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Blank
Blank
In practice, recognizing blanks helps players determine whether an opponent is likely to give up bluffing or continue b…
Crusher
Crusher
A crusher is a highly skilled poker player who consistently achieves a high win rate, typically dominating the games th…
Dealer's Choice Starting Hands
Dealer's Choice Starting Hands
The set of hands that a player chooses to play in a Dealer's Choice game, which varies according to the specific poker …
Double or Nothing Heads-Up
Double or Nothing Heads-Up
A poker format where the winner of a heads-up match doubles their entry fee while the loser receives nothing.
Early Stage Progressive Knockout Strategy
Early Stage Progressive Knockout Strategy
A strategy for playing during the early levels of a Progressive Knockout PKO tournament, where the primary focus is on …
Eight Game Mix Starting Hands
Eight Game Mix Starting Hands
In Eight Game Mix, starting hands are the initial two cards dealt in each round, and their playable ranges vary signifi…
Live Read
Live Read
A live read is a real-time observation of an opponent's physical or behavioral tells during a live poker hand to infer …
Middle Position
Middle Position
Term: Middle Position Middle Position refers to the seats in a full-ring game that are after the under-the-gun UTG posi…
Nine Four Suited
Nine Four Suited
In Texas hold 'em, a starting hand consisting of a nine and a four of the same suit, generally considered a weak hand b…
SB 20bb Open Jam
SB 20bb Open Jam
A poker strategy where a player in the small blind with approximately 20 big blinds moves all-in preflop instead of mak…
Spin and Go Heads-Up
Spin and Go Heads-Up
A Spin and Go Heads-Up is a two-player, winner-take-all poker tournament with a randomly determined prize pool multipli…
Table Break
Table Break
The process of closing a poker table and redistributing its remaining players to other tables, typically to maintain ba…
Table Selection Score
Table Selection Score
A metric used to evaluate the profitability of a poker table by quantifying the overall weakness or playing tendencies …
Top of Range
Top of Range
The strongest hand or hands within a player's range of possible holdings in a given situation.
2-7 Triple Draw Rules
2-7 Triple Draw Rules
2-7 Triple Draw is a lowball poker variant where players aim to make the lowest possible five-card hand (with Aces high…
20bb Defense
20bb Defense
20bb Defense refers to the strategy and hand selection for calling or raising from the blinds or later positions when f…
A4s
A4s
A hand consisting of an Ace and a 4 of the same suit, e.g., Ace and 4 of hearts.
Badeucy Strategy
Badeucy Strategy
Badeucy Strategy refers to the game theory and decision-making principles for playing Badeucy, a split-pot poker varian…
Blind Level Jump
Blind Level Jump
In poker tournaments, a blind level jump is an increase in the blind amounts that skips one or more intermediate levels…
Chip Down
Chip Down
In poker, chip down refers to the process or state of a player's chip stack decreasing, typically due to losing pots or…
Commitment Threshold
Commitment Threshold
The commitment threshold is the point at which a player has invested enough chips in a pot that they become pot-committ…
Cover Stack
Cover Stack
A player is said to have a cover stack when their chip count exceeds that of another player, meaning they can eliminate…
Desktop Client
Desktop Client
A desktop client is the software application installed on a personal computer that allows users to access and play poke…
Dominated Hand
Dominated Hand
This typically occurs when both hands share a high card, but the opponent has a better kicker. In practice, recognizing…
Double Suited
Double Suited
In practice, this term is used to describe having a double flush draw on the flop or turn, meaning the player is chasin…
The Grinder's Manual
The Grinder's Manual
A comprehensive poker strategy book by Peter Clarke focusing on no-limit hold'em cash game fundamentals, hand reading, …
Makeup
Makeup
In poker staking, makeup is the amount a player owes a backer from previous losses, which must be repaid from future wi…
One Outer
One Outer
This typically implies extremely low odds and is often used in practice to describe near-impossible comeback opportunit…
Runner-Runner
Runner-Runner
Term: Runner-Runner Runner-Runner refers to a situation where a player hits the required outs on both the flop and turn…
SB 30bb Open Jam
SB 30bb Open Jam
A preflop strategy in no-limit hold'em where the player in the small blind, holding a stack of approximately 30 big bli…
Shark
Shark
A highly skilled, experienced poker player who consistently profits by exploiting weaker opponents fish and making math…
Shootout Middle Stage
Shootout Middle Stage
The phase in a shootout tournament where multiple tables are still active, typically after the initial elimination of a…
Side Card
Side Card
A side card is a card in a player's hand that does not contribute to their best five-card poker hand, typically serving…
Table Limit
Table Limit
Table limit refers to the betting structure that governs the maximum bet or raise allowed at a poker table, commonly in…
40bb Open Jam
40bb Open Jam
A poker strategy where a player with approximately 40 big blinds open-shoves all-in preflop, typically used in tourname…
75s
75s
75s refers to a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a seven and a five of the same suit suited connector.
Ace to Five Triple Draw Starting Hands
Ace to Five Triple Draw Starting Hands
Starting hands in Ace-to-Five Triple Draw, a lowball poker variant where the best hand is A-2-3-4-5 a wheel, and hands …
BB 200bb Defense
BB 200bb Defense
The strategy and range adjustments a player in the big blind uses to defend against a raise when effective stack depth …
BTN 100bb Defense
BTN 100bb Defense
The strategy and range of hands with which a player in the big blind BB calls or reraises a button BTN open-raise when …
BTN 50bb Defense
BTN 50bb Defense
In no-limit hold'em, the strategy of defending the button with a stack of approximately 50 big blinds when facing an op…
Breakeven Rate
Breakeven Rate
The minimum frequency at which a bluff or bet must succeed to have a non-negative expected value.
Direct Odds
Direct Odds
Direct odds refer to the immediate pot odds offered by the pot when facing a bet, calculated as the ratio of the curren…
Eight Game Mix Strategy
Eight Game Mix Strategy
A strategic approach for tournaments or cash games that rotate among eight different poker variants, requiring adaptabi…
Five-Five Pair
Five-Five Pair
A five-five pair is a starting hand in poker consisting of two cards both of rank 5.
Jack Six Suited
Jack Six Suited
In Texas hold 'em, Jack Six Suited refers to a starting hand consisting of a jack and a six of the same suit.
Limit Hold'em Rules
Limit Hold'em Rules
Limit Hold'em is a variant of Texas Hold'em where bets and raises are fixed to predetermined amounts, with a maximum nu…
Linear Value
Linear Value
A betting strategy where a player only bets with strong made hands value hands and never mixes in bluffs or semi-bluffs…
Nine Deuce Offsuit
Nine Deuce Offsuit
A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a nine and a deuce of different suits, widely regarded as one of the wor…