Run it Twice
Run(ning) it Twice – verb Common in high stakes cash games (and countless lower stakes home poker games), the act of “Running it Twice” is dealing the board two times instead of just one. Players...
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TPTK – noun When you’re holding Big Slick (Ace King) and the flop comes King – Ten – Four, you’re holding Top Pair Top Kicker or TPTK. This applies to any situation where you’re have the top pair on...
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Big Slick – Noun Perhaps the most famous term in Holdem, Big Slick is the descriptor used to indicate you’re holding Ace King as your hole cards. This hand has achieved legendary status thanks to...
View ArticleLearn Texas Holdem – Table Etiquette
Table etiquette? I thought that was only for Thanksgiving Dinner! First of all, poker has always been considered a Gentleman’s game (ladies are welcome, too!) so just because you have visions of Doc...
View ArticleString Bet
String Bet – noun A form of Angle Shooting, a string bet is made when a player places a bet using his/her chips (waits to see the reaction of their opponents) and then makes an additional bet by...
View ArticleABC Poker
ABC Poker – noun A player that essentially plays poker exactly by the book is often called an ABC Poker player. An example would be, never calling a raise out of position with unsuited connectors. Most...
View ArticleTAG
TAG – noun A Tight Aggressive player is also known as a TAG. You will find TAG’s primarily in the middle stakes games, particularly the Limit versions. As opposed to a LAG player, a TAG player will not...
View ArticleFreeroll
Freeroll – noun The original use of the word “freeroll” came about when Poker Rooms would offer a free poker tournament with zero entry fee for the participants. These were along the lines of other...
View ArticleBad Beat
Bad Beat – noun A bad beat takes place when a hand that is a statistical favorite to win at any given point (Aces vs. Kings for example) actually loses the pot. When this occurs on any Internet Poker...
View ArticleThe River
The River – noun The River is the final card card dealt in Texas Holdem, also known as Fifth Street. This term also applies to the final card dealt in Omaha. Variations: Rivered – verb When you’re...
View ArticleDonkey
Donkey – noun There’s nothing complimentary about called a Donkey, no matter the context. Being called a Donkey in a poker game is no exception – the term is most often applied to a player that makes...
View ArticleBluff
Bluff – verb The act of betting with no made hand (for example, you’re holding 7-2 off suit and with the board reading J J A A Q, you make a big bet trying to indicate you’re holding the best hand)....
View ArticlePoker Face
Poker Face – Noun An expressionless face during a tense moment in a poker game so as not to give any information to an opponent. This guy had a Poker Face like I’ve seen before – I tried to get a read...
View ArticleATM
ATM – Noun A player (often a Donkey) that seems to have an endless supply of cash to lose to the other players at the table. I was short stacked and almost busto till my next paycheck till this friggin...
View ArticleVariance
Variance – noun The “ebb and flow” of playing poker for an extended period of time. To be more precise it’s the swings that one experiences due to the mathematical outcome of any given situation. For...
View ArticleSuck Out
Suck Out – noun To suck out on a player is a similar term to Bad Beat. Essentially meaning the same thing, the term applies when one player is a statistical favorite to win a hand by a large margin but...
View ArticleGrinder
Grinder – Noun A Grinder is a poker player that demonstrates an uncanny ability to play a specific limit and/or game and continue to edge out a profit (albeit a small one in relative terms). This term...
View ArticleTilt
Tilt – verb What may happen after a Donkey Sucks Out and cracks your pocket Aces. Typically when someone loses a hand that they’re a favorite to win and/or takes a string of losses at the table....
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