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Hot deck

A hot deck refers to a deck of cards that has recently produced more good hands than normal.

HH

HH is an acronym for hand history, a record of a single online poker hand.

Green

Green refers to a $25 chip which is green in color.

Free ride

A free ride refers to any street that had no betting action.

Four flush

A flour flush refers to any hand with four of the same suit in it.

Flat tire

The starting hole cards of J4. What’s a jack four (for)? A flat tire!

MiniFTOPS

An acronym for the miniature Full Tilt Online Poker series, a series of online tournaments sponsored by FullTilt Poker. The buyins for miniFTOPS events are significantly less than FTOPS events.

Cover play

In online casinos and poker rooms, cover play is playing more than the minimum playthrough requirements for a bonus to make it appear you were not playing just to receive the bonus.

Big lick

Big lick refers to the starting hand 6-9, in reference to the 69 sex position.

Mexican bankroll

A Mexican Bankroll is a stack of cash with $100 bills on the top and bottom and $1 bills in between. This creates the facade that the stack is quite valuable.

Cranberry

A cranberry is a chip worth $25,000, it resembles a cranberry in color.

Dark Tunnel Bluff

A Dark Tunnel Bluff is a multiple street bluff that doesn’t take into account your opponent’s range.

Fake think

Fake think refers to when a player appears to be thinking about a decision, but his decision is already made. This is is done to deceive opponents.

What's Going on at Titan Poker?

Upcoming Poker Events for Week of November 15, 2009: $250,000 Guaranteed Sunday, November 15, 2009, at 19:00 GMT Buy-ins = $300 + $20 Satellites available. Win part of a huge guaranteed prize pool for an amazingly low buy-in! Irish Open 2010 Super Satellite Sunday,...

Double Deuce

The Double Deuce is a $22 tournament on Full Tilt Poker that starts at 16:22 ET on Sunday. The prize pool is guaranteed to be at least $200,000.

T&C

T&C stands for terms and conditions. Each poker room has different rules, so be sure to read them carefully

Table talk

Any talk, at the table, regarding the hand that is currently going on. This is usually bad etiquette and against the rules.

Throwing a party

Refers to a player who is gambling recklessly and throwing his money away to other players.

To go

Refers to the value of a certain bet. An amount to go is how much it takes to enter a pot.

TOC

Refers to a Tournament of Champions.

Trap

Usually means to slowplay, but to trap means to induce a desired action from opponents.

Triple shootout

A tournament that starts with 81 tables. Each table plays until the final player is the left. Those players form the next 9 tables. The winners of those tables form the final talbe.

Two gapper

In hold them, any hole cards which are separated by two cards in rank.

Ui

Ui is an acronym for unimproved. A hand that does not change

Underpair

In poker, a pocket pair that is lower than any of the community cards.

Upcards

In stud, the cards that are dealt face up for all to see.

UTG+2

Under the gun plus two, the third person to act preflop.

UTG+1

UTG+1 refers to under the gun plus one, the second player to act preflop.

Village People

A hand which contains four queens. Inspired by the disco group of the same name which typically dressed up in stereotypically gay fantasy costumes.

VNH

In online poker, an acronym for very nice hand.

Stacking off light

To move all-in with a weak or marginal holding. This is usually performed as a bluff when you believe your opponent will fold, or will call you with an even weaker holding.

Jeffery Pollack Resigns as WSOP Commissioner

After three successful years at the helm of the poker’s most prestigious event, Jeffery Pollack has announced that he is stepping down as the Commissioner of the World Series of Poker. Under his aegis the WSOP has grown dramatically and Pollack has become a popular...

Assault rifle

In Omaha, holding A-K-4-7 as your hole cards. In reference to the AK-47 assault rifle.

Orwell

In Hold ‘Em, the hole cards of 8 and 4. In reference to George Orwell’s 1984.

Aces and spaces

A pair of aces. Usually used in 7CS, where the typical winning hand is two pair or better.

$EV

The amount of money to be won or lost based on a decision.

Smooth Call

Synonymous with flat call, to call in a situation in which it is standard to raise.

Up

In poker, refers to two pair with the highest pair being named.

Wake up

To wake up, means to have a strong starting hand you are going to play. Usually, there is action in front of you.

SAGE

A system, based on equilibrium strategies that allows one to play unexploitable. SAGE can only be implemented properly when two players remain and the smallest stack has ten or less big blinds.

Timeout

In online poker, to timeout refers to when your time bank reaches 0 and you are forced to fold if facing a bet. If you are not faced with a bet usually timing out results in a check.

Roll

In staking, to steal money from your staker instead of using it to play in prearranged tournaments or cash games.

Darvin Moon: Poker’s New Everyman

The story of this year’s World Series of Poker belongs to the 46-year old Darvin Moon.  A logger from the small town of Oakland, Maryland, he has become the everyman’s poker icon similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.  However, in many ways, Darvin Moon is different....

Darvin Moon: Poker's New Everyman

The story of this year’s World Series of Poker belongs to the 46-year old Darvin Moon.  A logger from the small town of Oakland, Maryland, he has become the everyman’s poker icon similar to Chris Moneymaker in 2003.  However, in many ways, Darvin Moon is different....

Exciting Events at Titan Poker

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Rostucko

Rostucko refers to being down a significant amount of money, and then getting even or showing profit.

Full Tilt Late Night Poker Final

Full Tilt Late Night Poker is one of oldest poker shows on TV. It has been running since 1999, long before the poker boom had taken hold. Along with helping to popularize televised poker tournaments, its most important innovation is undoubtedly the introduction of the...

Puppy feet

A comical substitution that can be used in the place of "clubs" when referring to the suits of playing cards.

Baluga Theorem

The Baluga Theorem refers to the notion a player should strongly reevaluate one-pair hands facing a turn raise.

Lobby

In on-line poker, the lobby is what the player navigates to find a table to sit at. Most lobbies allow you to navigate by stakes, poker game variation, and whethervit is a tournament or cash game.

Exciting Events at Titan Poker

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Shuffling

The act of rearranging the cards into a random order, performed after every hand of live poker.

The November Nine Return This Saturday

Nobody likes a tease, or so the conventional wisdom goes. That was certainly the general consensus when, in 2008, Harrah’s announced that the WSOP Main Event would delay its final table until November. The trial run met with a lukewarm reaction from the poker media,...