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by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A mixed game consisting of Limit Holdem Limit Omaha 8 or better Seven Stud high seven stud Eight or better Games are played in rotation with a fixed number of hands or fixed time per orbit HOSE is basically a HORSE game without the Razz part SHOW and HOSE are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act (UIGEA). This piece of legislation was passed into law in 2006 and makes it more difficult for US players to deposit and withdraw money from online poker rooms. It also blurs the line between what is and is not legal for US...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
HEM is a database programme that stores and reports on your played hands.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The cost of your seat. In a tournament the buy-in is the same for all players. In a cash game, a buy-in refers to the amount of cash you sit down with.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Winners of events at the World Series of Poker receive bracelets – often just referred to as a Bracelet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Chip Leader in a poker tournament is the player with most chips at that point in time.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Any tournament consisting of more than one table of players will have a final table – the table where all remaining players in a tournament are seated.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Main Event is the biggest tournament in the World Series of Poker. The buy-in to this tournament is $10 000, and the winner’s purse is in the vicinity of $10million.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
WSOP = World Series of Poker. The World Series of Poker takes place in Las Vegas in the middle of each year and consists of a large number of high-buyin tournaments – culminating in the Main Event.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A number of sites and rakeback affiliates run promotions offering extra money to the highest raking players during a particular time period – usually monthly. These are called rake races.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A VPP pro is a poker player who relies on bonuses and rakeback rather than winnings at the table for the majority of their earnings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
An FPP pro is a poker player who relies on bonuses and rakeback rather than winnings at the table for the majority of their earnings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
VPP = VIP Player Point. These are points earned when playing on Poker Stars. These points convert to FPPs at various rates and determine your VIP Club level
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
FPP = Frequent Player Point. This refers to ‘loyalty scheme’ points that most online poker rooms provide in proportion to the rake players pay. FPPs can often be used to buy items such as tournament entries, bonuses, or Mini Coopers. see also VPP
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
2+2 is the biggest, but not the best, poker forum.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
To chop in a tournament is to split the remaining money among the remaining players.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
FPS = Fancy Play Syndrome. This refers to trying to play a hand all cute and fancy, when simply playing a straight-forward line (e.g. betting/raising) would be far better.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
World Series of poker main event. A $10,000 no limit holdem freezeout tournament held every summer in the Reno casino in Vegas. It is the biggest and most prestigious poker tournament in the world, and the winner of the tournament is sort of considered the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A multitabler player who plays poker consistantly for a few hours a day. Regular multitablers usually make their living by playing online poker and are usually very good player
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
An online poker players who plays more then one table simultaniously. Many multitabler players can play more then 10 tables in the same time
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pokerstars VIP status, achievable by earning 1,200 VIP points or more per month
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pokerstars VIP status, achievable by earning 3,000 VIP points or more per month
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
PreFlopRaise – Making a raise before the flop
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pokerstars VIP status achievable by earning 7500 VIP points or more in a month. Pokerstars platinium stars are usually highly capable players
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pokerstars VIP status achievable by earning over 1,000,000 VIP points in a year. Supernova elite players are usually highly capable players
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Supernova is a pokerstars VIP status, achievable by earning 100,000 VIP points or more in year. Most supernova status players are highly capable players
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
PokerStars – the biggest online poker room in the world
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Full Tilt Poker – A popular online poker room. FTP endorses a lot of the biggest names in poker, including Phil Ivey, Jen Herman and other big name
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poker site which keeps track of player’s results in Sng and MTT tournaments held in various online rooms. Sharkscope allows 5 free searches on a player per day, and additional searches by payment Sharkscope is considered illigal poker tool by some poker sites...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
To get a free card means to be able to see the next street without having to put any additional money in the pot. When you are in position, you often have the option of betting or checking to give yourself and your opponent a free card.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Someone is said to be given a walk when they are in the big blind and everyone folds.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A misdeal occurs whenever cards are dealt incorrectly such that the integrity of the game or deck is compromised. When this occurs the action taken can vary from simply reshuffling the deck to making sure the deck contains the right number of cards as well as others...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
