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Poker Terms and Abbreviations Glossary

If you're new to poker, listening to more experienced players talk about the game might make you think they're speaking a different language. There are so many poker terms, abbreviations, and even some slang, that it requires some studying (or googling) to truly understand poker talk. This comprehensive list of poker terminology will help you understand the lingo.

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  • 3

  • 3-bet
  • 4

  • 4-bet
  • 5

  • 5-bet
  • 6

  • 6-Max
  • a

  • Aces Up
  • Action
  • Action Card
  • Action Game
  • Add-on
  • AF
  • AFq
  • Aggression Factor
  • Aggression Frequency
  • Aggressive
  • Air
  • All-In
  • Angle/Angle Shooting
  • Ante
  • Any Two Cards
  • ATC
  • b

  • Back Raise
  • Backdoor
  • Backer
  • Bad Beat
  • Badugi
  • Balance
  • Bankroll
  • Bankroll Management
  • Barrel
  • bb/100
  • Bet
  • Bet Into
  • Big Bet
  • Big Bet Game
  • Big Blind
  • Big Blind Defending
  • Big Blind Special
  • Big Slick
  • Blank
  • Blind
  • Block Bet
  • Blocker
  • Bluff
  • Bluff-Catcher
  • Board
  • Board Coverage
  • Boat
  • Bomb Pot
  • Bot
  • Bottom Pair
  • Bounty
  • Brick
  • BRM
  • Broadway
  • Bubble
  • Burn
  • Busted
  • Button
  • Buy-In
  • Buy the Button
  • c

  • Call
  • Call The Clock
  • Calling Station
  • Cap
  • Case Card
  • Cash Game
  • Cashing
  • Catch or Catching
  • Chase
  • Check or Checking
  • Check-Out
  • Check-Raise
  • Chinese Poker
  • Chip Dumping
  • Chip Leader
  • Chip Race
  • Chop
  • Clicking it Back
  • Coin Flip
  • Cold Call
  • Cold Deck
  • Collusion
  • Color Up
  • Combos
  • Community Cards
  • Complete
  • Connector
  • Continuation Bet
  • Cooler
  • Counterfeit
  • Cowboys
  • Crack
  • Cripple
  • Crossbook
  • Crying Call
  • Cutoff
  • d

  • Dark
  • Dead Blind
  • Dead Hand
  • Dead Money
  • Dealer
  • Dealer’s Choice
  • Deep Stack
  • Delay C-bet
  • Deuce
  • Discard
  • Dog
  • Dominated Hand
  • Donk-Bet
  • Donkey
  • Door Card
  • Double Gutshot/Belly Buster
  • Double Suited
  • Double Up
  • Downswing
  • Draw
  • Draw Poker
  • Drawing Dead
  • Drawing Thin
  • Dry
  • Ducks
  • e

  • Early Position
  • Eight-or-Better
  • Equity
  • Equity Denial
  • Equity Realization
  • EV
  • Expected Value
  • Exploitative
  • Exposed Cards
  • f

  • Family Pot
  • Fast Fold Poker
  • Fast Play
  • Favorite
  • Final Hand
  • Final Table
  • Flat Call
  • Float
  • Flop
  • Fold
  • Fold Equity
  • Forced Bet
  • Forward Motion
  • Four Flush
  • Four of a Kind
  • Free Card
  • Freeroll
  • Freezeout
  • Full House
  • Full Ring
  • g

  • Game Theory Optimal
  • Gap Concept
  • Going South
  • Grinder
  • GTO
  • Gutshot
  • h

  • Hand-for-Hand
  • Hand History
  • Heads-Up
  • Heads-Up Display
  • Heater
  • Hero
  • Hero Call/Fold
  • Hi-Lo
  • High Hand
  • High Roller
  • High-Stakes
  • Hijack
  • Hit and Run
  • HM2
  • Hold’em Manager 2
  • Hole Cards
  • Home Game
  • HORSE
  • House
  • HUD
  • HUSNG
  • Hyper Turbo
  • i

  • ICM
  • Implied Odds
  • In Position
  • In The Money
  • Independent Chip Model
  • Induce
  • Inside Straight
  • Isolate
  • ITM
  • k

  • Kicker
  • Kill Pot
  • Knockout Tournament
  • l

  • Ladies
  • LAG
  • Lead
  • Level
  • Leveling
  • Limit
  • Limp
  • Line
  • Live Cards
  • Loose
  • Loose Aggressive
  • Low-Stakes
  • m

