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by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To act is to either call, fold, or raise during the allotted time.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The king of Diamonds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
An unopened pot refers to a pot that has not been raised preflop.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Underfull refers to a full house that is not the nut full house.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Fifty-Fifty is a nightly online tournament at Bovada Poker. The buy-in is $50 with a guaranteed prize pool of $50,000.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The $200K Double-Deuce is an online poker tournament held on Full Tilt Poker. It runs every Sunday at 16:22ET with a buy-in of $22.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
2 Months, 2 Million, or 2M2MM, is a television show follow four online poker players living in Las Vegas and trying to make two million dollars in two months.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Face The Ace is a promotion on Full Tilt Poker that allows amateurs to play heads-up with their favorite poker pros.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The IPT, or Italian Poker Tour, is a series of poker tournaments in Italy sponsored by PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The APPT, or Asia Pacific Poker Tour, is a series of tournaments in Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands sponsored by PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Turbo is an adjective used to define the blind structure of tournaments. In turbo tournaments, the blinds increase much faster.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Toke is a slang term for the tip given to the dealer after winning a hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Tl;dr is a commonly used acronym on poker forums. It indicates when a post is "Too long; didn’t read."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Super Tuesday is an online poker tournament on PokerStars that runs every Tuesday.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Sunday Mulligan is a tournament that runs after the Sunday Brawl. It runs every Sunday at 19:00ET.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Sunday Brawl is Full Tilt Poker’s weekly tournament. It runs every Sunday at 14:00ET.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Texture refers to the composition of the board.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The TDA, or Tournament Directors Association, is an organization that has standardized the rules for poker tournaments.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
TableNinja is a hotkey program that allows for customizable betting, checking, or folding at a push of a button on the keyboard.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A table captain is a player that is running the table. This player is usually intimidating to other players.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
With synchronized breaks, a player can take a break from all the tournaments he is playing at one time.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Superusers are players that hack into a poker website’s software to see other’s hole cards. Most large poker sites have the security to defend against these superusers.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Super System is a book authored by Doyle Brunson. At the time, it was the best selling poker book of all-time.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Sunday Million is the largest weekly tournament in online poker. It is hosted weekly by PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Standard is a term that denotes another person as not out of the ordinary and not worth thinking about.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A stakehorse is a player that is financially backed by another player in a tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The acronym HSNL refers to "High Stakes No Limit." High Stakes is 1000NL and up.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To stack-off with a hand means to go all-in with a hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
SSNL is an acronym used to represent "Small Stakes No Limit." Small stakes are often referred to as 50NL-200NL.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Spread refers to poker rooms "spreading" certain games. It simply means they offer or have that certain game running.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Soul reading is a read that results in a stunning call or raise with a marginal hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Sleeper straddles can be bet from any position. They become live only if action is folded to them.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Skin is a way for online poker companies to market the same network. It is using different software to sit in at the same table with the same players.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
"Ship It" is an expression in poker used when a player has won the pot (the dealer is said to "ship" the winner the pot). It is also used among poker players to denote happiness due to an event outside of poker.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A session in poker is a session of time put into playing. It is usually done in one sitting.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The SCOOP, or Spring Championship of Online Poker, is a series of online tournaments held in the Spring on PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The RPT, or Russian Poker Tour, is a series of tournaments held in Russia sponsored by PokerStars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Robusto is poker slang for having a large bankroll.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A ring game is a cash game. The blinds never increase and players can come and go when they please.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Reverse implied odds refers to the amount that can potentially be lost in a particular hand. For example, the deeper the stacks, the higher reverse implied odds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Results-oriented is thinking a particular play is bad simply because they lost that one hand. It is a terrible way of thinking.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Rank refers to a card’s value. Ace is the card of highest (and lowest) rank.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Railbirds are spectators of poker games. They are also known as observers.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ragged is an adjective used to describe uncoordinated boards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Racks are used in B&M poker rooms. They are plastic containers that hold a hundred chips in five rows of twenty chips each.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hammer bet is a bet made with the underlying threat of more bets to come on future streets.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A flip in online poker is when two or more players agree to go all-in preflop with whichever two cards are dealt to them. This must be agreed upon before the pocket cards are seen.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Prop bets (in the poker sense of the word) refers to players betting on random outcomes of the poker game, such as the flop texture or card rankings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Proposition players are paid by the casino to play poker and keep the action going. The casino picks which games the proposition player plays.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Posting refers to a players posting his blinds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Positional awareness means a player knows where he is sitting throughout the hands he plays and the advantages that is brought upon having position.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The PokerStars VIP Club is PokerStars’ loyalty program which rewards its players with cash or products.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
PokerStars was founded in 2001 and is currently the largest online poker room in the world.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poker affiliate is a third-party marketer for poker rooms.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pocket rockets is a slang term for pocket aces.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The payout structure of a tournament designates which finishes get paid and how much money they will be paid.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To pay off a hand is to call with, what is most likely, the losing hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pass is a term commonly used in England that simply means fold.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
OESFD is an acronym that stands for "open-ended straight-flush draw."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
An observer is a spectator of a poker game. Observers are also known as railbirds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
NH is an acronym commonly used in online poker rooms that stands for "nice hand."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
To needle a player is to taunt a player in an attempt to get him/her to tilt.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The acronym "NC" is used in online poker chat boxes and stands for "nice call," or "nice catch."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Moneymaker Effect refers to the poker boom in the early-mid 2000s that has been accredited to Christopher Moneymaker winning the World Series of Poker in 2003.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A misclick in online poker refers to a player clicking the wrong action during a hand. For example, he may raise when he really intended to fold.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
MGR stands for monthly gross rake. It is most commonly used on rakeback websites.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
Marginal refers to situations or cards that barely make the cut between call and fold.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Uncategorized
A made hand is a strong hand that does not require more cards (drawing is unnecessary).
