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by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
A style of play characterized by checking and calling. Passive players are usually risk-averse.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
The one-chip rule says that if a player puts in a chip of a larger denomination in response to a previous bet, it is to be considered a call unless that player declared an intention to raise.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
To move-in means for a player to put all his chips at risk.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
A live bet is a bet posted by a player in which he has the option to check, call, or raise when the action come around to him. This is often seen when players post their blinds or a "live" straddle.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
Juice refers to any money collected by the house. There are other types of juice besides rake.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
An irregularity is an abnormal condition in which, many times, a floor would have to be called to correct. For instance, a card falling on the floor is an irregularity. The hand is considered dead and is done over.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
An irregular declaration is a gesture that has no meaning in and of itself, but is a standard gesture for an action in poker games. For example, Humberto Brenes would point his thumb upward when wanting to raise.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Uncategorized
To improve is to make a better hand by drawing to or adding cards to your hand. This is seen in draw poker, stud poker, and community card poker variants. This is synonymous with "catch up."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event #26 of PokerStars’ WCOOP was a $215 No Limit Hold ‘Em event. With its low buy-in and $1 million guarantee, the event was immensely successful. A total of 9,795 players registered for the tournament making the prize pool $1,959,000; that is almost $1 million...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With only one week remaining in the 2009 WCOOP PokerStars set out for another record-breaking Sunday. Three big events, headlined by the $25,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Championship, were scheduled for Sunday. Events 26 and 28 also took place, with the $1,000+$50 two-day...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Another day gone by, and another great event in the books! This time it was the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) event #27, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up. That’s $25 THOUSAND DOLLARS to buy in, so you could be assured that the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 15, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Another day gone by, and another great event in the books! This time it was the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) event #27, $25000+$500 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up. That’s $25 THOUSAND DOLLARS to buy in, so you could be assured that the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hanger is when the bottom card of the deck sticks out further than the rest of the cards. This is usually a tell that the dealer is dealing from the bottom of the deck (a form of cheating).
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The half-bet rule says that if a player puts an amount of chip greater than or equal to one-and-a-half the original amount needed to call, the player is committed to raise.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A fouled hand is considered invalid due to some technicality (invalid deck, cards on floor, etc.). This is synonymous with dead hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
At a cardroom, a forced-move table works in conjunction with the cardroom’s feeder tables. Forced-move tables are always full with players from feeders always filling empty spots.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
First position is the playing position directly to the left of the big blind. This position is synonymous with "under-the-gun."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
At a cardroom, a feeder is a table that works in conjunction with the cardroom’s "main" table. Feeders are basically "waiting" tables and player must leave feeders as seats at the main table open.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Dealing twice is commonly found in live games, especially in private cardrooms. Players that deal it twice are usually all-in with a large pot. Dealing it twice refers to running future community cards twice with each outcome being different. If one player wins both...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A dirty stack is a stack that is meant to be of a single denomination with one or two other denominations in the stack. This is usually done by mistake but some players do it deceptively.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Declare is to verbally indicate an action.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Dealer’s choice is a way to play poker. It is usually found in home games. In dealer’s choice, the deal goes from left to right with each new dealer choosing or inventing a variant of poker to play.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
1) To deal is to distribute the cards to all players at the table. 2) A deal refers to an agreement of how to ration the prize money; this is usually seen on the final tables of tournaments.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A dead blind is a blind that directly enters the pot. This blind does not play as part of that players bet. Dead blinds are usually posted if/when players re-enter a table after missing their small and/or big blinds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A cut card is found at the bottom of the deck (in live play) to prevent being able to see this card. Without a cut card, players that happen to see this card would have an unfair advantage.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Countdown is the act of counting the cards in the deck after all cards have been dealt. This is to ensure the game is being played with a 52-card deck.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A combination game is a game where many games are played in rotation. HORSE is an example of a combination game.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To change smaller denomination chips for higher denomination chips. This term is used in live cash games and players cash up to make it easier to walk around with their chips.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To coffee house is to say a statement in order to deceive your opponents from the true nature of your hand. For example, a player may say, "I’m being priced in," when calling and trapping with aces.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To chip up means to exchange lower denomination chips for higher denomination chips, usually in tournament play. All low denomination chips are to be taken off the table when chipping up.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
