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  1. 08-31-2007 11:04 PM #1
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    Default semantics question

    if someone refers to "BB" in a NL context, do you assume they are talking about Big Blind, or Big Bet (aka ptBB, or 2xbigblind)?

    does it matter in what context used? i.e. if someone says "we are playing with 150BB effective stacks" or "my winrate in August is 3BB/100"?

    what's the best way to avoid confusion, short of writing the full word out?
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  2. 08-31-2007 11:48 PM #2
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    If people are talking about winrates, I assume they are talking about PTBB/100. If they are saying they have x amount of bbs in a game I assume they are talking regular big blinds and not big bets.
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  3. 09-01-2007 12:46 AM #3
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    if it's written, BB means big bet, and bb means big blind
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  4. 09-01-2007 01:25 AM #4
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    the only time "bb" means "big bet" in NL is when talking about winrates.
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  5. 09-01-2007 06:21 AM #5
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    Quote Originally Posted by martindcx1e
    the only time "bb" means "big bet" in NL is when talking about winrates.
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  6. 09-01-2007 08:09 AM #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by pgil
    if it's written, BB means big bet, and bb means big blind
    i like this method, it is the least confusing. but i agree w/ martin and pelion, big bets are only used in winrates for nl.
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