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Poker Law, Poker News
It has been over a year since the Interactive Media Entertainment & Gaming Association (iMEGA) began their legal crusade against the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). They faced off against the U.S. Department of Justice over an extended series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
Well, I got good news for you! The VIP Store Instant Cash credits that PokerStars has offered in the past ARE BACK! Yes, you read that right. These are bonuses in the PokerStars VIP Store just waiting there to be claimed, exchanging your FPPs for moneys without having...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 2, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Scroll through the list of tournaments at any major poker site and you’ll be bombarded with options. Mysterious poker variations sporting buy-ins of all shapes and sizes are available at the click of a button. In this modern age finding a poker tournament to play is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Taking the "lead" refers to taking initiative on a round of betting.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The LAPT, or Latin American Poker Tour, is a series of poker tournaments sponsored by PokerStars in Central and South America.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Ladies Poker Association is an organization that recognizes women and their impact on the game of poker.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Jack Or Better is a variant of poker in which the opening bettor must have a pair of jacks or better. In Jacks Or Better video poker, the minimum winning hand is a pair of jacks.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A knockout tournament is a tournament in which every player has a bounty prize put on them. A bounty is a cash prize for knocking a certain player out of a tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Iron Man Challenge is a Full Tilt Poker promotion that allows players to accumulate Iron Man points for medals that can be converted to cash or used to enter freeroll tournaments.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
An insta-call is a call made without hesitation. These calls are usually seen with nut hands.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
IMO is an acronym commonly used in poker forums that means "in my opinion."
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The hole cam is a camera used on poker tables (on television) that allows viewers to follow the action as it unfolds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
The phrase "Hit By The Deck" refers to a player who is experiencing a great run of cards in a short period of time.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A "hit and run" is where a player sits at a table and leaves right after winning a big pot. It is looked down upon by the poker community.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
High Stakes Poker is a television program on GSN that features the biggest cash game on television. World-class players such as Doyle Brunson, Daniel Negreanu, Phil Hellmuth, Phil Ivey, Johnny Chan, and others have been featured on this television show.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A hero call is a call by a player with a marginal hand based on a read of his opponent.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
Happy Hour is a promotion on Full Tilt Poker where a player can earn two or three times the amount of Full Tilt Points for playing at certain times.
