Common Abbreviations Used Here

[frob23]

I intend for this thread/post to contain a listing of all the common abbreviations we use here so the new players will have a place to turn if they see an abbreviation they don't understand.

3BET: a re-raise in NL, and the third bet in limit (duh :P)

4BET: you guessed it, a re-re-raise in NL, capping bet in limit

AF: aggression factor - (# of bets + raises) / (# of calls)

BB: Big Blind

BB/100: Big Blinds per 100 hands (a way to describe earning rates)

BR: Bankroll

CO: The seat to the immediate right of the Button

EV: +/- EV is your Expected Value

EP: Early Position

FL: Fixed Limit

HU: Heads-Up

LP: Late Position

MP: Middle Position

MTT: Multi Table Tourney, starts at a designated time, may have a min or max # of players

NL: No Limit

OOP: Out Of Position

OTB: On The Button

PFR: Pre-Flop Raise

PL: Pot Limit

ptBB/100: Big Bets (Big Blind * 2) per 100 hands

ROI: Return Of Investment

SB: Small Blind

SNG: Sit and Go tourney, touney starts when a fixed number have registered

UTG: Under The Gun is the first to act in a hand after the BB (Big Blind)

VP$IP & VPIP: Voluntarily Put $ In Pot (percentage of how often someone plays a hand outside the BB).

xx/yy/zz: VPIP/PRF/AF - % puts money in voluntarily/ % of hands raised/ agression factor


*Please post the many abbreviations I have forgotten below this post and I'll add them to the list. If you would, please include a simple definition (if you know it) with your post. This message is just a start and I expect it to grow.

[irishpkr]

3BET - a re-raise in NL, and the third bet in limit (duh :P)

4BET - you guessed it, a re-re-raise in NL, capping bet in limit

xx/yy/zz - VPIP/PRF/AF - % puts money in voluntarily/ % of hands raised/ agression factor

AF - aggression factor - (# of bets + raises) / (# of calls)

[liladypokerpro]

Love it....you guys are out-doing yourselves....this is wonderful....keep up the great threads / posts! Before you know it, we'll have less and less donks to worry about

JUST KIDDING ABOUT THAT LAST PART

[Verhoef]

don't post too much of this, we want to keep a few donks to make a living of don't we?

[RiverstarsVictim]

+/- ev: +/- expected value

OOP: out of position

UTG: under the gun

MP: middle position

OTB: on the button

ROI: return of investment

BR: bankroll

NL: no limit

FL: fixed limit

PL: pot limit

HU: heads-up

[Vito_Nuccio]

don't post too much of this, we want to keep a few donks to make a living of don't we?

I was thinking the same, but there will always be donks, a good thing.......

Some more basic acronyms:

UTG - Under The Gun, the first to act in a hand after the BB (Big Blind)
EP,MP,LP - Early, Middle and Late position
NL,PL - No Limit, Pot Limit
SNG - Sit and Go tourney, touney starts when a fixed number have registered
MTT - Multi Table Tourney, starts at a designated time, maybe has a min or max # of players
FU - Another player is mad you just took their chips


Later.....

[liladypokerpro]

LOL especially like the last one there, Vito

[TheyNeverLearn]

well I knew that EV thing thanks to another post a while back so Im' glad to see so much more to help because now I can kinda understand more I think when I read the other posts. I will try to get on here more often but it's hard with only one computer and I'm not the one that plays so much as you know who hahaha

[frob23]

Alright, I think I have all the ones from above (with the exception of FU because that's what someone on the table would say to you and not a term we would be using to discuss a hand). Can anyone think of any we missed? No rush... as I read the forum and see the acronyms I am sure I will remember the ones we're missing.

[irishpkr]

RIO can also mean reverse implied odds as well as return on investment

[liladypokerpro]

RIO can also mean reverse implied odds as well as return on investment

Wouldn't that be RIO vs ROI?

[Wyte22]

you left out a few:


OMG- Oh My God. As in "OMG WHY THE HELL DID I CALL THAT ALL IN WITH 72s!"

WTF- What the... As in "WTF WAS I THINKING RAISING WITH 42o FROM UTG!?!"

BSB play- Hand involving only Button/Small Blind/Big Blind

[irishpkr]

Wouldn't that be RIO vs ROI?

LOL you got me there

[phosphorescence]

what are M and Q and all that crap when talking about tourneys? you could include those.

[Wyte22]

M = Small+Big+ Ante (if there is an ante) from each player / stack = number of times you can survive going around a table.

Example: 100/200 blinds with 25 ante @ 10 Player table. That's 550. Suppose you have 5500 in chips.......5550/550 = 10. Your M = 10. You still good, you can handle ten times around the table at these blinds before you go broke. Once your M is below 5, your considered red zoned and you need to max out your aggression. The higher the M is, the less aggressive you can make your game play and be patient and wait for good spots.

Optimal M is .....M= 20 or higher


Q= Your stack in realtion to the Tourney average. You have 10K chips, the average stack is 5K in the Tourney. Your Q is 2.

Optiaml Q is .... Q = 1


When considering moves based on Aggression, take in consideration M and Q but M is always the stronger force. So when in doubt, Q is out!

[LyndaNova]

First off, this is a Great Thread! Thanks to all for their contributions...be they informative or just plain entertaining!


CO: Cut Off position; immediately to the right of the dealer

OC: Open call; first position

ROI: Return on investment



"don't post too much of this, we want to keep a few donks to make a living of don't we?" LOL

"FU - Another player is mad you just took their chips" LOL

"Wouldn't that be RIO vs ROI?"
I'd rather a return on investment than reverse implied odds.....LOL




M: is the ratio of your $ stack divided by the sum of the SB, BB and total antes for a round.

(see: M-ratio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Q: is the sum of your current chips divided by your starting chips multiplied by the current number of players in tourney divided by the starting number of players.

(see: Q-ratio - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Also for terms not mentioned in this thread, see:

Glossary of poker terms - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For a listing of Poker acronymns and abbreviations, see:
TwoPlusTwo Poker Acronymns and Abbreviations

Enjoy!!!