Poker acronyms

eagle eye

Well something I found hard to get to grips with when I first came on here was the abbreviated terms that were being used. I could understand a lot of them but for instance I always thought that atc meant ace ten clubs, lol.
So this is a list of some of these terms, I know there is a lot of them in this sticky http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showp...97&postcount=7
but I think that it could be added to the newbie section maybe on the first page by editing if people think its necessary.

There is also a link at the bottom for those that are not sure what some of these mean.

UTG - Under the Gun, first player to act preflop
UTG+1 - Under the Gun plus one, second player to act preflop
EP - early position
MP - middle position
LP - late position
OTB - On The Button
CO - Cut off, player one seat to the right of button
HJ - Hijack, player two seats to the right of button
SB - small blind
BB - big blind
Ft - final table
c/c - check/call
c/f - check/fold
c/r - check/raise
b/f - bet and fold to a raise
3-bet - a bet, a raise, and then another raise. The third action is a 3-bet.
b3b - Hero's plan is to bet, and then 3-bet if raised.


VB - value bet
CB - continuation bet
PSB - pot-sized bet
PSR - pot-sized raise
PFR - preflop raise or preflop raiser
reraise - raising the PFR
minraise - raising the lowest amount possible
overbet - a bet amount larger than the current pot
check behind - to check when it's been checked to you, usually after betting action on previous street
donkbet - either to lead into the PFR on the flop, or a tiny bet made in relation to the pot
thin value bet - usually a river bet made when it's unclear if you are ahead or not


Monotone - a flop of all the same suit
Rainbow - a flop of all different suits
Overpair - having a pair in your hand higher than the biggest card on the board
gutshot - an inside straight draw

TPTK - top pair top kicker
TPWK - top pair weak kicker
TPGK - top pair good kicker
TP2K - top pair 2nd best kicker--You have KQ, flop K72, you have top pair, 2nd best kicker (the Q)
TPCK - top pair crap kicker
TPBK - top pair bad kicker

9To - Nine Ten offsuit
KJs - King Jack suited
Ax - An Ace with any second card
Kxx - refers to a King high flop
Q73r - r = rainbow flop

OESD - open ended straight draw
OESFD - open ended straight flush draw
pp - pocket pair
sc - suited connector
EV - Expected Value
OOP - out of position
FE - fold equity
AI - all-in
ATC - any two cards
UI - unimproved

TAG - tight aggressive
LAG - loose aggressive
LAP - loose passive
sLAG - slightly loose aggressive

MHIG - my hand is good
MHING - my hand is no good
WA/WB - way ahead, way behind

IMO - In my opinion
IMHO - In my humble opinion
JMO - Just my opinion
FYP - fixed your post
OP - original post or poster

tl;dr - too long; didn't read
QFT - quoted for truth
goot - good
nh - nice hand
meh - the sound you make when you shrug your shoulders signaling indifference; not great, not terrible.
pwned - owned or pawned. Usually means you got outplayed.

BB/100 - # of bb's won per 100 hands played
PTBB/100 - poker tracker big blinds won per 100 hands played. A PTBB is 2xBB.
FPS - fancy play syndrome
aggro - aggressive

SSNL - small stakes no limit
MSNL - mid stakes no limit
HSNL - high stakes no limit
NLHE - no limit hold 'em
LHE - limit hold 'em
BBV - the Beats, Brags, and Variance forum

PT - Pokertracker
VPIP - voluntarily put money in the pot
AF - aggression factor
Villian is 24/10/3(9- Pokertracker stats indicating VPIP/PFR%/AF (with preflop aggression taken out) over 98 hands

HM - Holdem Manager
PO - Poker Office
PAHUD - PokerAce Heads Up Display
Party - Party Poker
PS, stars - Pokerstars
FTP - Full tilt
UB - Ultimate Bet
AP - Absolute Poker
PPP - Paddy Power Poker
GJP - Green Joker Poker
ipoker - a network of many sites such as gjp and ppp

PL - pot limit
PF - pre-flop
HH - hand history
HU - heads up
FR - full ring
FT - full table
NL100 - number indicates the buy-in; this is No Limit, with $1 BB's

