A misdeal is a deal that has been ruled invalid, thus resulting in the cards being collected, reshuffled, and re-dealt. A misdeal can occur because of two or more exposed cards, a rules violation, and a variety of other factors.

In a nine-handed full-ring game, the two seats immediately clockwise of the Under The Gun player are considered to be in middle position. 

Making a pair with the middle-ranked card on the flop and a hole card. For example, on a board of A-9-2, you have middle pair if one of your hole cards is a 9 (excluding A9 and 92, which give you two pair).

A merged range is a broad hand range in which the same action is taken for strong, medium and weak hands, as opposed to a polarized range that is either made up of very strong or very weak hands. Want to learn more about merged ranges? Check out this guide: Polarized Ranges vs Linear (Merged)…

The Mark (also known as the Spot or the Sucker) is the player at a poker table who attracts much attention, largely due to his/her inexperience and lack of skill. The term is commonly used when good players are determining a good table to play at.  “There are a couple great spots at the $2/$5…

A maniac is an extremely loose and aggressive player that bets and raises even when ill-advised. “Tom is a maniac, he’s raised 15 hands in a row.”

A hand made of a pair or better. A made hand is the opposite of a drawing hand.

The M-Ratio is a measurement of a player’s stack in a tournament by assessing how long a player can last before being blinded out. The M-Ratio is measured by the total cost of each orbit including the blinds and antes. For example, if we have 10,000 chips, the blinds are 100/200 and the ante is…