A HUD, or Heads-up Display, is a tracking tool on online poker sites that is used to show common lifetime stats of opponents such as VPIP, 3-bet, and other metrics. This is a powerful tool that over time can give you a good idea of how your opponents are playing. Learn more about how to…

A horse in poker is someone who is staked by another player. This means that someone else has put up all or part of their buyin, and can expect a return on all profits that their horse makes. Some backers have entire stables of horses, meaning there are many players playing under them.

Hyper Turbo is a format of poker tournaments and Sit and Gos where the blind structure increases extremely rapidly, sometimes as fast as every 3 minutes. Typically players are very short staked in hyper turbos, and the tournament goes very quickly.  Want to improve your strategy in hyper turbos? Check out this guide: Beginner’s Guide…

HUSNG is short for ‘Head’s Up Sit and Go.’ This Sit and Go tournament allows a maximum of two players and begins whenever two players have registered.  Want to improve your skills in HUSNG’s? Check out this guide: How to Understand and Crush HUSNGs [2nd Edition]

A Heads-Up Display (HUD) is a tool used in online poker to track and display opponents’ statistics in real time. PokerTracker 4 and Hold’em Manager 2 are examples of poker programs that offer the use of a HUD. Want to learn the strategic value of a Heads-Up Display in poker? Read this guide: 10 Crucial…

HM2 is short for Hold’em Manager 2, a poker software program that records hand histories and provides statistics, analysis and record keeping for hands played online. The program is used widely by online pros for its statistic-keeping capabilities and its Heads-Up Display (HUD) which keeps track of opponents’ statistics and tendencies in real time.

High Roller can mean: 1. A player that frequently plays in high-stakes tournaments and cash games. 2. Tournaments with very high buy-ins (usually $25,000 and more) are sometimes called High Roller tournaments.

Short for Heads-Up Display, a HUD is a tool used in online poker to track and display opponents’ statistics in real time. PokerTracker 4 and Hold’em Manager 2 are examples of poker programs that offer the use of a HUD. Want to learn how to incorporate a HUD into your poker strategy? Check out this…

Hold’em Manager 2 (HM2) is a poker software program that records hand histories and provides statistics, analysis and record keeping for hands played online. Used widely by online pros for its statistic-keeping capabilities and its Heads-Up Display (HUD) which keeps track of opponents’ statistics and tendencies in real time.

Hit and Run means immediately leaving the table after winning a big pot in a cash game. This practice is largely frowned upon in poker circles but is legal. “Jeff just won a huge pot, then stood up and left! What a hit and run.” 

Games played at the highest levels of stakes. Online cash games from $5/$10 and up (aka $1000NL and up for No Limit Hold’em games) are considered high stakes. Live cash games played above $10/$25 are considered high stakes games.

Hi-Lo refers to poker variants in which the best high hand and best qualifying low hand splits the pot. If the same player holds both the best high and best low hand, that player wins the whole pot. The most commonly played Hi-Lo games are Omaha Hi-Lo and Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo (aka Omaha 8…

The term “house” is used to reference the venue that runs and profits from a poker game. For example, if you’re playing poker at the Bellagio, the Bellagio is the house.  “The house rakes 10% of every pot played, so it can be difficult to beat the rake long term.”

HORSE is a poker game that alternates between five different game variants of limit poker that is commonly played at higher limits or in high-stakes tournaments. HORSE is an acronym that stands for: H – Texas Hold’em O – Omaha Hi/Lo Split-Eight or Better, R – Razz S – Seven Card Stud, and E –…

A Home Game is a private game played outside of a casino, typically at one’s home. “I’m inviting some people over for a home game Saturday.”  The legality and restrictions on home games differs from state to state and from country to country, depending on the area’s laws on gambling.  Want to learn how to…

The Hole Cards are the cards that are dealt face down so that only the player can see them. Poker games of virtually every variant begin with a round of hole cards being dealt to each player. “I looked down a my hole cards and saw pocket kings.”