General Acronyms

• B&M  Brick and mortar, referring to casinos and cardrooms
• SD  Showdown
• CR  Check raise
• HH  Hand history
• HU  Heads-up
• LRR  Limp reraise
• NLD  Nice laydown
• PF  Pre-flop
• PFR  Pre-flop raise
• POF  Post-flop

Hand Strength

• PP  Pocket pair
• TPTK  Top pair, top kicker
• TPGK  Top pair, good kicker
• TPLK  Top pair, low kicker
• TPWK  Top pair, weak kicker
• TPBK  Top pair, bad kicker
• OC  Overcard, a card higher than any on the board
• BD  Backdoor, a straight or flush made with the last 2 cards
• BDSD  Backdoor straight draw
• BDFD  Backdoor flush draw
• MHIG  My hand is good
• MHING  My hand is not good
• OESD  Open-end straight draw
• SFD  Straight flush draw
• OESFD  Open-end straight flush draw
• o  Off-suit
• s  Suited
• UI  Unimproved
• WA  Way ahead
• WB  Way behind

Position

• SB  small blind; also small bet in Limit poker
• BB  big blind; also big bet in Limit poker
• UTG  under the gun (first position after the big blind)
• UTG+1  position to the left of UTG
• EP  early position (generally, first 3 positions after the BB at a 10-table)
• MP  middle position (generally, next 3 position)
• LP  late position
• CO  cutoff, position one off the button (late position, LP)
• OTB+1  cutoff
• OTB  on the button (late position, LP)
• OOP out of position

Players

• T  Tight
• TAG/TA  Tight aggressive
• TP  Tight passive
• L  Loose
• LAG  Loose aggressive
• LAP  Loose aggressive preflop
• SL  Semi-loose
• P  Passive
• LPP  Loose passive preflop
• A  Aggressive
• SLAP  Semi-loose aggressive preflop
• Donk  Donkey, fish, bad player

Tournaments

• MTT  Multi-table tournament
• SNG  Sit-and-go tournament
• STT  Single-table tournament
• ITM  In the money
• MIS  Move-in specialist
• MTing  Multi-tabling
• S&G  Stop and go
• SS  Short stack

Statistics

• AF  aggression factor
• BB/100 Hands  big blinds or big bets per 100 hands; a big bet is 2X the big blind
• BR  bankroll
• EV  expected value
• FRB  folded to river bet
• HR  hourly rate
• PT  PokerTracker
• ROI  return on investment
• ROR  risk of ruin
• SD  standard deviation
• VP$IP  Voluntarily put money into pot
• WR  Win rate
• WSD  went to showdown
• W$SD  Won money at showdown

Books and Authors

• DS  David Sklansky
• FTOP  Fundamental Theorem of Poker; not a book but main concept in Sklansky's Theory of Poker
• HEPFAP  Hold Em Poker For Advanced Players, by Sklansky
• PPLTP  Play Poker Like the Pros, by Phil Hellmuth
• S&M  Sklansky & Malmuth
• SSHE  Small Stakes Hold 'em, by Miller, Sklansky, Malmuth
• SS, SS2  Super Systems, by Brunson
• TOP  Theory of Poker, by Sklansky
• WLLHE  Winning Low Limit Hold 'em, by Lee Jones

Forums

• CR  Cardrunners.com
• CP  CardPlayer (magazine or web site)
• RGP  Rec.gambling.poker, a forum
• 2+2  Two Plus Two, a forum
• RPT  Realpokertraining.com

Games

• HE  Texas Holdem
• LHE  Limit Texas Holdem
• NLHE  No-limit Texas Holdem
• OM8  Omaha Hilow 8 or better
• O8B  Omaha Hilow 8 or better
• PLO  Pot-limit Omaha
• 7CS  7 Card Stud
• 7HL  7 Card Stud Hilow 8 or better
• 2-7  Triple draw deuce-to-seven
• A-5  Triple draw ace-to-five

General Small Talk

• BRB  Be right back
• BS  Bulls***
• BTDT  Been there, done that
• BTW  By the way
• C/C  Comments and criticism
• FAQ  Frequently asked questions
• FWIW  For what it's worth
• FYI  For your information
• GFY  Good for you
• GFY  Go f*** yourself
• GL  Good Luck
• HTH  Hope this helps
• IMHO  In my humble opinion
• IMNSHO  In my not so humble opinion
• IMO  In my opinion
• IOW  In other words
• LOL  Laughing out loud
• LMAO  Laughing my a** off
• NG  Newsgroup
• OTOH  On the other hand
• ROFL  Rolling on floor, laughing
• WTF  What the f***
• WDYD  What do you do
• WDYT  What do you think
• YMMV  Your mileage may vary

Online Poker Sites

• PP  Party Poker
• PS  PokerStars
• RVP  Royal Vegas Poker
• UB  Ultimate Bet
• AP  Absolute Poker
• FTP  Full Tilt Poker

Poker on TV

• CPS  Celebrity Poker Showdown
• PPT  Professional Poker Tour
• WPT  World Poker Tour
• WSOP  World Series of Poker