An open fold is a fold even though there is no bet to call. This is synonymous with check out.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To check out is to fold even though there is no bet to call. This is synonymous with open folding.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To catch perfect is to catch the ONLY two cards in the deck that could have helped you beat your opponent. Therefore, a player must catch his last two outs on the turn and river.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
To catch up is to improve your hand and complete a better hand than your opponent. It is necessary to have a worse hand, draw to a better hand, and complete this draw to successfully catch up.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Catching cards refers to cards coming out that completes a players draw. For instance, cards of a certain suit may cause a player to catch his flush.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
An orphan pot is one where players seem to have little interested in the hand or winning the pot. It is often won by the first person to bet into it.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Buying the pot refers to betting into an orphan pot to try and win it. Please refer to orphaned pot for definition.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
1) A rule in some cardrooms where a player can enter a table in the small blind by putting in two big blinds (one dead and one live). The hand after this, the player gets to play on the button (hence buy the button). 2) A tactic used by players in late position. A...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Buying short is to buy-in for an amount smaller than the normal buy-in. The minimum to buy into a game is usually twenty big blinds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bully is a player who uses his large chip stack to push others off their hands. This is usually seen in tournament play where players do not want to risk all their chips (and tournament life) on marginal hands.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bridge order refers to one suit’s dominance over another. This means that spades beat hearts beat clubs beat diamonds. However, poker is a game where all suits are equal to each other. Bridge order only comes into play when finding out who is to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
1) In draw poker, a player may choose to break a made hand to try and make a better hand. For example, if a player held four hearts with two kings in his hand, he may choose to break his pair of kings to draw to a flush. 2) To break a game means to end the game. For...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bottom end refers to straights. The bottom end of a straight is the lowest of possible straights. This is used in community card poker games.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Both ways is used to refer to both halves of a high/low pot. When a player wins both ways, he wins both halves.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Blaze is a hand that is added to many home games. It is not a standard poker hand. Blaze consists of five face cards and beats a flush.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Big full refers to the nut full house in a game played with community cards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The complete set of rules for a particular game. This includes the table limit, the bet limit, and the forced bets.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
1) To be behind in a hand means to not have the best hand. Players sometimes call , even if they know they’re behind, if they’re drawing to a bigger hand. 2) To have money behind means to be playing with chips that aren’t in front of you (yet). This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
A Chopper, also know as big slick…. AK. It’s called a Chopper because of the street name for the AK-47.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
In poker, the bank refers to the person or institution running the poker game. The bank is in charge of arranging buy-ins, distributing chips, and paying the players their winnings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
1) When a player backs into a pot, he wins a pot with a hand that would have folded to any action. 2) When a player backs into a draw, he completes a backdoor draw.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
When a player backs in, he enters a pot for free by checking and then calling the first bet by his opponent. This is usually seen in five-card draw.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
In tournament play, if a player is absent, his chips are said to be anted off. Even though the player is not seated, his blinds and antes are still being deducted from his chip stack.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
Action refers to a player’s turn in the hand. For instance, once the cutoff folds, action is to the button.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 13, 2009 | Online Poker News, Online Tournaments, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Another day gone by, and another great event in the books! This time it was the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) event #24, $500+$30 USD Hold’em No Limit Heads-Up. 1564 hopefuls showed up for a night of extremely deepstacked poker, to determine...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 12, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
