A Comprehensive List of Poker Lingo, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
*Most of our POGs know these terms already but...
Professional Rakeback has compiled for you a list of poker, sports betting, fantasy sports, casino and general gambling terms as many of these terms overlap in such closely related fields. There are terms specific to US poker sites and poker rakeback as those happen to be things that we focus on here at PROFRB. There are also a lot of online poker specific terminology mixed in. We hope you enjoy this list, and if you have any additions, please contact us and we will be happy to add them in! Think of this as your own personal poker dictionary and thesaurus.
| 1-9 | top |
| 3B | A bet, a raise, and then another raise. The third action is a 3-bet |
| 4B | four bet |
| 6m | 6-max game. A table with a maximum of 6 participants. |
| A | top |
| AC | Atlantic City |
| AFAIK | As far As I know |
| AI | all in |
| AIPF | all-in pre flop |
| AP | Absolute Poker |
| ATC | Any Two Cards |
| Ax | an Ace with any second card |
| B | top |
| B&M | Brick & Mortar: A casino or card room. |
| bb | big blind |
| BB | Big Bet (note the distinction in capitalization) |
| BB/100 | Big Bets per 100 hands. A standard measure of win rate typically used for limit based poker games. |
| BBL | Be Back Later |
| B/C | bet and call a raise |
| B/F | bet and fold to a raise |
| BI | Bring In |
| BR | Bank Roll |
| BRB | Be Right Back |
| BTW | By The Way |
| BWDIK | But What Do I Know |
| C | top |
| CB | continuation bet |
| cc | check check |
| c/c | check and call any bet |
| c/f | check and fold to a bet |
| CK | Check |
| CO | Cut Off position immediately to the right of the dealer |
| CP | CardPlayer |
| C/R | check raise |
| D | top |
| DP | Draw Poker; any of it's various forms. |
| E | top |
| eg | example |
| EP | Early Position |
| EPN | Equity Poker Network |
| EV | Expected Value (+ or -) |
| -EV | Negative Expected Value |
| +EV | Positive Expected Value |
| F | top |
| FAQ | Frequently Asked Questions |
| FE | Fold Equity |
| FH | Full House |
| FL | Fixed Limit |
| FPP | Frequent Player Points |
| FPS | Fancy Play Syndrome |
| FT | Final Table |
| FT | Full Table |
| FT(P) | Full Tilt(Poker) |
| FW | Foxwoods Casino |
| FWIW | For What It's Worth |
| FYI | For Your Information |
| G | top |
| GG | Good Game |
| GL | Good Luck |
| GTD | Denoting the guaranteed prize pool of a poker tournament. |
| H | top |
| HE | Hold 'Em |
| HH | Hand History |
| HJ | HiJack position (2 seats right of the button) |
| HL | High Limit Games |
| HORSE | A game that rotates through H - Holdem, O - Omaha hi/lo 8-or-better, R - Razz, S - Stud (hi only), E - Eight-or-better Stud hi/lo (all limit) |
| HSNL | High Stakes No Limt (2+2 Forum) |
| HTH | Head To Head |
| HU | Heads Up |
| HUD | Heads Up Display |
| I | top |
| ICM | Independent Chip Model (advanced MTT concept) |
| IFYW | If You Wish |
| IGHN | I Go Home Now |
| IIRC | If I Remember Correctly |
| IMHO | In My Humble Opinion |
| IMO | In My Opinion |
| ISD | Inside Straight Draw, otherwise known as a gutshot or bellybuster. |
| ITM | In The Money |
| IYAM | If You Ask Me |
| J | top |
| JAT | Just A Thought |
| K | top |
| KTE | Know Thine Enemy |
| L | top |
| LAG | Loose aggressive (player) |
| LAP | Loose passive (player) |
| LC | Low Content |
| LDO | LOL, Duh, Obviously or Like Duh, Obviously |
| LHE | Limit Hold 'Em |
| LL | Lower Limit games |
