Online Poker Acronyms |
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All the major online poker rooms have a chat facility at the table to enable players to communicate with each other.
While chatting, most players use acronyms to minimize their typing. You will see the same acronyms in online poker
forums. Shown here are the common acronyms used to chat or post about Texas Holdem, Omaha Holdem, Stud, and poker in general.
See also: Online Poker Acronyms by Subject.
- A Aggressive
- A-5 Triple draw ace-to-five
- AF Aggression factor
- AP Absolute Poker
- B&M Brick and mortar, referring to casinos and cardrooms
- BB Big blind; also, big bet (2X the big blind)
- BB/100 Hands big blinds or big bets per 100 hands; a big bet is 2X the big blind
- BD Backdoor, a straight or flush made with the last 2 cards
- BDFD Backdoor flush draw
- BDSD Backdoor straight draw
- BR Bankroll
- BRB Be right back
- BS Bulls***
- BTDT Been there, done that
- BTW By the way
- C/C Comments and criticism
- CO Cut-off position, last before the button
- CP CardPlayer (magazine or web site)
- CPS Celebrity Poker Showdown
- CR Check raise; also, cardrunners.com
- Donk Donkey, fish, bad player
- EP Early position
- EV Expected value, usually shown as EV+ or EV-
- FAQ Frequently asked questions
- FRB Folded to a river bet
- FTP Full Tilt Poker
- FWIW For what it's worth
- FYI For your information
- GB Good bet
- GFY Good for you
- GFY Go f*** yourself
- GG Good game
- GL Good Luck
- GP Good play
- HE Texas Holdem
- HH Hand history
- HR Hourly rate
- HTH Hope this helps
- HU Heads-up
- IMHO In my humble opinion
- IMNSHO In my not so humble opinion
- IMO In my opinion
- IOW In other words
- ITM In the money
- L Loose
- LAG Loose aggressive
- LAP Loose aggressive preflop
- LHE Limit Texas Holdem
- LOL Laughing out loud
- LMAO Laughing my a** off
- LP Late position
- LPP Loose passive preflop
- LRR Limp reraise
- MHIG My hand is good
- MHING My hand is not good
- MIS Move-in specialist
- MP Middle position
- MTing Multi-tabling
- MTT Multi-table tournament
- NH Nice hand
- NLD Nice laydown
- NLHE No-limit Texas Holdem
- o Off-suit
- O8B Omaha Hilow 8 or better
- OC Overcard, a card higher than any on the board
- OOP Out of position
- OESD Open-end straight draw
- OESFD Open-end straight flush draw
- OM8 Omaha Hilow 8 or better
- OTB-1 Cut-off seat, on the button minus 1
- OTB On the button
- OTOH On the other hand
- P Passive
- PF Pre-flop
- PFR Pre-flop raise
- PLO Pot-limit Omaha
- POF Post-flop
- PP Pocket pair
- PP Party Poker
- PPT Professional Poker Tour
- PS PokerStars
- PT PokerTracker
- RGP Rec.gambling.poker, a newsgroup
- ROFL Rolling on floor, laughing
- ROFLMAO Rolling on floor, laughing my a** off
- ROI Return on investment
- ROR Risk of ruin
- RVP Royal Vegas Poker
- s Suited
- S&G Stop and go
- SB Small blind; also, small bet
- SD Showdown; also, standard deviation
- SFD Straight flush draw
- SL Semi-loose
- SLAP Semi-loose aggressive preflop
- SNG Sit-and-go tournament
- SS Short stack
- SS, SS2 Super Systems and Super Systems II, books by Doyle Brunson
- STT Single-table tournament
- T Tight
- TAG/TA Tight aggressive
- TP Tight passive
- TPBK Top pair, bad kicker
- TPGK Top pair, good kicker
- TPLK Top pair, low kicker
- TPTK Top pair, top kicker
- TPWK Top pair, weak kicker
- TY Thank you
- UB Ultimate Bet
- UI Unimproved
- UTG Under the gun, first seat after the big blind
- UTG+1 First position after UTG
- VNH Very nice hand
- VP$IP Voluntarily put money into pot
- W$SD Won money at showdown
- WA Way ahead
- WDYD What do you do
- WDYT What do you think
- WB Way behind
- WPT World Poker Tour
- WR Win rate
- WSD Went to showdown
- WSOP World Series of Poker
- WTF What the f***
- 2+2 Two Plus Two, a forum
- 2-7 Triple draw deuce-to-seven
- 7CS 7 Card Stud
- 7HL 7 Card Stud Hilow 8 or better
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