Abv. Internet poker discussion abbreviations

3/6, 5/10, 10/20 etc.  Prescribed bet sizes in a limit game.  For example, in a 2/4 game, players bet or raise in increments of $2 in the early betting rounds, $4 in the later.  See also big bet, small bet.

A ace.

Adj.  Adjective.  Word category used in the main hold'em dictionary.  A word that modifies or qualifies a noun.  Fast car.

Adv.  Adverb.  Describes a verb.  Running quickly.

AKA  Also known as....

BB Big blind or big bet, depending on context.

B&M  Brick and mortar.

BR  Bankroll.

C  Club, e.g. 2c (two of clubs).

CK  Check.

CO  Cutoff seat.

D  Diamond, e.g. Jd (jack of diamonds).

EG  For example.  Usually written e.g.  From the Latin, exempli gratia. 

EP  Early position.

EV  Expected value.

FL Fixed limit, aka limit poker.

H  Heart, e.g. Ah (ace of hearts).

HE  Hold'em.

IE  That is to say..., a way of saying....  Usually written i.e.  From the Latin id est.

HTH  Head-to-head, aka heads up.

HU heads up.

J  Jack.

K  King.

LAG Loose aggressive.

LP  Late position.

MP  Middle position.

N  Noun.  Word designation used in main hold'em dictionary.  A thing.  Rock.

NP  Noun phrase.  Contains a noun and modifier(s).  Soft rock.

NL  No limit poker.

NLHE No limit holdem.

O Offsuit. In poker shorthand, 9J is written 9Jo.  (Which suits are often unimportant to the writer.)  Sometimes, offsuit is assumed and left off, in which case JK is jack-king offsuit, while JKs denotes suited.

OTB On the button.

p  Pocket pair; "p99" signifies a pocket pair of nines.

PP Pocket pair.

PL  Pot limit poker.

Prop  Proposition player.

PTL  Player to the left.

PTR  Player to the right.

Q  Queen.

ROI  Return on investment.

RoR Risk of ruin.

S  Suited cards, or a spade.  JTs = jack-ten of same suit.  Contrast O for offsuit, as in JTo.

SB  Small Blind.  Also, depending on context, small bet.

SD  Standard deviation.

SNG Sit-n-go tournament.

T  Ten.

TAG Tight aggressive.

UG or UTG  Under the gun.

UI unimproved.

V  Verb.  An action or condition.  Talk.  Happy.

VPIP Voluntarily Put in Pot. A statistic that measures how many hands someone plays. It excludes checking in the big blind in an unraised pot — that's not voluntarily entering a hand.

VP  Verb phrase.  Verb with modifier(s), functioning syntactically as a verb.  Running lightning fast.

VP  Video poker, an electronic game similar to a slot machine.

WSOP World Series Of Poker, famous event held annually at Binion's Horseshoe in Las Vegas.

WTSD Went to Show Down. How often a player shows down at the river after seeing flop.

X  Unnamed, irrelevant card used in poker writing.  Jan held TJ, the board was QKx.  In this hand, Jan holds four to a straight (TJQK), with an extraneous card x. 

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