| LMAO | Laugh My A** Off |
| LO8 | Limit Omaha Hi-Lo |
| LOL | Laughing Out Loud, Lots of Luck |
| LP | Late Position |
| M | top |
| MGR | Monthly Gross Revenue or Monthly Gross Rake |
| MHIG | My Hand Is Good |
| MHING | My Hand Is No Good |
| ML | Middle Limit Games |
| MP | Mid Position |
| MSNL | Mid Stakes No Limit (2+2 Forum) |
| MTT | Multi Table Tournament |
| N | |
| NH | Nice Hand |
| NL | No Limit |
| NT | Nice Try |
| NSFW | Not Safe For Work |
| O | top |
| o | offsuited - A7o would be an Ace and 7 of different suits |
| O8 | Omaha Hi-Lo |
| OESD | Open Ended Straight Draw |
| OESFD | Open Ended Straight Flush Draw |
| OMG | Oh My God! |
| OOP | Out of position |
| OOTM | Out Of The Money |
| OPP | Opponent |
| OP | Original Poster |
| OT | Off Topic |
| OTOH | On The Other Hand |
| P | top |
| POG | Professional Online Grinder |
| PF | Pre Flop |
| PFR | Pre Flop Raiser |
| PL | Pot Limit |
| PLO | Pot Limit Omaha |
| PM | Private Message |
| PO | Poker Ofiice |
| PLO8 | Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo |
| POV | Point of View |
| PP | Party Poker |
| PP | Pocket Pair |
| PPM | Party Poker Million tournament |
| PS | Poker Stars |
| PSB | Pot Sized Bet |
| PSR | Pot Sized Raise |
| PT | Poker Tracker |
| PTL | Player To My Left |
| PTR | Player To My Right |
| Q | top |
| QFT | Quoted For Truth |
| QOPTW | Question Of Playing This Way |
| QOTPW | Question Of This Player's Win |
| R | top |
| r | rainbow flop, such as Ac2d9s, often listed as A29r |
| R | Rebuy $33+R would an $33 tournament with rebuys available |
| RB | Rakeback |
| R+A | Rebuy & AddOns $11+R would an $11 tournament with rebuys & add ons available |
| ROFL | Rolling on the Floor Laughing |
| ROI | return on investment |
| ROW | Rest of World, used to describe players outside of the USA/Regulated markets. i.e. players from unregulated poker markets |
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| S | top |
| s | Suited - A7s would be an Ace and a 7 of the same suit |
| sc | suited connector |
| sb | small blind |
| SB | Small Bet |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SH | Shorthanded |
| SNG | Sit 'n' Go tournament |
| SNGPT | Sit-n-Go Power Tools |
| SS | Short Stack |
| STFU | Shut The **** Up |
| STT | Single table tournament |
| T | top |
| T$ | Tournament dollars, which can be used on a particular site to buy into tournaments |
| T&C | Terms & Conditions |
| TAG | Tight aggressive player |
| TC | Terms & Conditions |
| TL;DR | Too long; didn't read |
| TOP/FTO | Fundamental Theorem Of Poker; See Theory Of Poker |
| TPBK | Top Pair Best Kicker |
| TPGK | Top Pair Good Kicker |
| TPNK | Top Pair No Kicker |
| TPWK | Top Pair Weak Kicker |
| TWIMC | To Whom It May Concern |
| TY | Thank You |
| UV | top |
| UB | Ultimate Bet |
| UTG | Under The Gun. |
| UTG | Under the gun - first position, to the left of the big blind |
| UTG+1 | To the left of UTG |
| VB | Value Bet |
| VNH | Very Nice Hand |
| VPIP | % Voluntarily Put(money) In Pot |
| W | top |
| W$ | Poker Stars Tournament dollars which can be used to buy into Poker Stars tournaments |
| WA/WB | Way Ahead/Way Behind |
| WCOOP | World Championship of Online Poker - series of high buy in tournaments held on Poker Stars |
| WGAF | Who Gives A F*** |
| WGAFF | Who Gives A Flying F*** |
| WPT | World Poker Tour |
| WSOP | World Series Of Poker |
| WSOPME | World Series Of Poker Main Event |
| WTF | What the F*** |
| XYZ | top |