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King Ten Offsuit

A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a King and a Ten of different suits, abbreviated as KTo.

Late Stage Add-On Strategy

A tournament decision-making framework that assesses whether purchasing additional chips during the final add-on period…

Light Open Defense

A strategy in no-limit hold'em where the big blind calls or raises a preflop open raise with a wider range of hands tha…

Middle Stage Winner Takes All Strategy

A poker tournament strategy employed in the middle stages where players adopt aggressive, high-variance plays to accumu…

Mobile Poker

Mobile Poker refers to playing poker games on portable devices such as smartphones and tablets, either through dedicate…

Online Pool

The collective amount of money or chips that players compete for in an online poker game, equivalent to the pot in cash…

Progressive Knockout Middle Stage

The middle stage of a progressive knockout tournament where the bounty amount has increased significantly from the star…

Q3s

Q3s refers to a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a queen and a three of the same suit.

QJo

A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a queen and a jack of different suits.

Queen Seven Suited

A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a queen and a seven of the same suit.

Seven Deuce Offsuit

Seven Deuce offsuit 7♣2♦, 7♥2♠, etc. is widely considered the worst starting hand in Texas Hold'em due to its inability…

Time Extension

A feature in poker tournaments that grants a player additional time to act on a hand, typically purchased or earned thr…

Ace Six Offsuit

Ace Six Offsuit A6o is a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of an Ace and a Six of different suits, considered a…

Ace to Five Triple Draw

A lowball poker variant where the best hand is A-2-3-4-5 ace low, with three drawing rounds and no qualifier for low.

Add-On Late Stage

In tournament poker, the option for players to purchase additional chips during a designated late stage, typically afte…

Chop

Chop Chop refers to a situation in Texas Hold'em tournaments or cash games where remaining players negotiate to split t…

Freezeout Late Stage

The freezeout late stage is the final phase of a freezeout tournament where blinds are high relative to stack sizes, ty…

HJ River Jam Wet

A poker scenario where the player in the hijack position makes an all-in bet on the river on a wet board one with many …

J7s

A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a Jack and a Seven of the same suit.

Jack Ten Offsuit

Jack Ten Offsuit JTo is a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a jack and a ten of different suits, often class…

Late Stage Freezeout Strategy

A strategy for playing the final phases of a no-rebuy tournament, where stack preservation and ICM considerations domin…

Middle of Range

The set of hands in a player's range that are neither the strongest top of range nor the weakest bottom of range, typic…

Overrealization

A hand realizing more equity than its raw equity suggests, often due to factors like position, range advantage, or favo…

Re-Entry Early Stage

The initial phase of a poker tournament during which players who have been eliminated may re-enter by paying an additio…

Removal Effect

In practice, it helps players more accurately assess the possible hand combinations of opponents. For example, when you…

SB 150bb Defense

A strategic approach to defending the small blind when both players have stacks of 150 big blinds, involving wider call…

Soul Crush

A for a situation where a player holds a very strong hand often the nuts or near-nuts but loses to an even stronger han…

Straight Over Straight

A poker situation where two players both hold a straight, but one straight is higher than the other, resulting in the h…

Timing Tell Fast

A poker tell where a player acts unusually quickly, often revealing the strength or weakness of their hand based on con…

Ace Rag

g., A♠2♦, A♥7♣, typically meaning the other card is below 10 and offsuit. The core meaning is that such a hand appears …

BB 20bb Open Jam

In poker, particularly no-limit hold'em tournaments, the BB 20bb Open Jam refers to a strategy where the player in the …

Double or Nothing

A tournament format where half the field finishes in the money, each receiving exactly double their buy-in minus rake, …

Early Stage Flipout Strategy

A high-risk, high-variance tournament approach where a player aggressively seeks all-in confrontations in the early lev…

Freerolling

The practical significance of this term is that it represents a zero-risk, high-reward scenario: the player does not ne…

Gold Mine Table

A poker table with an unusually high number of weak or unskilled players, making it highly profitable for skilled playe…

HJ on Paired Flop

A poker strategy concept describing optimal play from the Hijack position when the flop contains a pair, focusing on ra…

Heads-Up Re-Entry Strategy

Heads-Up Re-Entry Strategy refers to the approach a player takes in a heads-up two-player poker tournament that allows …

Pineapple OFC

Pineapple OFC Open Face Chinese is a poker variant where each player starts with 3 hole cards instead of 5, and on each…

Queen Nine Suited

A starting hand in poker consisting of a Queen and a Nine of the same suit, often considered a marginal drawing hand.

Run It Multiple Times

A poker practice where, in an all-in situation, players agree to deal the remaining board cards multiple times, with ea…

Scare Card

In practice, a Scare Card often forces the leading player to act cautiously to avoid being outdrawn. For example, when …

Semi-Pro

A semi-pro poker player has a regular job or other income sources but also plays poker seriously to earn profit, often …

Seven Three Suited

Seven Three Suited 73s is a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a seven and a three of the same suit, widely c…

Soul Read

A soul read is an intuitive, often non-analytical decision in poker based on a deep, almost instinctual understanding o…

T6o

T6o refers to a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a ten and a six of different suits offsuited.

Ten Five Suited

A starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of a ten and a five of the same suit.

Abstraction

Abstraction in poker refers to the deliberate simplification of the game by reducing the number of possible actions, be…

Ace Four Suited

Ace Four Suited A4s is a starting hand in Texas Hold'em consisting of an Ace and a Four of the same suit.