When it is your turn to act, you are said to be acting "in turn", and any action or verbal declaration you make is binding Actions or statements regarding what you intend to do made "out of turn" may or may not be binding depending on your casino...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A suited gapper is like a suited connector, except that instead of being directly connected, there gapped by 1 or two cards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
An orbit is defined as when the button goes 1 full rotation around a poker table.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A read is any thing that has tipped you off on how your opponent plays. These are in contrast to statistics which only give you general information.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
As opposed to full ring, 6 max is a variation of Texas Hold’em where the maximum number of players is restricted to 6.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
When determining the expected value of a bet, we have to take the likelihood that villain folds into account. The term used for this is fold equity. The EV of a bet is defined as EVbet = (fold equity)*(pot before our bet) + (1-fold equity) * (actual equity* pot after...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A full ring game, in contrast with other possible games, is one that consists of 9-10 players in Texas Hold’em.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A range refers to the possible hands an opponent could hold. The easiest way to understand what it means is to describe it using preflop play, even though it applies post flop as well. When we are acting preflop, we have 3 actions. We can fold, call, or raise. Since...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Poker News
Today I had a pretty full schedule. I played a short session this morning first thing. My girlfriend had an appointment at a hospital for an ultrasound (not pregnancy-related, and no she’s not pregnant) at 11 am then we had to go straight to her dentist about 45...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A poor player who is very wealthy and will donate to the game over a long period of time. Whales are some of the most profitable targets because of their propensity to rebuy
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Someone who continually makes their hands on the river and sucks out.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
FTR’s Poker League. Series of tournaments with points and cash awarded.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
To completely think on a higher level than an opponent and force him into making mistakes. Also, making a huge calculated bluff to make your opponent fold a very good hand would be considered outplaying someone
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In stud when you have a pair showing.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A split pot form of Omaha. There is a high and low hand. To qualify for the low, 5 cards under an 8 are needed. (Ex. 5-4-3-2-A is the best possible low.) You may use two different combination for the high hand and low hand or even the same combination for both. This...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Poker News
Early last year I was one of the biggest winners at both 100nl and 200nl FR on PokerStars and was well on my way to beating mid-stakes NLHE. I moved into a small apartment with my girlfriend and everything was great. Eight months later I was almost broke. So how could...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Someone who plays a short stack better than most. Patience and Timing are qualities that a ninja must possess.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A casino for ages 18+ in upstate New York
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The final 9 players of the World Series of Poker Main Event. They take a 4 month break and resume the final table in November. The term was first coined in 2008.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
First card you see when the flop is dealt in holdem
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Suited connectors, 2 cards of the same suite and consecutive rank. The term often refers to low-mid consecutive suited card. AK suited and KQ suited are technically suited connectors, but usually are not referred to when players discuss suited connectors
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pot that has more then two players involved with it
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Pot Size Bet. Betting an amount equal to the size of the pot. Also referred to as potting the [flop, turn, river]
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Top Pair No Kicker. Holding top pair with a weak kicker. For example K5 on a KQ7 flop is TPNK
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pocket pair higher then the highest community card
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A situation in no limit game when hands with relatively equal chances to win the pot have all the chips in the pot before all the cards are dealt. A classic coin flip is pokcet pair vs 2 overcards preflop Coin flip is also referred to as racing or flipping Coinflip is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
All you need to be able to win a poker tournament. As long as you have even a single chip you have a chance to win the tournament. The term is associated with Jack Straus, winner of the 1982 WSOP Main Event. The story tells us that at one point Jack was sure he was...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In live game when a player shows his card at showdown the hand stength is determined by the cards even if the player has misread his hand and announced a different hand
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A declaration by a player about an action without physically moving any chips. Verbal declarions are considered binding; for example if a player verbally announces a raise he cannot change his mind and call
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A declaration by the player who is first to act before a community card is dealt, declaring a check regardless of the outcome of the community cards. The advantage of checking in the dark is to negate the positional disadvantage by not revealing information by acting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A volentarty additional blind, double the amount of the big blind, posted by the player UTG. Straddle allowed the UTG player to act last preflop and simulates more action. Straddle is common is loose live games
