that says this and everytime I hear someone say, "Nice hand, Sir", I can't help but laugh.

 

[Grearix]

I learned something new. The ESAD one is a good one

 

[Spaceman]

I see the word "villain" used at poker very often when speaking about an opponent. I always thought villain to be a bad guy. Is villain a poker slang and a cool way to refer to an opponent or its the standard way and I am outdated by using the word "opponent"?

Also, somehow there should be a list with all abbreviations in an easy to search way cause its hard trying to find what you are looking for.

 

[Delenia]

I see the word "villain" used at poker very often when speaking about an opponent. I always thought villain to be a bad guy. Is villain a poker slang and a cool way to refer to an opponent or its the standard way and I am outdated by using the word "opponent"?

Also, somehow there should be a list with all abbreviations in an easy to search way cause its hard trying to find what you are looking for.

Villain is the opponent.
Although, I could not find it listed on any of the many sites that list poker terms.

You can do an internet search for "poker terms" and find several lists.​

I did see one that I was not familiar with
VHFU - a sarcastic reply meaning Very Happy For You

 

[slayerupon]

A nit is a very very very tight player, they usually have a vp$ip of under 10% and their aggression preflop and postflop is very low. Usually when a nit raises they have it and you can fold some of your quality hands preflop.

so if you are holding something like AQs in the big blind and a nit raises you preflop from the cutoff it is very easy to fold this. But usually nits dont raise preflop and just limp.

a Nit is a Tag without the aggression.

A cane to this thread searching this EXACT definition. I’ve always the term and wondered without an opportunity to ask. Thanks for the clarification!

 

[pepsilv]

No wonder I have been confused in some position, and thought was on the right track.... Useful Information. I just learnt something new. Thanks Cardchat...!!!!

 

[tladake]

very useful post, I am learning poker and I am coming back to this list couple times a day during the theory lessons. On beginning everything sound like magic, but now it's getting clearer and clearer every day.

 

[Duraphig]

Thank you for taking the time to do this. I was just looking over the poker odds for Dummies article and had some questions in regards to the abbreviations and terms but finding this answered them all.

 

[Mike D_]

Very usefull, thanks!

 

[Vilgeoforc]

What is the WTF in accordance with the letters?

 

[soillwill]

So much truth at the lessor known ones. gI swear I would put my fist through my monitor when someone has gone all in with 2 - 8 os and caught a full house when I had AA or KK or even TT.

 

[Shahzade]

Nice thread guys! Thank you very much for filling me in on the things that I didn't know or was unsure of. This was definitely very helpful!