Stop-n-Go - You bet, get raised, you call closing the action on that street, then lead out on the next street.
Float - You call a bet with a marginal hand or draw, usually on the flop while in position, with the intent of stealing the pot on a later street.
Semi-bluff - betting/raising when you have a draw.
Stealing blinds - openraising in late position with less than premium hands.
blocking bet - often a river bet made OOP when an obvious draw hits on the end, where you bet and fold to a raise
effective stack - the smallest stack amongst the players remaining in the hand.

trips - flop is JJ8, you hold KJ, you have trips
set - flop is K42, you hold 44, you have a set
pot control - attempting to keep the pot small with a marginal holding


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poker_jargon

The one below is better than the wiki one I think

http://www.seriouspoker.com/dictionary.html

jimmii

I wonder how many girls have been called sLAGS at the table? Also good to see Wiki as good as ever with accuracy.

eagle eye

jimmii wrote: »

I wonder how many girls have been called sLAGS at the table? Also good to see Wiki as good as ever with accuracy.

If there is something wrong in my post please point it out and I will fix it rather than just a subtle hint. The wiki thing is not what is up there btw.

jimmii

eagle eye wrote: »

If there is something wrong in my post please point it out and I will fix it rather than just a subtle hint. The wiki thing is not what is up there btw.

True its smart comments like that are becoming such a negative thing appologies for that just trying to fit in...! Is 3betting not just a raise over the initial raiser what is described there appears to be a 4bet and FT is normally taken as final table from what i've seen. I've never seen FT revering to full table and full tilt is normally revered to as FTP. I cannot believe ducy and orly haven't been added by some bbv/nvg fan.

RoundTower

good post, you should explain value bet and continutation bet maybe, a lot of posters seem to think a value bet is a small bet when you hold a great hand.

it doesn't matter really though because like I said the idiots don't read charters or stickys or indeed anyones thread but their own.

RoundTower

jimmii wrote: »

Is 3betting not just a raise over the initial raiser

yes?

AhJaysus

jimmii wrote: »

True its smart comments like that are becoming such a negative thing appologies for that just trying to fit in...! Is 3betting not just a raise over the initial raiser what is described there appears to be a 4bet and FT is normally taken as final table from what i've seen. I've never seen FT revering to full table and full tilt is normally revered to as FTP. I cannot believe ducy and orly haven't been added by some bbv/nvg fan.

Pre flop the blinds are a "bet". So it is right in eagles post.

jimmii

AhJaysus wrote: »

Pre flop the blinds are a "bet". So it is right in eagles post.

Ah right I see now cheers. Perhaps add blind in brackets after bet.

eagle eye

I just put it up to try and help people out, if anyone wants to quote and edit it to improve it, well its all good.
Roundtower I was more just putting in the abbreviated terms, and put a link to wiki which has a sort of dictionary of what the terms mean, but I just looked it up and seen that value bet is listed as just the optimal bet to get paid off with a premium hand or something like that. I suppose I could try and find a better link which might better explain the terms, after reading the wiki one, its not that great.

jimmii

eagle eye wrote: »

I just looked it up and seen that value bet is listed as just the optimal bet to get paid off with a premium hand or something like that.

That seems a fair enough description. A value bet is just the most you think you can bet and get called by a worse hand just take out the premium bit or else add in a sick value bet term as well for when you bet the pot with 3rd pair knowing its good and will get called!

TommyGunne

Good post eagle eye. I always thought that sLAG referred to smart LAG though? As in not your usual unthinking raisaholic, but referring to the likes of CTS etc who play with very high VPIP/pfr styles but are sicko good. I may be wrong though. And your definition of thin value bet is a little off imo but I can't think of a good definition. With any value bet you are unsure if you are ahead or not unless you have the nuts but it may still be fat value. Perhaps: "A bet that is made which is neutral to slightly +EV." Its just the other definition could refer to any bluff or value bet really.

jimmii

eagles post should have its own thread so that all the definitions can get discussed and then added to a sticky it would help a lot of new players who come in and get overwhelmed with accronyms and then have to go googling them all to find out what they mean.

eagle eye

TommyGunne wrote: »

Good post eagle eye. I always thought that sLAG referred to smart LAG though? As in not your usual unthinking raisaholic, but referring to the likes of CTS etc who play with very high VPIP/pfr styles but are sicko good. I may be wrong though. And your definition of thin value bet is a little off imo but I can't think of a good definition. With any value bet you are unsure if you are ahead or not unless you have the nuts but it may still be fat value. Perhaps: "A bet that is made which is neutral to slightly +EV." Its just the other definition could refer to any bluff or value bet really.