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A min-re-raise. Raising the minimum amount over the original raise.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Acronym for "Harrington on Holdem" a series of 3 poker books (Numbered I, II and III) that discuss no limit holdem tournament strategy. The books are written by Dan Harrington, a poker legend, and one of the best tournament no limit holdem players
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A description for a player who isn’t too aggressive and doesn’t play a huge variety of hands. This opponent is usually easy to beat with patience.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
After raising and taking control of the pot pre-flop, Most players use a continuation bet on the flop regardless of their cards because their opponent only has a chance of about 1/3 of hitting a pair on the flop if they have unpaired cards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Software that is used to import hand histories and review sessions/tournaments as if you were playing them live.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Can be suited or unsuited. A hand with a gap in between what would otherwise be ‘connectors’ like a 79 or a 46s
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Any two cards that are consecutive in value and suited simultaneously. KQs is usually the highest hand still referred to as a suited connector
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Data mining is when you use software to acquire statistics or the betting patterns of opponents from Hand Histories using software like Poker Tracker or Holdem Manager. Information is power and data mining can be very useful when getting to know your opponents. It is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nickname for Pocket 5’s
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Also known as check-raising. Sometimes this is frowned upon because it is being ‘dishonest’ as you are not betting the hand like you should. In modern times, it is rare to be berated for sand-bagging/check-raising as it has become a crucial component of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bet made that is relatively small in order to prevent your opponent from betting too much if you check and used for pot control to keep the pot smaller. Players use a blocking bet in various situations like trying to draw at a flush or a straight cheaply or just...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A value bet is made when you’re fairly confident you have your opponent beat and want to get one last bet out of him on the river.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A re-steal is when you notice someone is probably stealing and you decide to re raise hoping to take the pot back away from them because they likely have weak holding and will usually fold. Most commonly done from the Blinds against Late position raisers but there are...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A steal is when you attempt to take down the blinds with a raise from late position. However, many players have developed their game to where they feel comfortable stealing from middle positions and sometimes even UTG!
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Push-Fold Mode is in effect when you have a small amount of Big Blinds in your stack. Usually more relevant in tournaments
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Having a straight draw where two different cards will give you a straight. (Not the same as open ended)
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A streak of negative variance in which you run below expectation. Can be described in terms of overall equity or just money earned. A downswing can be frustrating but is a part of the game that can not be avoided. Everyone eventually goes through down swings.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Abbreviation for Late Position. LP means you are one of the last to act in the Hijack, Cutoff or the Button which is the latest position you can have
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nickname for pockets fours.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Abbreviation for Middle Position. Middle Position is usually defined as the position after the 1st 2-3 players have acted(UTG & UTG+1) MP1 follows UTG +1 and is before MP2, and MP3. The cut off and button are after those.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A situation where the equity of two different hands is virtually a coin-flip(50%-50%). Very common situation especially in tournaments as blinds escalate.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
LAG is an abbreviation for Loose-Aggressive.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A cooler is when you are dealt a very very strong hand only to have your opponent be dealt an even stronger hand. There usually is no way you can avoid losing all of your chips in instances like these.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
To be counterfeited is when you have a good hand, but a card comes on the turn or river that makes your hand much less valuable.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A block bet is a small bet made by someone who is OOP in order to prevent a larger bet from their opponent.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A phrase usually exclaimed when a big pot is won with Pocket 5’s.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Similiar to a "double barrel". A triple barrel is when the Hero fires three times into a pot in an attempt to take it down. A bet would be fired on the flop, turn and river usually as a bluff knowing your hand is beat but putting pressure on the opponent who...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A card is considered a blocker when it limits the number of combinations of other possible hands. For instance, there are 6 possible ways for a player to make AA. If we hold the As in our hand however, then we have "blocked" 3 possible combinations of AA...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
When you bluff twice into a pot, once on the flop and then again on the turn in an attempt to take the pot.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
