Commonly Used Poker Abbreviations and Terms

[Pepitcho23]

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Alberto Martinez]

Poker Dictionary?

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.

Tenbob, thank you for the amount of work and time you took to comprise these abbreviations; and their meaning. Thank you. Many times I see these abbreviations and don't know what they mean. Now, I know where to look. Again, thank you very much and GOD bless you.

 

[HerbPuffer]

Its a tourney format where there is no rebuy or add on.
Once u bust out... look forward for the next tourney.

No re-entry either.

Freeze-out tourneys are an endangered species these days. Sad but true.

 

[HerbPuffer]

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

But you couldn't come back and post for the rest of the forum? Especially seeing as you knew Kirst10c was wondering as well.

STRADDLE is another bet before the PF betting is made and is twice the BB and is made by the UTG player prior to them looking at their cards(usually before hand is dealt when blinds are posted. In addition, the UTG+1 player can make another min-raise and straddle the original straddler. And so on and so on.

I've also heard of poker rooms starting the stalling w/the BUTTON. Can anyone confirm or bust this? And would it then move counter-clockwise w/each consecutive straddler?

 

[HerbPuffer]

STRADDLING, not stalling in the previous post, my mistake.

 

[Alberto Martinez]

Rookie Pro!

Great rules to follow! Def. taking notes.

Mmmmkkkk1;5531327], You have all the markings of a professional; maybe an undercover professional, but, professional none the less! Taking notes?! There is a bunch of Savvy in just that statement: "Taking Notes". Wishing you the best! GOD bless you.

 

[iv_horsemen]

Hello,

Great thread! lots of good learning... When playing in some cash games and someone moves all in, I'm given the option to "Cash Out". Wondering if someone can shed some light.

iv_horsemen

 

[hubcio96]

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.

Hahahha, Thaw was awesome.

 

[hubcio96]

Here are some few - not exact poker related, but can be utilized.

FIDO - F**k It, Drive On. (help me move past the tilt, or make a hero call)
FOCUS - F**k Off Cause U Stupid (Helps me re-focus after making a donkey play)

 

[MoCoSolo]

Without going through all the pages, UTG is defined correctly but it stands for "Under The Gun".

 

[pundim]

I still struggle to understand some abbreviation and some terms during studying

 

[besplatnee]

A useful topic, a lot of interesting things for teaching, well done dude you will understand the terms.

 

[martinlgs]

very good thread ...

 

[abgvedr]

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.

This is gold

 

[Solarx]

BB ??

Ok I am confused when reading or hear someone said like 100BB.

BB is big blinds so I don’t understand when someone said I played in 100B tournament. Isn’t it 100 dollars buy in?

Or someone said you should fold when he raised 10BB. Does it mean he raised 10k?

 

[capo1014]

waste of time

Do not care much for garbage abbreviations, the world has become lazy in the art of the written lanuguage. It is ashame so just write the word and everyone will understand. Plain English simple is simple does. Capo1014

 

[Solarx]

Do not care much for garbage abbreviations, the world has become lazy in the art of the written lanuguage. It is ashame so just write the word and everyone will understand. Plain English simple is simple does. Capo1014

Welcome to modern time. I agreed that everyone should not use abbreviations all time but you are on the computer so abbreviated words save our reading time instead of reading wall of text.

BB is big binds. I know that but it gets confusing when someone said he raised 100bb or he played in 100BB or He had 100BB. So which one is correct meaning?

 

[Royal9012]

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.

Nice list!

 

[dannywaves]

those table abbreviations really helped lol, Ive always seen brad on youtube and I never understood what all those meant until now lol

 

[Risto234]

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.

Like others above have mentioned this list is indeed brilliant
Luckily (or not) from these 9 phrases there are 2 which would suit perfectly to Cardchat games hehe ...

 

[dukgen]

Helpful info, thank you.

 

[Jrobbz10]

Cold call vs. smooth call vs. Flat call

I keep hearing these terms and I thought I had a good grasp on what they each meant I hear so many people using them differently that I'm not sure which is which anymore. Can someone clear this up for me?

 

[bugiardops]

GG and NH are the best in my opinion. They are the ones I hear the most. NH mainly when the loser is extremely frustrated by the defeat.

 

[Schokk]

how does gg= i beat you

before that post, I thought gg = meant GoodGame

 

[JordanH]

Thanks for the detailed guide! There are definitely a number of acronyms and other abbreviations there that I hadn't heard before, or maybe I had and they just totally went over my head. Knowledge is power, as they say. And I feel very powerful today!