Hand Analysis Lingo and other Poker Terms

Very often, especially for the newest members reading the Hand Analysis part of the forum you will come across a lot of abbreviations. This isnt a definite list (yet).

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

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.

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
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
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
Poker Tracker = 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.

Added additional items and cleaned up format. Anyone want to critique this layout and provide constructive input? thx.

Also, any other terms to add or any that are wrong??



Thanks for the recent contributions, keep the suggestions/additions coming.

could u explain C-bet or C-betting?

a c-bet means continuation bet.

what this means is when you bet or raise preflop and follow it up with a lead bet on the flop.

Could someone please define "nit" play?

A nit is a very very very tight player, they usually have a vp$ip of under 10% and their aggression preflop and postflop is very low. Usually when a nit raises they have it and you can fold some of your quality hands preflop.

so if you are holding something like AQs in the big blind and a nit raises you preflop from the cutoff it is very easy to fold this. But usually nits dont raise preflop and just limp.

a Nit is a Tag without the aggression.

if i may borrow rob's shield for a moment and in the name of true pedantry:

these are initialisms not acronyms (except a few; horse, lag, tag)

nice one TB ;-)

on a similar note, what does felted mean?

Stacking someone or being stacked. As in taking them all the way down to the felt.

ty jd

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.

These made me lol out loud, as Monk said.

Thats useful to know! I have always thought a c-bet is where you check bet e.g. miss the flop check then bet the turn!

Hi - I did already thank you for that list.
Would you please explain to me the exact meaning of "FTA"?
I know that it's the abbreviation of "First to act".
But what does this actually mean?
Is FTA identical with UTG?
Or is the FTA the first one who raises/bets?
Thx in advance.

First to act is actually exactly what it sounds like. It is the first person that will be acting on their hand on a given round. So PF, UTG is always first to act. On all post flop streets, "first to act" will be the first person to the left of the dealer that is still in the hand.

Got it. Thx.

And another one -
I sometimes come across G2G.
What does this mean?
Thx for your answer -
mick aka Dr.Mik

Pretty sure g2g would mean "Got to go" as in the person needs to leave.

g2g does mean got to go as in leave sean is correct

g2g often means 'I'm goin' all-in every hand so it's safe for you to call me light and when all your chips are belong to me, I'm sticking around.'

I think that's according to the context where I first read it. Thx!

NH = Thanks for donking all my chips
TY = Totally blind to the sarcasm of the above NH

Thanks for donking all my chips LOL

So thats what everyone means when they say NH to me - Didn't know ....

There are a few CC regular abbreviations and terms that I don't know. Perhaps you could add them to the list, such as pwnd, fyp, cake.

omg you dont know pwnd?


ok

pwnd


Pwn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


FYP means fixed your post, it is when someone (jack daniels) alters your post because he (Jack Daniels) thinks its funny.

no idea what cake means.

For example..

FYP

As for cake, well that's a Beardyian thing if that's what you're talking about. He's a cake fanatic and we joke about it in random threads.

This helped me when I was first starting out.

sorry for bumping an old thread all...

Well, unlike all the other old threads you're bumping, this one is a sticky thread. It is always at the top of the forum.

I'd add "Highjack" for newbies as well. That is the position 1 right of the cutoff (or 2 right of the button).

If someone can tell me what the term '3-bet' refers to I shall be most enlightened.

A 3-bet refers to when in limit games (although it can sometimes also refer to NL games), a player reraises the action on any round of betting i.e. makes a third bet size.

I don't believe this is the standard definition.

I would think that FTA would be the first person to bet in any hand. Folds don't count. So when Mike Sexton suggests the first to act will take the pot, it could be any person at any position.

However, you can see that this one is so ambiguous that even he seldom uses this unless the table is real short seated, and there was a really bad flop.

It's not the first person to bet, it is there first person that will be making a choice. After dealing is done, the UTG is "the first to act".

You're confusing "first to act" as in who is the person that will be going first with the the jargon Mike Sexton uses to talk about edited film of final tables at the WPT where people are playing crap hands consantly and bluffing regulary. They seem to miss the flop and he chimes in with his dubbed over commentary to say "the more aggressive player will win" or "the first one to bet at this pot will take it down", etc. That's not what this standard "first to act" is about. Remember, folding is an action too. And when you are under the gun and choose to fold, you are choosing to fold as the first person that is acting on their hand.

haha im liking the definitions of gg

Maybe you could add Stop 'n Go? I read it in Tenbob's blog and he explained to me that it was when he called a PF raise and then shoved on the flop, regardless the outcome of this flop.

Define push and shove.

I'm thinking a push is less than a shove, which is all in .

Both push and shove mean all-in I'm pretty sure