To sweat someone is to watch them play and comment on how they’re doing. These sweat sessions typically involve programs such as teamviewer and skype.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A bet such that a player uses two separate motions to make a bet. In almost all casinos, and many poker lounges, string bets are illegal as they can give the bettor information on how effective they’re bet was by judging their opponents and they can increase the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
To make a bet. The use derives from brick and mortar poker games, in which chips are physically pushed towards the middle of the table to indicate a bet.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A slang term referring to a winning hand in poker, in which the hand was not a favorite to win at the time of an all-in bet/call.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Similar to pot odds, these odds are calculated while anticipating future bets. It is correct to call with a draw if you are getting bad pot odds, if you can be sure that you will get enough out of your opponent when the draw comes in to make up for it.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The pot odds are the odds the pot is offering you. If you are on the turn and villain bets 50 into a pot of 450, then you have to call a bet of 50 to win 500. So your pot odds are 50:500 or 1:10. When someone says they "had pot odds to call", they mean that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
One that is over 200bb’s in size. When the effective stack size is 200bb’s, it will take more than 4 psb’s to get everything in the middle and thus a raise is required at some point in the hand in order to get it in.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Q is another term coined by Dan Harrington in "Harrington on Hold’em vol 1" and vol 2. It is calculated the same way as M (see poker dictionary) except that the stack size used is the average stack in a tournament. Combined with M, this is a very...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The term M was coined by Dan Harrington in "Harrington on Hold’em Vol1" as well as in Vol 2. Its used as a measuring stick to see how you are doing in a tournament. With an M below 3, for instance, we are desperate to acquire chips but with an M of 100...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A short stack is usually referring to a stack that is smaller than 40bbs. In ring games, a "short stacker" is one who buys in for this amount. In a tournament game, a short stack usually refers to someone who has less chips than the average amount in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
There are several tournaments that are known as Bounty tournaments. These carry the same rules as other tournament with a special twist. In online games, it is often the case that every player has a bounty on their head and when you knock a player out, you get their...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A blank is any card that comes that seems to not matter or affect anyone’s range significantly. It usually refers to turn and river cards, but could be used for flop action as well. A good example of this is a board of AsKsQs and then a 2c comes up. Often, this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Winning a quarter of the pot. This term is often used in omaha hi lo when it is a common thing to have 2 players with an equal strength winning hand in one direction with a 3rd player having a winning hand in the other direction. Quartering often happens on the low...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A board in which all cards are of a different suite, making it impossible to complete a flush on the next card.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A pot which is split between two or more players. Split pot happens when players have a hand equal in strength or in case of a split hi-lo game when one player wins the high and another player wins the low
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Nickname for Xianti, FTR administrator, supreme and omnipotent ruler of the forums, the site and the entire poker world
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The one and only absolute answer to any poker question. Poker is a totally situational game which has an absurdly high number of variables involved in every decision, and thus the answer to almost any poker question is ‘It depends on this and that’
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A loose passive player who limps a lot and calls a lot of raises but very rarely raises. Considered a bad player which is likely to get broke relatively soon
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Having a lock on half of a hand with a shot of winning the entire pot. Freerolling is most common in split pot game when a player has a lock for half a hand with a shot of winning the entire hand. The player with a shot to win the entire hand is freerolling while the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Omaha or Omaha high low poker hand consisting of A,K,4 and 7 Named after the soviet rifle of the same name
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In Omaha high low holding a low card that protects your hand against counterfeiting when the board pairs one of your holed cards.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In Omaha high/low – A community card that hurts your low hand, making it a worse low hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
The best poker site in the world with the most elaborate poker dictionary in the history of mankind. If you are here you probably know it already
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In live game – getting to see the remaining cards in a hand that is over before the river with no showdown. Rabbit hunting is usually not allowed in live tournament, but it is often used in televeized tournaments
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Making a raise with the purpose of knocking players after you off the hand and have the best position for the remainder of the hand.
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
A term referring to a poker strategy of either going all in preflop or folding every hand. It is a strategy which is often used in tournament or sit & go tournament when the player has a shallow stack
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In 7 card stud the first face up card that a player holds
by FTR Poker Admin | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
In 7 card stud a starting hand made of a pair with one card of the pair showing, for example Hole cards: 8c8d door card: 8h