As this year’s World Championship of Online Poker approaches its midpoint, it already looks like the most successful series yet. Numerous events have smashed their guarantees and each tournament has seen thousands of players packed in to compete. Event #21 was no...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 12, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
Friday night was another big night for the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker hosted by PokerStars. Three big events, including Event #23, a $300+$20 NL Freeze-Out, kicked off a big weekend for the tournament series. Event 23 was merely a $300,000 guaranteed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Outside the online sphere, the biggest hitter in the poker world is without a doubt Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. The gambling firm run a string of casinos in Las Vegas and, most importantly, are the owners and organizers of the World Series of Poker. Online giants...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 11, 2009 | Poker News, WSOP
Outside the online sphere, the biggest hitter in the poker world is without a doubt Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. The gambling firm run a string of casinos in Las Vegas and, most importantly, are the owners and organizers of the World Series of Poker. Online giants...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
PokerStars’ WCOOP Event #14 was a mixed hold ‘em event switching from No Limit to Limit Hold ‘Em every ten minutes. The $320 Mixed Hold ‘Em event saw a 1,563 player field for a prize pool of $468,900. Many world-class professional poker players were present for the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
The life of high stakes professional Tom Dwan is rarely dull. As a regular instigator of nosebleed cash games on Full Tilt he plays daily for pots that run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars. His aggressive playing style has also lead to some million dollar...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
One of the more interesting events of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker has come to an end. The $500+$30 No-Limit Triple Shootout is in the books. The $500,000 guarantee ended up being just that, as 1,000 players ponied up for a chance at over $91,000 in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 10, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
Event #16 of the 2009 World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is in the books. One of the bigger buy-in tournaments proved that the cream does in fact rise to the top. The $1,000+$50 buy-in attracted over 1,500 competitors, creating a massive $1,558,000 prize...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
PokerStars introduced their $215 4-max No Limit Hold ‘Em WCOOP tournament last year to high acclaim. The 2009 tournament was even more popular with 3,864 entrants and a prize pool of $770,800. The first place finisher would win $111,457.69. The final table players and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
Stake can mean the buy-in level that you are playing at. It can also be used to mean that you are sponsoring another player.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Revealing that players have claimed their special Pocket Red Kings bonus thousand of times in the past 12 months, popular Online Poker room RedKings.com have just increased the reward to $300 in Bonus cash for just getting dealt the ‘Two Red Cowboys’ as hole cards....
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
MICKEY MOUSE MAGIC 1st September – 16th October We have a truly magical experience up for grabs! We’re giving you the chance to win a mini-break to Disneyland® Resort Paris worth £2500! Discover all the fun and excitement in the wonderful world of Disney...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Event 11 finally came to an end after about a day and a half of play. This event was a no limit Hold ‘Em tourney with a $530 buy in and $30 fee, and was pretty generous in the prize pool. $3 million was guaranteed for the pool, and it was added to before the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 8, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
With the WCOOP in full swing this past Sunday was a bit different than other weeks. The typical events, including the Million, Warm-Up, Second Chance, and $500k were all replaced by WCOOP Events. The Million was replaced by Event #9, a $200+$15 event which gained...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
Do you remember Men In Black? Specifially, when Will Smith asked the officer why the lot were summoned, the officer replied: “Well, because you are the best of the best of the best!” This expression truly applies to last night’s event, the 2009...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
The Sunday Million was taken over by PokerStars World Championship of Online Poker yesterday, and it proved to be a great success. Over 11,000 players entered the $200+$15 NL Freeze-Out creating a massive $2,226,200 prize pool with over $300,000 guaranteed for first...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Online Poker News
$10,000 Being Given Away in September at SunPoker! – The Double Dip SunPoker will be giving away $10,000 in cash race prizes in September. Two $5,000 cash races will be held: The first race will run from September 1st until 23:59 GMT on Sunday, September 13th. The...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 7, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
It is a testament to the strength and popularity of PokerStars’ World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) that the 11,131 strong field for Event #9 was not even the largest seen this series. As part of the guarantees totalling $40 million this year, $1 million had...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 6, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, WCOOP
The 2009 World Championship of Online Poker continued yesterday with event #6, a $100 + $9 no-limit Hold’em tournament with $1 million guaranteed. The WCOOP continues to draw huge fields and destroy the guarantees and this tournament was no exception. A total...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 6, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
Pretty big news from Bodog this week. Before, Canadians were banned from playing poker on Bodog.com but no more, thanks to Bodog.ca and the company’s 15-year anniversary. Here’s an excerpt from a statement from Bodog: “The Bodog brand is celebrating its...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
