What the hell does (x) mean?

*Last edited by Staresy on Thu, 20 Jul 2006, 12:32pm; edited 11 times in total*

Just reading through some posts where people have posted questions asking what specific things mean and I remember back to when I was a noob on these forums and sat round wondering WTF certain phrases meant, so I thought it might be useful to supplement some of the glossary/definitions posts with one of my own. People can feel free to comment, add, chastise .....

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*where # appear to be random nos

Villian's PokerTracker Stats. Posts often start, or include information like ... "villian was a 25/12" .... which indicates the % of times he voluntarily puts money in the pot then / the % of times he raises pre-flop.

<3 = love!

its basically a heart on it’s side!

3-Bet = to make the 2nd raise in limit poker

e.g. UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises, HERO 3-bets

3xBB / 4xBB = 3 /4 times the big blind

to raise before the flop.

e.g. the blinds are 50/100; a 3xBB raise would be 300.

7CS = 7 card stud

Aces up = Two pair, one of which is Aces

Hold A7, board is A74, you have Aces up.

Thanks to drmcboy!

AI = All in

That moment when your chips are in the middle and your fate is resting with the poker gods

AXs / Axs = Ace + any other card, both of the same suit

BB/SB = Big blind/Small Blind

Note: in limit, BB = big bet

e.g. Blinds are 50/100, I am sat in the SB, and UTG raises 3xBB
(= I am sitting in the small blind, Under-the-gun raises to 300 (3 times the current big blind))

bomb, or To bomb a street

Betting a particular street hard. e.g. From pot to push.

thanks to Warpe for this one

the Bubble = the period just before the paid places begin

e.g. the last 4 in a SnG

to Bubble = To go out of a tournament just before the paid places

BR = Bank Roll

The amount of cash you have available to pursue your poker dreams!

C-Bet, c-bet, Cont Bet, CBet, cBet = Continuation bet

To make a follow-up bet on a flop after you have raised pre-flop.

Capping = to make the final raise in a round of betting at limit poker

e.g. UTG+1 calls, MP1 raises, HERO 3-bets, CO Caps

CO = the Cut-Off

The person sitting to the immediate right of the dealer/button

Donk / donk bet = donkey / donkey bet

To do something stupid / to make a stupid bet, usually when it is obvious you are beat

DUCY, DICY, AND UCY = do you see why? do I see why? you see why?

Thanks Warpe!

EP = Early Postion

EV = Expected Value

The long term effect of making certain decisions. Can be either negative (-ve) or positive (+ve)

e.g. constantly calling raises w/ 93o is –ve EV (as in, u keep doing it, u are going to lose money in the long run)

FE / Fold Equity = The value you get from the times your opponent(s) folds

Fold Equity = (% of the time your opponent folds) * (the amount of money you win when he folds i.e. the pot size)

thanks to Arkana for this

Float = Calling a bet in order to take a pot down later

kind of like a bluff slowplay or a bluff call.

e.g. you call suspected continuation bets on the flop in the hopes that the bettor will give up his unimproved AK and check on the turn. You then bet and hopefully take the pot away from the preflop aggressor. We are floating over the other guys flop bet looking for an opportunity to take the pot.

Thanks to Lukie and IrishEyes for this

FO = Freezeout

A tournament where, once you have lost all your chips, you’re out!

FT = Final Table

ahhh .... the promised land

FYP = Fixed your post

FWIW = For what it's worth

Gap Concept

See ToP for this one. But, essentially, the Gap Concept dictates that you need a stronger hand to call a raise with than you do to open the raising yourself. The difference between the strengths is called the “gap”.

H/Hr = hands per hour played (average) at a table

HEFAP = Hold Em for Advanced Players by David Sklansky and Mason Malmuth

HH = Hand History

The transcript of a specific hand or complete tournament, usually obtained from the specific site

HOH (2) = Harrington on Holdem (2) by Dan Harrington

HU = Heads-Up

HUD = Heads-Up Display

see PAHUD

ICM = Independent Chip Model

Works out your stack as a % of the prize pool and works out the EV of decisions based thereon. Very difficult to summarise in one sentence, so read here for more

or search for ICM using Forum Search

IM(H)O = In my (humble) opinion

ITM = In the Money

Landing the paid places in a tournament

LAGG / LAgg / LAG = Loose aggressive

leak = a hole or shortcoming in your game

Usually a fairly small mistake, but one in which you are ‘leaking’ chips – most notable is completing from the SB (largely because of the discount price) with moderate to poor holdings looking miracle flops

LHE = Limit Hold ‘em

line-check = line check

you post a hand you played and then ask people to comment on how you bet on each street.

LP = Late Position

M

From Harrington on Hold ‘Em; your M represents your stack relative to the size of the blinds and antes.

e.g. you have a 1500 stack and the blinds are 100/200 – your M is 1500/(200+100) = 5

or, there are 8 players left in a tournament and the blinds are 100/200 w/ a 25 ante. Your 1500 stack is now 1500/(200+100+25*8)=3

meh = a sign of indifference

Metagame

a game within a game. Usually based on the characteristics of the players involved.

