Poker Jargon and Acronyms

  • AIPF = All In Pre-Flop
  • BB = Big Blind
  • CBET = Continuation bet. When a player bets after the flop, because she was the aggressor pre-flop.
  • CO = Cut Off seat. 2 seats to the right of the button.
  • EP = Early Position. In a 9-handed game, 3 seats are referred to as Early Position: Small Blind, Big Blind and UTG (Also see MP and LP)
  • EV = Expected Value
  • “floor” = Tournament official. Example: “the floor ruled that the guy had folded because his cards had hit the muck”
  • “flatting” = “Flat Calling” = Not raising the pot.
  • HPT = Heartland Poker Tour
  • HJ = Hi-Jack seat. 1 seat to the right of the button
  • HU = Heads Up
  • “iso’ing” = isolating. When a short-stacked player goes all-in, your chances of beating her are best if you play against her heads-up, i.e. iso her. Example: “The shorty shoved for her remaining 20K. I had 88, so I 3-bet all-in to iso her”
  • ITM = In the money
  • LAG = Loose Aggressive Player (Also see TAG)
  • LP = Late Position. In a 9-handed game, 3 seats are referred to as Middle Position: Hi-Jack, Cutoff and Button (Also see EP and MP)
  • ME = Main Event (The Main Event of the World Series Of Poker)(Also see WSOPME)
  • MP = Middle Position. In a 9-handed game, 3 seats are referred to as Middle Position: UTG+1 and the 2 seats directly to the left (Also see EP and LP)
  • MTT = Multi Table Tourney
  • NLHE = No Limit Texas Hold ‘Em
  • o = Offsuit. Example: “He called with 86o, what the hell was he thinking?”
  • OOP = Out Of Position
  • PF = Pre Flop
  • PLO = Pot Limit Omaha
  • PP = Pocket Pair
  • r = Rainbow (3 cards of all different suites). Example “The flop came AK9r”
  • ROI = Return On Investment
  • s = Suited. Example: “I had AJs”
  • SB = Small Blind
  • SNG = Sit ‘N Go Tournament. A single table tournamanet. When the required number of players “sit”, the tournament “goes”.
  • “shorty” = Short stack
  • “shove” = To go All-In with a relatively small stack (in order to put pressure on the opponent)
  • “Stars” = PokerStars – the poker website pokerstars.net / pokerstars.com
  • STT = Single Table Tournament
  • TAG = Tight Aggressive Player (Also see LAG)
  • TPTK = Top Pair Top Kicker
  • UTG = Under The Gun position. The seat to the left of the Big Blind
  • UTG+1 = Under The Gun + 1 position. 2 seats to the left of the Big Blind
  • VB = Value Bet
  • WPT = World Poker Tour
  • WSOP = World Series Of Poker
  • WSOPME = World Series Of Poker Main Event
  • > = The greater than sign (>) is used to denote a winning hand. Example “I tripled up. Won race 99 > AK > AJ”
  • 400/800/100 = A way of denoting the blinds and ante (SB/BB/Ante).