  • M-Ratio
  • Made Hand
  • Makeup
  • Maniac
  • Mark
  • Markup
  • MDF
  • Merged
  • Micro-Stakes
  • Mid-Stakes
  • Middle Pair
  • Middle Position
  • Minimum Defense Frequency
  • Miracle Card
  • Misdeal
  • Miss
  • Missed Blind
  • Monster Hand
  • MTT
  • Muck
  • Multi-Table Tournament
  • Multi-way Pot
  • n

  • Nash Equilibrium
  • Nit
  • No-Limit
  • Nut Advantage
  • Nut Low
  • Nuts
  • o

  • Offsuit
  • Omaha
  • One-Chip Rule
  • One-Gap or One-Gapper
  • OOP
  • Open
  • Open-Ended Straight Draw
  • Open Limp
  • Open Shove
  • Option
  • Orbit
  • Out
  • Out of Position
  • Over-flush
  • Overblind
  • Overcall
  • Overcard
  • Overpair
  • p

  • Paint
  • Pair
  • Passive
  • PFC
  • PFR
  • Play the Board
  • Playability
  • Pocket Pair
  • Pocket Rockets
  • Poker Shark
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  • Polarized
  • Position
  • Positional Advantage
  • Post
  • Pot
  • Pot Committed
  • Pot Control
  • Pot-Limit
  • Pot Odds
  • Preflop
  • Preflop Caller
  • Preflop Raiser
  • Probe Bet
  • Prop Bet
  • Protection Bet
  • PT4
  • q

  • Quads
  • r

  • Rabbit Hunt
  • Race
  • Rack
  • Rag
  • Rail
  • Railbird
  • Rainbow
  • Raise
  • Rake
  • Rakeback
  • Range
  • Range Advantage
  • Rank
  • Rathole
  • Razz
  • Re-entry
  • Rebuy
  • Redraw
  • Removal
  • Represent
  • Reverse Implied Odds
  • Reverse Tell
  • Ring Game
  • River
  • River C-bet
  • Rock
  • Rolled Up
  • Royal Flush
  • Run it Twice
  • Runner-Runner
  • s

  • Satellite
  • Scare Card
  • Scoop
  • Semi-Bluff
  • Set Mining
  • Set Over Set
  • Short Stack
  • Shorthanded
  • Shove
  • Showdown
  • Showdown Value
  • Side Game
  • Side Pot
  • Single Raised Pot
  • Sit and Go
  • Sklansky Bucks
  • Slow Play
  • Slow Roll
  • Small Ball
  • Small Blind
  • Smooth Call
  • Snap-Call, Snap-Raise, or Snap-Fold
  • SNG
  • Soft-Play
  • Solver
  • Solver Solution
  • Splash the Pot
  • Split Pot
  • Spot
  • SPR
  • Spread-Limit
  • Squeeze Play
  • SRP
  • Stack-to-Pot Ratio
  • Stakes
  • Staking
  • Stand Pat
  • Starting Hand
  • Steal
  • Steam
  • Steel Wheel
  • Stop and Go
  • Straddle
  • Straight
  • Straight Flush
  • Street
  • String Bet
  • Structure
  • Stud
  • Suck-Out
  • Sucker
  • Suited
  • Suited Connectors
  • Swap
  • t

  • Table Stakes
  • TAG
  • Tank/In the Tank
  • Tell
  • Texture
  • Tight
  • Tight Aggressive
  • Tilt
  • Top and Bottom
  • Top Pair
  • Top Pair/Medium Kicker
  • Top Pair/Top Kicker
  • Top Pair/Weak Kicker
  • Top Two
  • Tournament
  • TPMK
  • TPTK
  • TPWK
  • Trap
  • Trips
  • Turbo
  • Turn
  • Turn C-bet
  • Two-Tone
  • u

  • Under the Gun
  • Underdog
  • Upcard
  • Upswing
  • v

  • Value Bet
  • Variance
  • Vig
  • Villain
  • Voluntarily Put Money In Pot
  • VPIP
  • w

  • Went to Showdown
  • Wet
  • Wheel
  • Wild Card
  • Won Money at Showdown
  • Won When Saw Flop
  • Wrap
  • W$SD
  • WTSD
  • WWSF
  • z

  • Zoom Poker

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