MHIG = My Hand is Good

MP = Middle Position

MTT = Multi-Table Tournament

Nit

a gambler who is afraid to gamble

thanks to Renton for this

NLHE = No Limit Hold ‘em

The game we all love and hate at the same time

OESD = Open ended straight draw

e.g. you hold 78 and board has 6 9 2

OESFD = Open ended straight-flush draw

e.g. you hold 7h8h and the board has 6h 9h 2c

OOP = Out of Position

Open limp

being the first person in the pot preflop, but not raising.

thanks to Renton for this

OTM = Out of the Money

the opposite of ITM!

PAHUD = Poker Ace Heads Up Display

A program that uses the information in your PokerTracker database to provide relevant, customised stats on your opponents and displays them as an overlap to the table you are playing on, such as how often they enter a pot, how often they raise etc

PFR = Pre-Flop Raise

To raise before the flop

e.g. I fired out a 3xBB PFR
or Who the f**k calls a 5xBB PFR with 74 off suit?

PP = pocket pair or PartyPoker.com

e.g. I was dealt a small pp = I was dealt a small pocket pair
WHEREAS, I was playing on PP = I was playing on Party Poker

PS = PokerStars.com

PSB = Pot-sized bet

to make a bet equivalent to the size of the current pot!

PT = Poker Tracker

Push / to push = to move all–in

Literally; push all of your chips into the middle

pwn/pwned = own/owned

When someone outplays or otherwise outclasses someone else

e.g. Gauntlet Game 4 - the action is folded round to Xianti in the SB. Xianti calls, Staresy checks his KTo. The flop comes T hi, Xianti bets the minimum, Staresy thinks it’s a steal bet and moves All-in, Xianti calls in an instant and flips AA.

Xianti pwned Staresy

Type in “pwn” in the search facility for other examples!

QFT = Quoted for truth

R&A = Rebuys & Add-ons

A tournament which allows you to re-buy (usually restricted to the first hour) if you lose all your chips or drop below your starting stack

R&S = Rebuys & Strap-ons

Similar to the above, but where you didn’t realise it was a re-buy when you bought in

ROI = Return on Investment

The net profit you made divided by the money you invested to make that profit (the sum of all your buy ins).

e.g. if you played 10 $10+1 sngs and won $150, then you risked 10x11=$110 and your net profit was $40. So your ROI will be 40/110 = 36%

thanks to Arkana for this one

SNG / SnG / S’n’G / STT = Sit ‘n’ Go / Single Table Tournament

A single table tournament

SNGPT = Sit 'n' Go Power Tools

A Program that allows you to work out EV in situations of a SnG.

STBY = Sucks to be you.

Often said when people post bad beats

STFU = Shut The F*** Up

not an expression usually found in FTR posts (we're too nice to each other to use terms like this), but certainly one you might come across in the chat box of your favourite poker site

Stop ‘n’ Go

a move whereby you call a raise, but you are first to act on the flop and you push all-in regardless. Usually where you will probably get called by a better hand if you push pre-flop or you are going to get called anyway, but you may get that better hand to fold if they miss the flop or may have just enough money to make a better hand fold.

Read here for more

SSH = Small Stakes Holdem by Ed Miller, David Sklansky, and Mason Malmuth (2+2 Publishing)

TAGG / TAgg / TAG = Tight aggressive

teh = the

TOP = The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky

TP = Top Pair

TPGK = Top Pair, Good Kicker

e.g. you hold KQ or KJ and the board reads K 5 7

TPTK = Top Pair, Top Kicker.

e.g. you hold AQ and board shows Q 9 3

UB = Ultimate Bet.com

UI = unimproved

e.g. "I had AK UI on the river" - meaning your Ace or King didn't pair and didn't make a straight.

UTG = Under-the-Gun

The person sitting to the immediate left of the BB and first to act after the cards have been dealt

UTG+1 = Under-the-Gun plus one

The person sitting to the immediate left of UTG

VP$IP% = Voluntary Put in the Pot %

A category on Poker Tracker which demonstrates how often you play outside of the blinds (quite literally, how often you voluntarily – as oppose to compulsory – put money into the pot)

W$SD = Won $$ at Show Down (percentage)

Poker Tracker’s way of showing you how much cash you win at show down

WTF = What the Fuck?

WtSD = Went to Show Down (percentage)

A further Poker Tracker category which demonstrates how often you go to showdown

WLLH = Winning Low Limit Holdem by Lee Jones

x BB/100 = winrate expressed as Big Bets per 100 hands played

Updated - 8 May 2006.

Thanks to all who contributed - I've tried to attribute where I can!

Post questions or comments here:
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-34751.htm

ATC = Any Two Cards

Will click on to lead as instructed when time permits. Sorry.

Can we add Fold% just because I think most confuse that with Fold Equity?

I just came here hoping to find out what "The villain was xx/x/x" means - I read that in every other thread here. For example:
"He was 8/3/2 so I folded QQ to his 3-bet"

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