GTO is short for Game Theory Optimal, which is the mathematically perfect way to play poker that makes it impossible to be exploited by opponents. In other words, if you play a perfect GTO strategy, your opponents could do no better than break even against you — and that would only be if they played…

The Gap Concept was first introduced by David Sklansky, and contends that a player needs a better hand to call a raise, when compared to open raising themselves. For example, open raising on the button with A5 offsuit is a standard play if the action has folded to you, but calling on the button with…

Going South means taking chips from your own stack off of the table in a cash game, with the aim of limiting the amount of chips that can possibly be lost. This move would usually be executed by a player who has won enough chips to be ahead for a session, and doesn’t want to…

Game Theory Optimal (GTO) is the mathematically perfect way to play poker that makes it impossible to be exploited by opponents. In other words, if you play a perfect GTO strategy, your opponents could do no better than break even against you — and that would only be if they played a perfect GTO strategy…

Also known as an inside straight, a gutshot or gutshot straight draw is a hand that has four non-consecutive cards to a straight. For example, if you hold 9♠ 8♠ and the flop comes J♣ Q♥ 4♦ , you have a gutshot straight draw — a ten and a ten only would give you a…

Grinder is a commonly used term to describe someone who plays a lot of poker and consistently wins.  “Mike is a true grinder, he’s always cashing in tournaments at the World Series of Poker.”