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | High Stakes Rail, Poker News
August 31st 2009 – In his biggest live win to date, RedKings Team Pro Ramzi Jelassi scooped €170,000 in San Remo stage of the Italian Poker League. Not really understanding a lot of what the all Italian Final table players were saying, Ramzi let his cards do the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Sep 1, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poker game in which the goal is to make the worst poker hand, the game is called 2-7 since the worst hand is 2,3,4,5,7 of different suits. Players are dealt 5 cards face-down and allowed 3 draws to improve their hands with a betting round after the initial deal and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
After an extremely poor showing last week, PokerStars managed a huge comeback this Sunday, crushing guarantees in their five biggest tournaments. The Sunday Million saw a huge rebound, with nearly 9,000 players joining the weekend’s largest tournament. With the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Popular online poker room Titan Poker will give out more than $140,000 in a competition targeted at Omaha Pot-Limit players. Poker players who prefer the Omaha variety of the game will be rewarded at TitanPoker.com, the largest poker room on the iPoker Network. Titan...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 31, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
$250,000 Guaranteed Sunday, August 30, 2009, at 19:00 GMT+1 Buy-ins = $300 + $20 Satellites available. Win part of a huge guaranteed prize pool for an amazingly low buy-in! New Players $2000 Freeroll Sunday, August 30, 2009, at 20:10 GMT+1 Free entry to players who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 30, 2009 | Poker News
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by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 29, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News, PokerStars
The World Cup of Poker (WCP) is back! Represent your country, win a package to play poker in The Bahamas and compete for a share of a $290,000 prize pool – here’s how. STAGE I – Qualify for your National Team Regardless of where you are from, every PokerStars...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A basic poker theorem coined by David Sklansky in his book, "The Theory of Poker." It reads: Every time you play a hand differently from the way you would have played it if you could see all your opponents’ cards, they gain; and every time you play...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Full Tilt Academy offers poker training to new poker players for free. Players can earn free points for completing challenges and watch videos created by some of the game’s top pros.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
FTOPS is a poker tournament series on Full Tilt Poker that happens four times a year.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A freezeout is a tournament that has no rebuys or add-ons. It ends when one player has all the chips.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
To "flat" a bet is simply to call a bet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A card is flashed when they are exposed to other players and/or observers.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Flag is a slang term referring to a casino chip worth five thousand dollars.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
To fill up is a poker term referring to two pair or three of a kind hand becoming a full house as additional community cards are dealt.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Disconnect protection is a tool used in online poker to protect a player’s money in the event they are disconnected from a poker room.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
The dinner break is the longest break during a day-long poker tournament.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Coordinated boards are synonymous to drawy boards. They are coordinated in rank and/or suit.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Connectors are two cards that follow each other in rank.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Concierge service is offered to Supernova VIP member on PokerStars. It is a way of converting FPPs into items of the player’s choice.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
If a player who has put no money into the pot in the current betting round calls a after seeing a bet and a raise, he is cold calling.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A player asking to "clear the rail" is asking for spectators to be removed from the area around the poker table.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Cardrunners is one of many popular poker training sites on the internet. It was the first major poker training site on the internet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Cardrack is a slang poker term referring to somebody who is on a hot run of cards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Borgata is a casino in Atlantic City that opened in 2003. It is known by many as the best casino (and best poker room) in Atlantic City.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bankroll is the total amount of money that a player is willing to lose on poker.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
Ante Up For Africa is a charity tournament started in 2007 by Annie Duke and Don Cheadle to raise funds and awareness for the crisis in Darfur.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
"Option" refers to the option of checking or raising given to the person who is last to act preflop. This option is usually given to the big blind or the player who has placed a live straddle.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Uncategorized
A card that can play as a wild card, but only in certain situations.
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 28, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
Featuring some of the biggest names in poker is the 2009 Lido International Dutch Open in Amsterdam, Holland. Last year, Freddy Deeb, Surinder Sunar, Sorel Mizzi, Rolf Slotboom and Danny Ryan all made an appearance at the European event, where eventual winner Jan...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 24, 2009 | Online Tournaments, Poker News
This past Sunday saw a sharp drop-off in major tournament attendance since the conclusion of FTOPS XIII. Many of the tournaments that had been crushing their guarantees lately failed to even come close to enough entrants, forcing PokerStars to pay-out nearly $40,000...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 21, 2009 | Poker News, WPT
The once ailing World Poker Tour has been undergoing something of a resurgence in the past few weeks. As I reported a fortnight ago, the tour’s parents company WPT Enterprises Inc. had agreed to sell the majority of their assets to mysterious investment company...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 20, 2009 | Online Poker News, Poker News
FlopTurnRiver.com’s forum members are in for a special treat as Everest Poker has awarded them an exclusive $100 freeroll! The freeroll comes as a prize for FlopTurnRiver’s 3rd place finish in Everest’s Forum Challenge Summer League. A special...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2009 | Poker News, PokerStars, WSOP
The World Series of Poker and ESPN recently released a joint statement announcing a new deal between the two companies. ESPN has been broadcasting WSOP tournaments since 2003 and played a vital role in propagating the so called “Moneymaker Effect” – a post-2005...
by FTR Poker Admin | Aug 19, 2009 | Poker News
The masterminds operating behind the scenes at FlopTurnRiver.com have been working tirelessly to amass a tournament calendar stuffed full of money added events. From PokerStars to Cereus there’s freerolls and extra value tournaments suitable for every player. Also...