A casino game that uses a slot-machine-like terminal and allows the player to play a poker variant (usually 5 card draw) and awards payouts based on the strength of the player’s hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
The World Championship of Online Poker is back! With a huge variety of tournaments spanning the next 17 days, this year’s WCOOP could possibly be PokerStars best. Kicking things off was Event #1, a $200+$15 buy-in NL 6-max Freeze-Out with a $1,250,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 4, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Doyle Brunson, and Howard Lederer. Just a few of poker’s rich and famous who have their own Twitter accounts. Over 2,500 people believed that high-stakes cash player Patrick Antonius had also embraced the social-media zeitgeist, but...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Poker News, WCOOP
The most hotly anticipated event in the online poker calendar begins today at PokerStars. The 7th annual World Championship of Online Poker is aptly billed as the internet equivalent of the World Series of Poker. It’s a place where all the top pros join hordes of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Poker slang for the preflop hand, 75.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Alcohol is poker slang for "I’ll call." It is also reference to how a person would say this when drunk.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Poker slang for the preflop hand, J5.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nina Ross is poker slang for a nine.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Noah’s Ark is a fictitious hand in Omaha: four pairs.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Broadway is a straight made with all five broadway cards: AKQJT.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Marriage is poker slang for the pocket hand KQ.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Poker slang for pocket 7s.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Motown is poker slang for the pocket hand J5.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hooks is poker slang for pocket jacks.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A stable is a collection of horses (stakehorses) a backer or group of backers have entered into a tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A squeeze is reraising after a raise and a call.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A sample size in poker is the number of hands in which a certain set of results are seen.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
In stud poker, a buried pair is a pair hidden in the two downcards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A backraise is a raise in which a player flat calls, a player behind him raises, and the first player reraises.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
AF is a statistic used in poker tracking software to track a player’s aggression. It is calculated by this equation: [Bet+Raises]/Calls
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
AFAIK is an acronym popular in many poker forums that stands for: "As far as I know."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A particular limit that a player sets for himself: if that certain amount of money is lost in a session, that player would quit playing.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
WWSF is a statistic used in poker tracking software. It tracks the percentage of the time a player "Won When Saw Flop."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
W$SD is a statistic in many poker tracking software that shows what percentage of the time a player has "won money at showdown."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
WTSD is a statistic used in many HUDs. This statistic measures how many times a player has "went to showdown."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
WP is an acronym used in poker to denote "well played."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
The WPT, or World Poker Tour, is a series of televised poker tournaments.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
WAWB is an acronym for Way Ahead/Way Behind. It is used to describe a situation where a player is either way ahead in the hand or way behind.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
In a tournament, a player with walking chips has a big stack.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hand in draw poker played misleadingly as a bluff.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A player who may be a breakeven, or even losing, player that makes money through rakeback.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Microstakes is any poker stakes from 2NL to 25NL.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
To lock up a seat is to hold a seat in a cash game for someone.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
To call/bet/raise with a hand that is likely not to be the best.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
Kitty is the home-game equivalent to rake. It is used to buy food, drinks, cards, dealer buttons, etc.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
To enter a pot by limping.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A gap hand is a hand consisting of two cards separated by at least one rank.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
A rule in some casino that rules reaching for chips and pushing them towards the pot constitutes a bet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To bet/check in the dark means to bet/check without information of the flop, turn, or river. This is done before the card comes out.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bet or raise made with a drawing hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Busted can refer to a player losing all of his/her chips or to a draw that did not complete.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To bleed chips is to lose chips through bad, usually obviously bad, decisions.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To show a specific hand and have others believe you play a certain way.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A card that comes out on the turn or river is said to "peel."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
An action card is a card that encourages betting from two or more players.
