Commonly Used Poker Abbreviations and Terms

[betang]

Hey guys, what does squeeze means?

 

[jmateuspoker]

Informative well but have a term that is used the acronym but we do not know what she abbreviates
It is the term the NIT uque does this acronym exactly

It is known to the concept that is a passive player and tight but the meaning of the acronyms I'm curious to know?

mateuspoker

 

[Kirs10c]

I hear straddling a lot and didn't see that mentioned in any of the posts. Can someone explain?

 

[CardNoob]

I hear straddling a lot and didn't see that mentioned in any of the posts. Can someone explain?

I hear this a lot watching poker clips on YouTube. I have an idea what it is. But not certain. Any help please.

Straddle=

Thank you [emoji120]

 

[CardNoob]

I hear this a lot watching poker clips on YouTube. I have an idea what it is. But not certain. Any help please.

Straddle=

Thank you [emoji120]

Nevermind, I looked it up on my own. [emoji120]

 

[Joe]

Been wondering what 'PTLB' is on sharkscope under statistics is... [emoji848]

 

[Loky13]

This has been really useful,thanks.

 

[barbados]

Whoa! What a great cheat sheet! I'll save this page for memory and even print it. cguru:

 

[mousebites]

get called a DONK a lot lol

 

[pacificatorul]

I used to watched videos from a good player named glitlr. He basically summarizer in his screenname what poker is all about. His name means: good luck in the long run 😉

 

[E V A N]

Ahhh I thought a 3bet was raising the person 3x in bet size....

hahah thanks for the thread, very informative

 

[lierm]

ISTR seeing a 'ZOOM' tournament, or similar. Anybody know what that means?

it's a tournament when you are constantly being moved to a different table and not to be able to see coming cards after you've fold.

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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.

didn't know these, funny ones

 

[Joe]

Been wondering what 'PTLB' is on sharkscope under statistics is... [emoji848]

LOL!

Was coming to ask this question not knowing I'd already done so before, haha...

I still don't know what the PLTB stat is on sharkscope!

 

[4nocreativity]

Here is a list of commonly used abbreviations and terms used in poker discussions and hand analysis threads. For a complete list of poker terms, abbreviations, and acronyms, please see our more extensive Poker Glossary.

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.

Happy I found this thread. The forum makes more sense now

 

[digdug0037]

Thanks for sharing, alot of good useful information in this thread! I have heard alot of them but did not want to look to rookieish and ask.

 

[Pokerishard]

This is the Davinci code of poker.....................usefull.........thanks......

 

[Iamfishieee]

You forgot


LJ - low jack

 

[Iamfishieee]

Ip is in position
Oop and Ip have nothing to do with you actual position.... these are relative terms

Just because you are oop doesn't mean utg... for example Co is always oop to btn.

and the bb will always be ip to the sb

 

[flanylpant]

This was very useful thank good post

 

[Mmmmkkkk1]

Great rules to follow! Def. taking notes.

 

[superkakila]

thanks i was struggling what was mmt.thanks for the help

 

[Roobz75]

A very good and informative thread. Here a few of these thrown around by friends, but because I'm not addicted to Poker like them, less likely to come across them, the amount of times and games \I play.

 

[JoseFerreras]

"LOL WOW = I wish I could stab people through my monitor."


HAHAHAHA This one had me on the floor laughing

 

[Roobz75]

PMSL? Anyone?

Glad you asked that. I didn't understand it when I see it written because the acronym doesn't properly fit. Myself is one word.

 

[Uncloggie]

This helped , there are quite a few newer terms since I studied poker many years ago.

I didn't see the term boat or full boat, meaning full house.