Commonly Used Poker Abbreviations and Terms

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RunVovkaRun said:
Hi all, please tell me, what daes it mean - "fish"? It is good or bed?
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A fish is a bad player. If the people at your table are fish, then that's good. If you are called a fish, then that's bad.
 
Amanda A said:
what are live cards? thanks!
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Live cards are cards that can help your hand improve.

You: 10J vs Opp: AK. You have 2 live cards; you can hit a 10 or J to improve your hand.

You: KQ vs Opp: AK. You have 1 live card; you can only hit the Q to improve since hitting the K pairs both of you, but your opponent has a better kicker.

You: KJ vs Opp: QQ:. You have 1 live card since you need to pair a K to improve.
 
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Straddle

what is a straddle, and how does the player doing it helps him?
 
toots babos said:
kkkkkkkkk is used by brazilians, it's their version of hahahahaha
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I had played in one table recently and one brazilian only chating KKKK, thanks, now I understood.🙂
 
This is great thread for beginners. Now I will have an idea on those lingo signs. Even I know basic plays on poker this thread is great to learn more Poker terms we can use.
 
Freezeout

A freezeout is a form of tournament, where a player is out when you lose all your chips or when all the prize goes to the first place.
 
bonestattoo said:
What is a freezeout?
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Its a tourney format where there is no rebuy or add on.
Once u bust out... look forward for the next tourney. 🙂
 
gl = I hope you lose.

Found this chat line earlier at tourney today. What can you say guys about "gl=I hope you lose". Because I always hear gl at poker table, if that's true, now I know..
 
gl = good luck

Which often means "good luck, but I still hope you lose". 😉
 
johnny tigre said:
what is a straddle, and how does the player doing it helps him?
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Straddle is a blind bet,it can put a player located on UTG.This is twice the Big Blind.
As a result, the player decides last on the preflop game.

Hope you understand my english 🙂
 
Gektor 610

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

Hello. I want share common abbreviations so:

1337 - Leet / appellation for the user-elite or the so called Leetspeak.
2F4U - Too Fast For You
2L8 - Too Late
4TW - For The Win
4U - For you

AAMOF - As A Matter Of Fact
ACK - Acknowledgment
Admin - Administrator
AFAIC - As Far As I'm Concerned
AFAIK - As Far As I Know
AFK - Away from Keyboard
AKA - Also Known As
ASAP - As Soon As Possible
ASL - Age Sex Location
ATM - At The Moment

B2T/BTT - Back To Topic
BBL - Be Back Later
BBS - Be Back Soon
BBV - badbeats, brags, variance, a 2p2 thing, as well as german ps
BRB - Be Right Back
BS - Bullshit
BTW - By The Way

C&P - Copy and Paste, CTRL+C and CTRL+V
CU - See You
CUL8R - See You later
CYA - See Ya / See You Again / See You All

DL oder D/L - Download
DND - Do Not Disturb

FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
FPS - fancy play syndrome
FTW - For The Win
FUBAR - ****ed Up Beyond All Repairs (****ed Up Beyond All Recognition)
FUP, FUP2 - Follow Up (to)
FWIW - For What It's Worth
FYI - For Your Information/Interest
FYP - Fixed your post


G2G/GTG - (I've) Got To Go! / Gotta go! / (I) Got To Go
GF - Girlfriend
GF - in poker, this usually means get ****ed
GG - Good Game
GJ - Good Job / Great Job
GL - Good Luck
GN8 - Good Night
Grats/Gratz/GZ - Congratulation

HF - Have fun
HTH - Hope This Helps
HU - Heads Up

IC - I See / I understand
IIRC - If I Recall/Remember Correctly
IMHO - In My Humble/Honest Opinion
IMO - In My Opinion
IRC - Internet Relay Chat
IYAM - If You Ask Me

J4F / JFF - Just For Fun
JFYI - Just For Your Information
JK or J/K - Just Kidding

k / kk / kay - OK / bheind a number it means thousend
- e.g. 2k = 2.000, 2kk = 2.000.000

LMAO - Laughing My Ass Off
LOL - Laughing Out Loud/ Lots Of Laughing

mom - One Moment Please
mmd - Made my Day

N/A - Not Available/Applicable
n1 - Nice one /as an reply to a special performance
n8 - Night
nc - no comment
nc - in poker this usually means nice call
nh - nice hand
noob - Newbie
np - No Problem
nvm- Nevermind

obv - obviously
OMFG - Oh My ****ing God
OMG - Oh My God
OP - original post(er)
OT - Off Topic


PF - preflop
plz / plz - Please
pmsl - pissed myself laughing
POV - Point of view
ppl - people
QFT - Quoted For Truth
qry - Query

re- Re (lat.) / Response / Reply
re - Return(ed) / is used in a chat to say " i am back"
RL - Real life
rofl - Rolling on the floor laughing
RTFM - Read the ****ing manual

SCNR - Sorry, Could Not Resist
Sig - Signatur
Sry - Sorry
STFU - Shut The **** Up

THX -Thanks
TIA - Thanks in advance
tl;dr - too long; didn't read
TTYL - Talk To You Later
TY - Thank You

UTFSE - Use The ****ing Search-Engine

w8 - Wait
WB - Welcome Back
WE - Weekend
WTF - What The ****
WTFWJD - what the [fiddlesticks] would Jesus do?
WTH - What The Hell

Y(A)W - You are Welcome.
Y? - Why?
YMMD - You made my Day.
YRW - You are Welcome.

ZOMG - Z...Oh My God

If you know more abbreviations, feel free to post them, I will edit this post.
 
If you have Fubar surely you must also have Snafu - Situation Normal, All F....d Up

Sadly the latter is quite common regarding work.
 
On-line Abbreviations

I was reading another post regarding "NH" and "TY" in the chat box while playing on-line poker, and it got me thinking what other chat-box abbreviations are used. Here are a few that I know of, please add to the list if you know of any others. (I tried doing a search and did not find anything. Hope this is the correct section for this post)

nh = nice hand
ty = thank you
t = thanks
yw = your welcome
nf = nice fold
nb = nice bet

Have at it.......
 
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