As I said earlier Tommy, I just put this up to try and help people out, and if it goes through a couple of change to improve it, well then thats all good. I did not really want to get into the explanations too much as I am still a little shaky on a lot of them myself but please by all means improve it if you can.
Just quote it and edit what you think needs editing. I think Ste might put it into the hh section somewhere when its ready.

Ps. Have you read the posts by the 'new' guy Gortacofin or some name like that. All I can say is wow.

jimmii

Overcall - Calling a bet after one or more players have already called.

Angleshoot - Bending/abusing the rules of the game to try extract extra money or lose less money.

String bet - Trying to make a bet in more than one motion. Can be used as an angleshoot.

backdoor flush/straight draw - when making a flush draw or straight draw on the turn. Backdoored a flush/straight after river completes the draw.

drawing dead - When you have a 0% chance of winning the hand.

The angleshoot & string bet are bad but thought I would add something so that someone else can give a better definition.

jimmii

jimmii wrote: »

Overcall - Calling a bet after one or more players have already called.

Angleshoot - Using a technicality in the rules in order to deceive your opponent in an unfair manner into making a mistake, be it to make you more money or save you from losing any more.

String bet - The first chip over the line is the total bet. A player who wishes to bet more than one chip must place them all over the line in a single motion. If a player drops one chip over the line before another it will be considered a "string bet". If a player places a chip of greater value than the previous bet down first in a string bet without declaring raise then the chip shall constitute a call

backdoor flush/straight draw - when making a flush draw or straight draw on the turn. Backdoored a flush/straight after river completes the draw.

drawing dead - When you have a 0% chance of winning the hand.

The angleshoot & string bet are bad but thought I would add something so that someone else can give a better definition.---There ya go. My attempt

That any good?

jimmii

Just found this one by psandman on 2+2.

angleshoot - Deciveing one's opponent as to an issue which the opponent is not supposed to be deceived on, or at a time where deception is not supposed to occur.

I think that is pretty spot on.

String bet is an important to get in there because so many people see movies where they say "I call you $500 and raise you $1000" etc.

String bet - Illegal bet as total was not stipulated (ie verbal decleration) and was not made in one motion. If bet is stipulated beforehand more than one motion can be made.

Follow on:
Verbal decleration - Verbally stating your play before you have acted. If you declare out of turn you are tied to that action.

mocata

Twats giving off to total newbie players about "string betting" = angleshooting IMO

Ste05

TommyGunne wrote: »

And your definition of thin value bet is a little off imo but I can't think of a good definition. With any value bet you are unsure if you are ahead or not unless you have the nuts but it may still be fat value. Perhaps: "A bet that is made which is neutral to slightly +EV." Its just the other definition could refer to any bluff or value bet really.

This is slightly off. A value bet is quite simply a bet that is made "for value" i.e. a bet that you hope will be called by a hand that is worse then the one you hold.

as opposed to a Bluff, i.e. a bet that you hope will fold out a hand that is better than the one you hold.

That's all a value bet is, whether it maximises your expectation in the hand is another topic altogether, and to try and get into it for a definition would just muddy the water. Both a value bet and a bluff can be +EV, a bet that is -EV is just a bad bet.

I get the feeling people are confusing a plain old Value Bet with a Value bet that extracts maximum value. But a value bet is a value bet, be it good bad or indifferent, it's just plainly when you bet hoping (even if incorrectly) that it will be called by a worse hand.

So to use it in a hypothetical conversation, "Q: Why did you bet that River? A: It was a Value Bet."

Ste05

Actually I just read the Wiki entry and it's pretty good if a little confusing at the end for a newbie, I'd just call a bet with a draw a semi-bluff instead of trying to shoe horn it into a value bet definition. Because you'd need a pretty savage draw and really good equity to make a bet "for value" with a draw.

"A bet made by a player who wants it to be called (as opposed to a bluff or protection bet). This is typically because he has a superior hand that he expects to win at showdown, or a very good draw for which he can increase his pot equity by more than the amount of his bet."

jimmii

Semi-bluff - Betting/raising a hand that currently has little or no showdown value at that point but has outs to make them the winning hand.

I don't want to get called when I semi-bluff. You are bluffing with a back up draw in case you get called as opposed to looking for calls unless it is a multi way pot where you want to get called by a few players.